On this day

1970 - The Grateful Dead released their "Workingman's Dead" LP.

1971 - In London, the first Hard Rock Cafe opened.

1980 - The movie "Roadie," starring Meat Loaf, debuted.

1981 - The "No Nukes" concert took place at The Hollywood Bowl.

1982 - The Pretenders fired Pete Farndon.

1988 - The Fat Boys filed a $5 million law suit against Miller Beer and Joe Piscopo for using their likeness in a Miller Lite "Rappin "Fats" Piscopo commercial.

1844 - Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.

1860 - British nurse Florence Nightingale, famous for tending British wounded during the Crimean War, opened a school for nurses at St Thomas's Hospital in London.

1910 - British explorer Captain Robert Scott began his ill-fated expedition to reach the South Pole.

1928 - The House of commons voted to fix the date of Easter.

1998 - Britain introduced a £2 coin.

1966-World's first hovercraft show opens in Britain.

1996-IRA bomb devastates Manchester city centre,injuring 212 people.

2000-British marines leave Sierra Leone after helping to restore order.

Birthdays.

Noddy Holder-64
Helen Hunt-47
Danielle Lineker-31

1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots is imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland.

1824 - The RSPCA Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded.

1884 - The 1st roller coaster is used (Coney Island NY).

1958 - Yellow ‘No Waiting’ lines were introduced to British streets.

1974 - Homer Simpson & Marge Bouvier wed

1903-The Ford Motor Company is established.

1915-The Woman's Institute is founded.

1976-Soweto uprising begins in South Africa,resulting in the deaths of more than 500 youngsters as police open fire.

Birthdays.

James Bolam-75
Laurie Metcalfe-55
Simon Khan-38

Birthdays.

Barry Manilow-67
Ken Livingstone-65
Greg Kinnear-47

1987-The Dusky Seaside Sparrow is declared extinct.

1994-O.J.Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife and her male friend.

1579 - Francis Drake anchored the Golden Hind just north of what would one day be San Francisco Bay, California and proclaimed England's sovereignty over an area he named New Albion.

1775 - In the War of American Independence, British troops won a victory at Bunker Hill north of Boston, Massachusetts.

1823 - Charles Macintosh patented the waterproof cloth he used to make raincoats, after experimenting with waste rubber products from Glasgow's new gas works.

1940 - World War II: In a radio broadcast, Winston Churchill urged Britain to conduct herself so that this would be remembered as her finest hour.