Today ..looking back in history.

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    Liberation.
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    Happy birthday to Mozart

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    and Lewis Carroll

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    Disaster.

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      Challenger exploded on launch ,killing all the crew.

      I can remember that so vividly as I was watching it live on TV. :sad:

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      A Danish Patent was filed for by the son of the inventor of Lego.

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      Pride And Prejudice was published anonymously.

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        Mary Queen Of Scots was beheaded today in 1587.
         
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          Jocko Guided by my better half.

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          And I thought I had a bad day.
           
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            Princess Margaret died 2002.
             
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              December 18, 1075 ~ Demise of Edith of Wessex, Queen Consort of Edward the Confessor, King of England, at St. Mary's Abbey in Winchester, England
               
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                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                @shiney will remember it well.:biggrin:
                 
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                  Yep! I was in the crowd outside. :blue thumb:
                   
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                    That wasn't my fault - before @pete accuses me of it. :nonofinger:
                     
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                      December 19, 1594 ~ Birth of Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden at Castle Tre Kronor in Stockholm, Sweden
                       
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                        Death of Emily Brontë, 19th December 1848, aged 30.
                         
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                          December 20, 1537 ~ Birth of King Johan III of Sweden at Stegeborg Castle
                           
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                            December 22, 1851 ~ The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
                             
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                              Redditch local history back in time.
                              This is where i live.
                               
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