these programs state the most important historical events of a specific day, i found them very interesting since they try to keep this balance of past-present-future in humans' life
so here, in this thread, i will try to do the same and mention the major historical events of everyday
and of course everybody can participate by adding events,comments...ect
thank you
10 February
1996: Docklands bomb ends IRA ceasefire
The IRA admit planting the bomb that exploded in the Docklands area
of London last night.
1983: British police on trail of mass murderer
Police launch a mass murder investigation in London after discovering
human remains in drains.
1962: Russia frees US spy plane pilot
American spy plane pilot Captain Francis "Gary" Powers is freed from
prison in the Soviet Union in exchange for a Russian spy jailed in the US.
1952: India passes first test of democracy
Independent India's first general elections pass off peacefully,
and return Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to power.
1955: US evacuates Pacific islands
The American Navy has moved thousands of people from the Chinese
Nationalist Tachen Islands.
2005: Charles and Camilla to be married
The Prince of Wales and long-term partner Camilla Parker Bowles
are engaged, Clarence House announces.
top story this week
7 February
1945: Black Sea talks plan defeat of Germany
8 February
1952: New Queen proclaimed for UK
9 February
1950: McCarthy launches anti-red crusade
11 February
1990: Freedom for Nelson Mandela
Leading anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela has been
freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years.
1956: 'Cambridge spies' surface in Moscow
Two British diplomats, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean,
who vanished in mysterious circumstances five years
ago re-appear in the Soviet Union.
1979: Victory for Khomeini as army steps aside
Supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini appear to be in control
of the Iranian capital, Tehran tonight.
1976: John Curry skates to Olympic gold
Figure skater John Curry wins Britain's first Olympic gold
in the sport - and the country's first medal at the winter games for 12 years.
1975: Tories choose first woman leader
The British Conservative Party chooses
Margaret Thatcher as its new leader.
12 February
1989: Belfast lawyer Finucane murdered
Leading solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead at his home in north Belfast
in front of his wife and children.
1964: Deaths follow Cyprus truce breach
Fighting between ethnic Turks and Greeks in the disputed island of Cyprus
has left at least 16 people dead.
1994: Art thieves snatch Scream
One of the world's best-known paintings, The Scream by Edvard Munch,
is stolen from a museum in Norway.
1954: New authority for atomic energy
A new body is established to control the production and development
of atomic energy in the UK.
1999: Scientists highlight hazards of GM food
A group of international scientists reinforces warnings that genetically
modified food may be damaging to health.
13 February
1991: US bombers strike civilians in Baghdad
Hundreds of Iraqi civilians are killed and wounded in Baghdad by American bombers.
1961: Ex-Congo PM declared dead
Officials in the Congolese province of Katanga declare former Prime Minister
Patrice Lumumba dead.
2001: Landmark Aids case begins in Scotland
A man goes on trial in Glasgow for knowingly infecting a woman with the HIV virus
in a case believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland.
1978: Ford makes her ITN debut
Tomorrow's World presenter Anna Ford has been officially announced as ITN's
first female newsreader.
1975: Miners set for 35 per cent pay rises
British mineworkers' leaders agree to accept the coal board's latest pay
offer of up to 35%.
14 February
1945: Thousands of bombs destroy Dresden
British and US bombers pound the ancient German city of Dresden with high
explosives and incendiaries.
1993: Missing two-year-old found dead
Police confirm a body found on a railway embankment in Merseyside is that
of missing toddler James Bulger.
1984: British ice couple score Olympic gold
British figure skating couple Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate off
with a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo after dancing to Ravel's Bolero.
2005: Explosion kills former Lebanon PM
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is killed by a car bomb explosion in Beirut.
1989: Ayatollah sentences author to death
Iranian Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini issues a death threat against British
author Salman Rushdie and his publishers over the book Satanic Verses.
1997: Lawrence 'killed by racists'
Jurors at the inquest into the death of Stephen Lawrence have decided the
black teenager was unlawfully killed "in a completely unprovoked racist attack
by five white youths".
1974: Russian author charged with treason
Soviet authorities formally charge Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn with
treason a day after forcing him to leave the USSR.
15 February
1961: Belgian jet crashes seconds before landing
At least 73 people are killed when a Boeing 707 jet airliner crashes at Berg,
near Brussels airport.
1971: D-Day delivers new UK currency
The British Government launches a new decimal currency across the country.
1989: Soviet troops pull out of Afghanistan
Soviet troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan, nine years after they invaded the country.
1942: Singapore forced to surrender
British forces in Singapore surrender to the Japanese - seven days after enemy troops
first stormed the island.
1952: King George VI is laid to rest
King George is buried at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after a solemn
procession through London.
1986: Printers and police clash in Wapping
Eight police officers are injured in the worst outbreak of violence yet outside
the News International printing plant in Wapping, east London.
1996: Arms-to-Iraq report published
The long-awaited report into the sale of arms-to-Iraq in the 1980s is published
and contains strong criticisms of the ministers involved.
16 February
1959: Castro sworn in as Cuban PM
Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro becomes the country's youngest ever premier.
2001: Serbs killed in Kosovo pilgrimage
At least seven Serbs are killed in a bomb attack on a bus making its way to a
religious ceremony in Kosovo.
1985: Falklands' row civil servant resigns
Ministry of Defence assistant secretary Clive Ponting resigns from his post over
the Belgrano affair.
1972: Miners' strike turns off the lights
Many homes and businesses will be without electricity for up to nine hours a day
from today, the Central Electricity Generating Board has announced.
1965: Beeching plans for 'bloated' railways
A second report from British Railways Board chairman Dr Richard Beeching outlines
transport needs for the next 25 years.
2005: Kyoto Protocol comes into force
The Kyoto Protocol that aims to slow down global warming takes effect but the US
remains outside it.
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Originally Posted by Tunimax
i make this thread so that everyone involved please do not hesitate
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