Charles Whitman takes a stockpile of guns and ammunition to the observatory platform atop a 300-foot tower at the University of Texas and proceeds to shoot 46 people, killing 16. Whitman, who had killed both his wife and mother the night before, was eventually shot to death after courageous Austin police officers, including Ramiro Martinez, charged up the stairs of the tower to subdue the attacker.
In Chicago, gunmen in the suspected employment of organized-crime boss Al Capone murder seven members of the George "Bugs" Moran North Siders gang in a garage on North Clark Street. The so-called St. Valentine's Day Massacre stirred a media storm centered on Capone and his illegal Prohibition-era activities and motivated federal authorities to redouble their efforts to find evidence incriminating enough to take him off the streets.
Eton college was founded by Henry VI for 25 poor and needy scholars. Prefects were warned to look out for 'ill-kept heads, unwashed faces and foul clothes'.
September 12 1878
Cleopatra's Needle, and acient obelisk, 68ft of granite, was presented to britain and erected on the Thames Embankment.
"there's only one way to win a war: shout, shout, and shout again!" - The Duke of Wellington ((Blackadder - Stephen Fry))
King Edward II was killed by having a hot poker shoved up his backside after his wife found him having a homosexual relationsship with one of his advisors.
(I'm pretty sure thats right but I could be slightly wrong)
"there's only one way to win a war: shout, shout, and shout again!" - The Duke of Wellington ((Blackadder - Stephen Fry))
400 yeras ago today the gunpowder plot was revelad and Guy Fawkes was burned at the stake for attempting to blow up the houses of parliment while King James 1 of England and 6th of Scotland, and parliment were sitting. The result of Fawkes actions meant that catholics were further persecuted and they did not receive the vote for another 200 years.
American Black Muslim leader Malcolm X was shot dead while addressing a meeting in New York
Febuary 21 1988:
The grave of Boadicea, the warrior queen who faught the Romans almost 2000 years ago, was located by archaeologists under platform 8 at King's Cross railway station.
"there's only one way to win a war: shout, shout, and shout again!" - The Duke of Wellington ((Blackadder - Stephen Fry))
Prince Henry the Navigator, who sponsered Portugal's voyages of discovery, was born in Oporto
1678:
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, composer and violinist, best know for 'THE FOUR SEASONS', was born in Venice.
1789:
The first Congress of the United States was held i Newyork
1824:
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was founded
1890:
The 1,710-ft Forth Bridge was offically opened.
1924:
'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU' was published by Clayton F Summy
1941:
British forces, assisted by local Norwegians, raided the German-occupied Loloften Islands, destroying 11 ships.
1967:
North Sea gas was first piped ashore near Durham
1969:
At the Old Bailey, gangland twind Ronald and Reginald Kray, were found guilty of murder and given life sentances.
1980:
Robert Mugabe became the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, winning 57 of the 80 black seats in the 100-member assembly.
2005:
nine formal objections to Charles and Camilla's wedding were recieved by the office of the Registrar General.
Birthdays:
Sir Patrick Moore, astronimer, who lives in Selsey, 83
Alan Sillitoe, writer, 78
Adrian Lyne, film director, 65
Bobby Womack, soul singer, 62
Shakin' Stevens, singer, 58
James Ellroy, novelist, 58
Chris Rea, rock musician, 55
"there's only one way to win a war: shout, shout, and shout again!" - The Duke of Wellington ((Blackadder - Stephen Fry))
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
"there's only one way to win a war: shout, shout, and shout again!" - The Duke of Wellington ((Blackadder - Stephen Fry))
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