todays history lesson - 6th may

katcha · **Posted:** Tue May 06, 2008 7:11 pm

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1937: The Hindenburg airship, the largest ever built, explodes at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people.
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1954: British athlete Roger Bannister becomes the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, in Oxford.
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1992: The Channel Tunnel - an immense engineering achievement - opens, linking London and Paris by rail.

katcha · **Posted:** Tue May 06, 2008 11:09 pm

ritchie humphreys announced player of the century

Cowboy · **Posted:** Tue May 06, 2008 11:09 pm

ElvisAintDead wrote:

Our Westie, Rosie, born 6th May 2001.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22651

katcha wrote:

ritchie humphreys announced player of the century

Quite apt on the day the Hindenburg exploded.

Frodraff · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 12:02 am

katcha wrote:

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1937: The Hindenburg airship, the largest ever built, explodes at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people.

I'm hoping for a bang meself like.

todays history lesson - 6th may

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