The "on this day in history" thread

laoislad · June 25, 2015, 08:26:50 AM

Hard to believe this is 25 years ago today..

http://youtu.be/8-aahFmNqaE

TheOptimist · June 25, 2015, 08:59:17 AM

Quote from: laoislad on June 25, 2015, 08:26:50 AM
Hard to believe this is 25 years ago today..

http://youtu.be/8-aahFmNqaE

That was an awful penalty from Cascarino. He dodged a bullet there!

bannside · June 25, 2015, 09:10:31 AM

I wuz there. Unforgettable.

Rufus T Firefly · June 25, 2015, 10:19:11 AM

Great finish to a great World Cup - probably the last World Cup to have that feeling of the unknown about it, as all but one of the winning squad played their football in South America.

Find it hard to believe that was 37 years ago. Some wonderful memories.

The Subbie · June 28, 2015, 01:59:03 PM

The civil war began with the shelling of the four courts, 28 June 1922.

AZOffaly · June 29, 2015, 05:01:38 PM

Here's an obscure one. On June 29th 1905 Moonlight Graham made his one and only major league baseball appearance. He's the character from the movie Field of Dreams, the doctor. So there you are now. Remember the line

"Well, you know I... I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn't. That's what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it. To feel the tingling in your arm as you connect with the ball. To run the bases - stretch a double into a triple, and flop face-first into third, wrap your arms around the bag. That's my wish, Ray Kinsella. That's my wish. And is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true?"

The Subbie · July 17, 2015, 01:22:08 PM

Today in 1917 a Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.

The name change didn't ,however ,address the multi generational inbreeding that still afflicts the saxe coburg gothas to this day.

Franko · July 17, 2015, 01:55:25 PM

Quote from: The Subbie on July 17, 2015, 01:22:08 PM
Today in 1917 a Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.

The name change didn't ,however ,address the multi generational inbreeding that still afflicts the saxe coburg gothas to this day.

Think young Willy has sorted that issue for future generations of Royals...

The Subbie · July 17, 2015, 02:11:56 PM

Quote from: Franko on July 17, 2015, 01:55:25 PM
Quote from: The Subbie on July 17, 2015, 01:22:08 PM
Today in 1917 a Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.

The name change didn't ,however ,address the multi generational inbreeding that still afflicts the saxe coburg gothas to this day.

Think young Willy has sorted that issue for future generations of Royals...

And with a commoner no less!!

Still despise the lizard c***ts.

Never beat the deeler · July 19, 2015, 02:30:16 PM

July 19th

Galway liberated from the Indians,
Marathon became Snickers, and
The Ice Age ended

LCohen · July 19, 2015, 02:55:50 PM

On this day (insert number) years ago Gerry Adams denied everything.