On This Day
In 2001, Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.
In 1993, 100 law enforcement officers raid Branch Davidian compound at Waco Texas.
In 1991, the Gulf War ceasefire occurred.
In 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated.
In 1984, in the …
The Day Today – 28th February
The Day Today – 27th February
On This Day
In 2002, Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire in London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair’s handling of the evacuation.
In 1998, The House of Lords agree’s to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch’s first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first born son.
In 1998, Apple discontinues …
The Birthday Board
These friends are having a birthday this week…
Sunday 21 – Laura Fox Thornton, Anne Toner, Jenny Elaine Blake, Tilly Hardacre, Sabina Kerr and you share your birthday with Charlotte Church 24, Jennifer Love Hewitt 31.
Monday 22 – Della Askew, Rosey Rezhane, along with Drew Barrymore 35, James Blunt 36, Julie Walters 60.
Tuesday 23 –Joanne …
On this Day – 21st February
1995 – RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado.
1988 – Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane.
1981 – “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured.
1974 – Yugoslavia adopts constitution.
1972 – Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China.
1970 – Jackson 5 make TV debut on “American Bandstand”.
1952 – …
On This Day – 20th February
2005 – Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
2003 – During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring …