American Oil Tycoon Robert P. McCulloch reopens London Bridge in America Oil Tycoon Robert P. McCulloch purchases London Bridge and has it shipped brick by brick to Arizona and opened it to the public on 19th October 1971. The story of the purchase goes back to 18th April 1968. The old bridge needed urgent repair …
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In 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the way to appear on the tonight show made a decision, that would change many things. His family and close friends were unaware of what he was about to say live on Jay Leno’s Show. On the Show, the Terminator star revealed he was going to run for Governor of …
8th October 2003 “I’ll be back” as potential Governor Read More »
1976 New Intercity Train was Ran the West Route Service at speeds up to 125mph. Britains Intercity high-speed train (HST) service launched. London to Bristol and Cardiff with the plan to roll it out to other cities. 2 power cars producing 2 X 2,250 HP delivery a speed of 125 mph, with top speed recorded at …
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On this day in 1925, the first Red Buses with the enclosed roof’s appeared for the first time in London Please note: it is not the Routemaster model in the picture Here is a Pathe film from 1927 of some roofed buses that were going down the Mall to Buckingham Palace.
1940 Zandra Rhodes was born on this day, Fashion Designer Rhodes, founded The Fashion & Textile Museum, in London. She designed garments for Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Brian May from Queen. She pushed London to be one of the front-runners of fashion in the 1970s and put her mark as being one of the …
1944 Operation Market Garden This was an unsuccessful Allied military operation that ran from the 17th Sept-25th. It had hopes of finishing the war before Christmas. Britains Montgomery was involved as it used land and airborne forces In Holland and Germany. The idea was to gain more of a way into the heart of Germany …
1964 The Sun Newspaper was launched on 15th September It replaced the Daily Herald. First Owned by IPC Later Owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. The paper has changed from supporting Labour to Tory and vice versa many times over the years. The Paper is known for its Page 3 topless models but this did …
Battle of Britain Day marks the event of the 15th September 1940 when Britain faced the biggest aerial attack of the war The biggest aerial attack was launched on the 15th of September 1940 against Britain, a raid that lasted all day till dusk and involved 1500 enemy combat aircraft from the German Luftwaffe. The …
1940 7th September The Blitz started Black Saturday Towards the end of Summer, The German Luftwaffe was instructed to start focusing on industrial and military targets near London and other parts of the UK. The first on Saturday 7th Sept around London Docks area. Black It became known as Black Saturday, not to be …
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1British Troops sent to Korea, 1950 Prior to this British forces were mainly ships, and some air squadrons. This was to back up United nation’s efforts like those from the USA because of threats by communist forces. National Service was extended because of the Korean situation. Approx two million deaths occurred during the Korean War. …
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