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5 May, 2010 at 3:29 am #436755
Are you sure ?
She spent that first day mostly quoting St Francis of Assisi
:lol:
5 May, 2010 at 7:45 am #436756@toybulldog wrote:
Are you sure ?
She spent that first day mostly quoting St Francis of Assisi
:lol:
Im sure , and it also said that to :lol:
5 May, 2010 at 7:53 am #4367575 May, 2010 at 8:30 am #436758Followed by staellites Persil, Radiant, Omo, and Surf
Whatever happened to Radiant and Omo :?
5 May, 2010 at 8:46 am #436759@pete wrote:
Followed by staellites Persil, Radiant, Omo, and Surf
Whatever happened to Radiant and Omo :?
No idea pete , however i shall try and find out for you :lol:
5 May, 2010 at 10:11 pm #436760May 5th 1981.
6 May, 2010 at 10:11 am #436761May 1937 : The Hindenburg disaster
On this day in 1937, the airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crew members…moreOn this day in 1937, the airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crew members.
Frenchman Henri Giffard constructed the first successful airship in 1852. His hydrogen-filled blimp carried a three-horsepower steam engine that turned a large propeller and flew at a speed of six miles per hour. The rigid airship, often known as the “zeppelin” after the last name of its innovator, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, was developed by the Germans in the late 19th century. Unlike French airships, the German ships had a light framework of metal girders that protected a gas-filled interior. However, like Giffard’s airship, they were lifted by highly flammable hydrogen gas and vulnerable to explosion. Large enough to carry substantial numbers of passengers, one of the most famous rigid airships was the Graf Zeppelin, a dirigible that travelled around the world in 1929. In the 1930s, the Graf Zeppelin pioneered the first transatlantic air service, leading to the construction of the Hindenburg, a larger passenger airship.
6 May, 2010 at 10:59 am #4367621966 The Moors murderers jailed for life .
Ian Brady and his lover Myra Hindley were both sentenced ..
6 May, 2010 at 11:02 am #436763In 1954 Roger Bannister, a 25 yr old British medical student , became the first
man to run a mile in less then 4 minutes..7 May, 2010 at 6:19 am #436764In 1945 Germany signs unconditional surrender,
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