If you are new to this site you might not know that you can click on the "On This Day" links under the post date to find out what happened on this day in history from the BBC, Wikipedia, IMDb, The History Channel and more. Not yet though, you have to read the stuff below first!
Here are some notable events from this day in history.
- 1752 - The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
- 1894 - Great Hinckley Fire.
- 1939 - Germany invades Poland.
- 1951 - The ANZUS Treaty is signed.
- 1983 - Korean airliner shot down.
- 1985 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
- 1997 - Diana driver was drunk and speeding.
- 1969 - Bloodless coup in Libya.
- 1991 - The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in North America.
- 1999 - Information Junk(One of my favourites) began it's life on the web
- 2004 - The Beslan school hostage crisis begins.
- 1972 - ILuvNUFC was born in the General Hospital in Newcastle.
See you all tomorrow. :)
