Happy two days to go from Jason and the team at BFBS ;-) On this date in history... Construction of the first permanent European settlement in New England began, Astronomer John Flamsteed first observed the planet Uranus, Joseph Hansom of London received a patent for Hansom cabs, African-American businesswoman Sarah Breedlove became the first self-made millionairess, Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear, The first Keystone Kops film made its cinema debut, The first human kidney transplant was performed, The British rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, broadcast its last show, US astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders became the first men to orbit the Moon, The Japanese launched the first wristwatch with a TV, The American Voyager plane completed the first non-stop flight round the world, without refuelling, A man from Batley in West Yorkshire, had his hi-fi seized by his local council after complaints about him playing Tom Jones records too loud, Sir Paul McCartney was granted his own coat of arms by the College of Arms, And the first case of Mad Cow disease was found in the USA.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 06:33:49 +0000
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