On this day

1545 - The Battle of Ancrum Moor: Occurring during the period of uber-heavy-handed 'diplomacy' by Henry VIII towards the Scottish known as the 'Rough Wooing', Ancrum Moor was a notable victory for the outnumbered and beleaguered Scots. Putting aside their clan differences, James Hamilton Earl of Angus and Archibald Douglas Earl of Arran formed a Scottish army that for once reflected national interests and the collective outrage of the Scots at the razing of entire villages by the English and their mercenary allies.
Luring the English force forward and them ambushing them, the Scottish army drove their enemy from the field and even the Scottish mercenaries in the English army changed sides during the later stages of the battle.
Although the war (as such it was) would continue, Henry VIII would not be remembered for his great military record.

Missing key events. Talking bollocks. Making stuff up.
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1816 - A street in Baltimore became the first to be lit with gas from America's first gas company.

1904 – Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.

1914 - Women suffragettes in Britain turned violent. They set fire to the Lawn Tennis Club and broke windows at the residence of the Home Secretary.

1938 - The first color television was demonstrated at the Dominion Theatre in London.

1955 - Fanny Cradock's first cookery programme on television was Kitchen Magic in which she showed viewers how to produce Swiss roll, eclair and souffle-en-surprise for 8 people.

1965 – Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

1972 - The British parliament voted to join the European Common Market.

2000 - Microsoft released Windows 2000. [Edited - Oops]

2003 – The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.

(17-02-2011 12:37 )skully Wrote:  ~~~~
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2002 - Microsoft released Windows 2000.
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correction : It was released on 17 Feb 2000

1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.

1478 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.

1517 - The birth of Mary I, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

1876 - A direct telegraph line was established between Britain and New Zealand.

1885 - Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' was published.

1930 - The ninth planet of our solar system, Pluto, was discovered at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh.

1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.

1979 – Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.

1981 - Oxford University announced that Sue Brown would become the first woman cox in the history of the University Boat Race.

2003 - The Hutton inquiry heard that No.10 Downing Street authorised a substantial rewrite of its Iraq arms dossier before publication.

(18-02-2011 12:38 )skully Wrote:  2003 - The Hutton inquiry heard that No.10 Downing Street authorised a substantial rewrite of its Iraq arms dossier before publication.

No! D'you know, I can still hardly believe that Honest Tony would do something like that? ("Okay, I want you tipp-ex™ out the bit that says 'no credible threat' and write 'more ICBMs than Soviet Russia', got it?")

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1930 - The ninth planet of our solar system, Pluto, was discovered at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh.
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Not a proper planet anymore
From wikipedia

(18-02-2011 15:02 )Krill Liberator Wrote:  No! D'you know, I can still hardly believe that Honest Tony would do something like that?("Okay, I want you tipp-ex™ out the bit that says 'no credible threat'

You have 45 minutes to do so......

1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.

1906 - William Kellogg established the Battle Creek Toasted Cornflake Company, selling breakfast cereals. The cereals were originally developed as a health food for psychiatric patients.

1945 – World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.

1982 - Ozzy Osbourne was arrested for urinating on The Alamo.

1985 - The first episode of the BBC soap opera, EastEnders was screened.

1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.

1996 - The oil tanker Sea Empress grounded near Milford Haven. 3,500 dead sea birds were washed ashore and the disaster had a devastating impact on the fishing industry.

2001 - A five-mile exclusion zone was placed around an abattoir in Essex after a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease was detected. By the end of March, the disease was at its peak, with up to fifty new cases a day. The final case was reported on Whygill Head Farm near Appleby in Cumbria on September 30th. Tourism and farming were severely affected.

1437 - James I, King of Scotland, was assassinated by a group of dissident nobles led by the earl of Atholl. The crown went to his son, James II.

1472 - Orkney and Shetland were ceded by Norway to Scotland, as security for the dowry of Princess Margaret, daughter of Christian I, King of Norway and Denmark.

1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.

1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.

1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.

1982 - US entrepreneur John de Lorean’s luxury sports car project in Belfast set up with over £17 million of British taxpayers’ money, went into receivership.

1431 - In a trial demanded by the English, French heroine Joan of Arc was accused of heresy before the judges in Rouen.

1804 - British engineer Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam engine to run on rails.

1885 - The 555-foot-high Washington Monument was dedicated.

1916 - World War I: the Battle of Verdun, NE France, began. It was the longest and one of the bloodiest engagements of World War I and continued until 16th December.

1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".

1961 - The Beatles appeared for the very first time at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. They went on to make a total of 292 other appearances there.

1965 – Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.

1995 - Chicago stockbroker Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing in Saskatchewan, Canada.

2001 - The European Commission banned all British milk, meat and livestock exports following the UK's first outbreak of foot and mouth disease for two decades.