On this day...

[Dave iLT]

Pretty much yea.

[shackleton's man]

Nice try Dave but it wasn't who I was refering to. It was of course our very own iarescientist of course.

[PaperChampion]

I'll wait until there's something insanely obscure and then post that .

[lean meat]

I'll wait until there's something insanely obscure and then post that .

what like the fact that today in 1976 saw the first outbreak of Legionnaire's disease among veterans at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia attending the US Bicentennial Convention of the American Legion ?

[Blackout]

Our old pub quiz used to have a weekly "disease question", I wish I'd known you back then...

[lean meat]

Our old pub quiz used to have a weekly "disease question", I wish I'd known you back then...

thanks

[PaperChampion]

Haha, yes, that is quite a good one. I've never even heard of that disease before.

Blackout... you must have had some nasty questions then :S.

[india93]

1002: Ethelred the Unready orders the St Brice's Day Massacre - the murder of all Danes in England.

i never did like those big dogs anyway

[lean meat]

Moby Dick by Melville published today.. which I guess is marginally more interesting than the fact that on this day in 1987, Debbie Bennett won the Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am

[Cletus from Canuckistan]

Slightly offtopic but both Spencer Perceval and Robert Falcon Scott showed up in my Google news search today. And iLT get a mention in one of them!

[Kat_lov]

December 4th

On this day in 1952 a deadly smog created by the smoke soot and sulfur dioxide from the factories, cars and coal fires in local homes begins to hover over London which continues for four days, leading to the deaths of at least 4,000 people.



Also on this day in 1872, a crew from the Dei Gratia, a small British brig, spot the Mary Celeste at full sail near the Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was seaworthy, its stores and supplies were untouched, but not a soul was onboard.

The fate of her crew has been the subject of much speculation. Theories range from alcoholic fumes to underwater earthquakes and waterspouts, along with paranormal accounts such as aliens, sea monsters and the Bermuda Triangle. The Mary Celeste is often described as the archetypal ghost ship, since she was discovered derelict without any apparent explanation.

[lean meat]

1961: Pill was made available on the NHS
The female oral contraceptive, or ‘pill’, was made available on the NHS on this day in 1961, kicking off the era of free love. Apparently, comedian Ronnie Corbett was born on this day in 1930 so some might say the invention of the pill came 31 years too late