WW2
14th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1945 Steve Martin (actor & comedian)
Died:
1967 Bob Anderson (British racing driver)
On This Day:
1945 Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW2
Have a good Tuesday, 14th August
5th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1837 Algernon Charles Swinburne
Died:
1964 Douglas MacArthur (US General, famous for his leadership in the Pacific in WW2)
On This Day:
1621 The Mayflower sails from Plymouth (return trip to England)
Have a good Thursday, 5th April
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20th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Robert Plant (musician)
Died:
2001 Sir Fred Hoyle (astronomer and sci fi writer)
On This Day:
1940 Winston Churchill makes his famous speech “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” in reference for the RAF
Have a good Saturday, 20th August
28th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1908 Oskar Schindler (Austrian businessman who saved over 1000 people from Nazi concentration camps etc)
Died:
2005 Percy Heath( (jazz musician)
On This Day:
1937 First commercial flight to cross the Pacific (undertaken by PanAm)
Have a good Thursday, 28th April
31st March – On This Day In History
Born:
1985 Keira Knightley (actress)
Died:
1827 Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)
On This Day:
1945 Iwo Jima occupied by the Americans after a fierce battle costing the lives of 6000 Americans and 18000 Japanese
Have a good Thursday, 31st March
Coffee Bombs!
Did you know that during World War Two there was a major shrotage of coffee in Germany? The Allies took advantage of this by dropping bags of coffee, or “coffee bombs”, to turn the people against their leaders.
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