Tags: Stroppy Boy, Day of Fun, Jesse Owens, Dwight D Eisenhower, General Franco, James Callaghan
Date: 28 March 2009 17:28:49
We had some very good news today but someone else will tell you about that.
Today has been "Stroppy Boy's Day of Fun". We collected him from swimming and took him into town to buy his belated birthday presents. We had lunch at Frankie & Benny's and then came home, his choice. He is currently watching From Russia With Love and then Quantum of Solace later.
History Today:
193: Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by the Praetorian Guard.
1854: France and Britain join the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War to halt Russian expansion. It was one of those glorious follies that Britain specialises in.
1930: Kemal Attaturk announces that Constantinople is to renamed Istanbul, as part of his campaign to form a secularised Turkish state.
1939: Madrid surrenders to General Franco and brings an end to the Spanish Civil War. The Facsit Falange Party will rule until 1975.
1969: Former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower dies at the age of 78.
1979: Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a vote of confidence in the House of Commons and is forced to call a General Election. Guess who won?
1990: Jesse Owens is posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal by President Bush (the not as dumb as the other one).