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Jimbuna · 05-04-25, 12:30 PM

1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire: Final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York sees Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster, killed and King Edward IV return to his throne, restoring political stability to England until his death in 1483

1910 Wilfrid Laurier passes the Naval Service Act, which creates the Royal Canadian Navy.

1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare.

1916 Ned Daly, Willie Pearse, Michael O'Hanrahan and Joseph Plunkett are executed by British authorities following the Easter Rising, at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin.

1917 A flotilla of US destroyer ships arrive in Queenstown, Ireland, to aid in convoying ships to England.

1945 German forces in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Luneburg Heath.

1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Jimbuna · 05-07-25, 01:13 PM

1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed.

1915 RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost.

1942 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed.

1945 Unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich to the Allies is signed by General Alfred Jodl at Reims in northern France.

1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu.

1954 US, Great Britain & France reject Russian membership of NATO

1960 USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confesses to being a CIA spy.

05-04-25, 12:30 PM	#5431
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire: Final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York sees Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster, killed and King Edward IV return to his throne, restoring political stability to England until his death in 1483 1910 Wilfrid Laurier passes the Naval Service Act, which creates the Royal Canadian Navy. 1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare. 1916 Ned Daly, Willie Pearse, Michael O'Hanrahan and Joseph Plunkett are executed by British authorities following the Easter Rising, at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin. 1917 A flotilla of US destroyer ships arrive in Queenstown, Ireland, to aid in convoying ships to England. 1945 German forces in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Luneburg Heath. 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-07-25, 01:13 PM	#5432
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed. 1915 RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost. 1942 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed. 1945 Unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich to the Allies is signed by General Alfred Jodl at Reims in northern France. 1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu. 1954 US, Great Britain & France reject Russian membership of NATO 1960 USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confesses to being a CIA spy. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!