In 1971 - Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

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On this day in 1957, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.

On this day in 1982, The Mary Rose, flagship of King Henry VIII, rises to the surface after 437 years at the bottom of the Solent.

On this day in 1915.... during The First World War.....English nurse Edith Cavell is executed as a spy by a German firing squad for helping captured British soldiers to escape from behind German lines.

In 1998 ........ i was in labour with my daughter, and 48 hours later my angel was born ........

On this day in 1958, Michael Bond publishes the first story on Paddington Bear.

In 1926 - The book "Winnie-the-Pooh," by A.A. Milne, made its debut.

On this day in 1912 - While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper John Schrank. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt still delivers his scheduled speech.

On this day in 1066:

In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the forces of William the Conqueror defeat the Saxon army and kill King Harold II of England.
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A steel-making process was patented, by Englishman Sir Harry Bessemer.
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on this day in 1814 The London Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine.


when i researched this on wiki this is what information i gathered ...

The London Beer Flood occurred on October 17, 1814 in the London parish of St. Giles in the United Kingdom. At the Meux and Company Brewery on Tottenham Court Road[1][2], a huge vat containing over 135,000 gallons of beer ruptured, causing other vats in the same building to succumb in a domino effect. As a result, more than 323,000 gallons of beer burst out and gushed into the streets. The wave of beer destroyed two homes and crumbled the wall of the Tavistock Arms pub, trapping the barmaid under the rubble.[3]

The wave left 9 people dead: 8 due to drowning, one from alcohol poisoning.[1]

The brewery was eventually taken to court over the accident, but the disaster was ruled to be an "Act of God" by the judge and jury, leaving no one responsible.


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1 from alcohol poisoning??? what did they try to do, drink themselves to safety?????
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