24th May
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On This Day
Great facts on the Blackwall Tunnel opened 22nd May 1896
The Blackwall Tunnel under River Thames opened in 1897 The Blackwall Tunnel was the longest underwater tunnel in the world in the year they built it. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages were the primary users until the motor car took off and nudged them out of the way It took 71 years to realise another tunnel …
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21 May
1982 Fighting started as the British Landed in the Falkland Islands. 1980 The Film Empire Strikes Back was released part of the Star Wars series. Zodiac Star Sign Gemini starts today 21st May – 20th June
20th May
1609 Shakespeare Sonnets are published in London
19th May
2004 Fathers 4 justice an attack on the Prime Minister lead to improved security at Westminster parliamentary buildings. 2 men threw 2 purple flour filled missiles at the Prime Minister Tony Blair to demand equal rights for divorced fathers when trying to gain access to their children. 2018 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marry …
17 May
1955 Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden broadcast on TV the larges scale election program ever seen on TV
The Day 617 Squardron did it
On the 16th May 1943, 617 Squadron took off on its now famous bombing raid of the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley using the Barns Wallace designed bouncing bombs. 16-17th May 1943 Wing Commander Guy Gibson led 617 squadron on the operation codenamed Chastise. A fantastic resource on the RAF museum website RAF …
15 May
1954 Royal Family return from a 6-month tour of the Commonwealth London crowds turned out to welcome them home 2001 Courts ruled that in the UK supermarkets could cut the costs of counter medications, prior to this the drug industry’s price-fixing policy had caused high prices.