Categories: uncategorized
Tags: Benito Mussolini, Gordian Braun
Date: 23 March 2009 19:57:06
1708: James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Great Pretender" to the English & Scottish thrones, fails to land at the Firth of Forth.
1848: The John Wickliffe arrives at Dundin with the first settlers, thus founding New Zealand. Why did they have to teach them how to play rugby?
1919: Benito Mussolini founds the Italian Facist Movement, a model for far right parties throughout Europe. If only people realised that there was actually nothing to back up the bluster. Though he did make the trains run on time.
1933: The German Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, allowing Adolf Hitler to rule by decree as dictator. I hope Gordian Braun doesn't get any ideas.
1970: Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, in Beijing, announces a united front of communist forces to fight the new Cambodian government of Lon Nol.
1981: In an attempt to prevent the spread of foot and mouth in Britain, the government bans the tranportation of all Smudgies in the Isle of Wight and southern Hampshire.
2001: The first inhabited space station, Mir, is destroyed at it hits the earth's atmosphere.
2006: Norman Kember, the kidnapped British peace activist, is freed after coalition forces mount a successful raid to free him. Now that's ironic!