Interesting facts about today June 1, 2007 at 9:06 pm
1997
British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologies to the people of Ireland for British actions during the Potato Famine 150 years earlier.
1994
British jockey Willie Carson wins his fourth Derby at Epsom riding 7-2 favorite Erhaab.
1972
Urban terrorist group leader Andreas Baader is captured after a gun battle with police and troops.
1968
Britain and Iceland sign a formal end to the ‘Cod War’ over fishing rights in the North Sea.
1967
British group The Beatles release their Sergeant Pepper Album.
1958
Britain introduces the Clean Air Act, affects industry as well as domestic uses of energy.
1957
In Britain, the computer ERNIE draws the first Premium Bond prizes - first prize £1,000
1948
In London, the first ever Mr Universe contest.
1946
Britain introduces television licences. The cost: £2 each.
1939
99 sailors are lost with the sinking of British submarine HMS Thetis.
1938
First appearance of Superman in an American comic.
1935
Britain introduces the compulsory wearing of ‘L’ plates for learner drivers.
1929
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in south eastern Italy, overlooking the Bay of Naples. Lava from the earliest recorded eruption, 79AD, buried several Roman cities including Pompeii.
1915
World War I: the first German Zeppelin airship bombing raid on London.
1911
Britain’s first electric trolley buses begin operating in the Yorkshire cities of Leeds and Bradford
1796
Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the America Union.
1792
Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the United States of America
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