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@mghrn55 saidIndeed, a Mr Lennon, Ahem👍
40 years ago today ......... Dec 8, 1980. 😢
65 BC: Horace, Roman poet, was born in Venusian Apuila.
1854: Pope Pius IX settled an ancient controversy by declaring that Christ's mother was preserved from all sin the moment she was conceived🤔
1941: Britian and the United States declared war on Japan.
2020: A new Russian covid vaccine 'Sputnik V' is realeased - 🚬 hang on a minute....
@relentless-red saidNice version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6svOHFSAH8
Good to hear it without the Phil Spector crap.
1503: French astrologer and prophet Nostradamus was born🤔
1542: Princess Mary succeeded her farther James V and became Queen Mary I of Scotland at six days old.
1901: The first table tennis tournament was held at the Royal Aquarium, London - One for the debates & texters.
1962: Mariner II sent the first close-up pictures of the planet Venus🤦♂️
2014: Actor Peter O'Toole died. He received eight Oscar nominations for films including Lawrence of Arabia, without winning😒 I watched Caligula.
2020: Fish panic in the North Sea🚬
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@handyandy saidAnd here we are. 🙂
On this date in 1990, the World Wide Web, the system providing quick access to websites over the Internet, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created the world's first hyperlinked webpage.
@great-big-stees saidYou wouldn't love Manhattan then? 🙂
I'd not get past the 2nd floor. I hate heights.
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@torunn saidI've had a Manhattan and you're right, I wasn't impressed.
You wouldn't love Manhattan then? 🙂