superhooppete 
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British architect Indigo Jones died on this day 21st June 1652.
Oh and my thread on the general chat board got closed for some reason! Oh hum :)
Reply #601. Jun 21 11, 9:03 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1944: British and Indian troops meet at Milestone 110, ending the Japanese sieges of Kohima and Imphal, Burma.
superhooppete
British architect Indigo Jones died on this day 21st June 1652.
Oh and my thread on the general chat board got closed for some reason! Oh hum :)
Very time limited and to prevent it being dragged up in the future just because someone wants the Chatterbox badge. No replies are required to this answer.
Reply #602. Jun 22 11, 1:38 AM
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REDVIKING57
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Today - 22nd.June - is the 25th. anniversary of one of the most infamous events in world football (soccer) history.
1986 World Cup,Quarter-Final - England v Argentina.
Diego Maradona,one of the greatest players ever to grace the game,blatantly cheated by punching the ball into the net 6 minutes into the 2nd. half. To compound this act of sporting piracy,in the press conference after the game,he had the bare-faced cheek to deny that he handled the ball and called it "The Hand of God"! SHEESH!
Then,four minutes later:
I've never been able to decide if what he did next made that easier to swallow.....or harder! He got the ball just inside his own half,went on a mazy run beating SIX England defenders as if they weren't there,then slotted the ball past Peter Shilton for their second goal. Incredible! In 2002,this was voted "The Goal of the Century". ARRGH!
Reply #603. Jun 22 11, 8:17 AM
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boxjaw
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Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June, 1941. Nazi Germany's invasion of the USSR. The largest military campaign in history and which was the 'primary' reason for the total collapse of Nazi Germany.
Reply #604. Jun 22 11, 9:28 AM
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superhooppete
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22/06/1981 The murderer Mark David Chapman pled guilty to killing John Lennon.
Reply #605. Jun 22 11, 9:53 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1894: The International Olympic Committee is founded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat.
Reply #606. Jun 23 11, 12:53 AM
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superhooppete
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In 1992 John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison convicted of racketeering
Reply #607. Jun 23 11, 9:14 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1948: Soviet forces impose a total land blockade of West Berlin to drive the Western Allies from the city.
Reply #608. Jun 24 11, 12:54 AM
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superhooppete
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In 1939 Siam was renamed Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram the country's third prime minister.
Reply #609. Jun 24 11, 7:35 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1948: The 'Berlin Airlift' begins when the order is given to fly supplies over the Soviet blockade into West Berlin.
Reply #610. Jun 25 11, 3:49 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1945: The charter of the United Nations is signed by 51 nations in San Francisco, US.
Reply #611. Jun 26 11, 2:37 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1743: George II becomes the last British monarch to lead his army in battle, defeating the French at Dettingen.
Reply #612. Jun 27 11, 12:06 AM
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superhooppete
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In 1967 Barclays Bank opened Britain's first cash dispenser.
Reply #613. Jun 27 11, 6:03 AM
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REDVIKING57
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1759 - The British siege of Quebec began by General Wolfe.
1931 - Igor Sikorsky registers his US patent for the first viable helicopter.
Reply #614. Jun 27 11, 7:09 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a Serb.
Reply #615. Jun 28 11, 12:43 AM
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superhooppete
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On this day in 1997 Mike Tyson in the 3rd round was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear.
Reply #616. Jun 28 11, 9:31 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1613: London's Globe Theatre burns down when a theatrical canon is fired during the play 'All Is True'.
Reply #617. Jun 29 11, 12:23 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1905: Einstein publishes 'On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies', explaining his special theory of relativity.
Reply #618. Jun 30 11, 12:37 AM
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REDVIKING57
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1957: The British Egg Marketing Board began stamping eggs with a crowned lion,as a mark of freshness.
1997: Hong Kong was returned to China,as it's 150 year lease expired.
Reply #619. Jun 30 11, 4:27 AM
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romeomikegolf
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Also today:
1908: A comet strikes Tunkguska, Siberia, in probably the largest collision of its kind in recorded history.
Reply #620. Jun 30 11, 5:08 AM
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