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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Jul 30, 2005 20:05:55 GMT 1
July 30 1966 England 4 West Germany 2 No comment required  |
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Post by Rich on Jul 30, 2005 20:35:48 GMT 1
I have edited this post incase it offends any West Germans.
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Jul 30, 2005 20:42:27 GMT 1
How could I forget the third (And best) time we finished off the krauts in the 20th century ;D
They think it's all over.......
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Post by JP on Jul 31, 2005 23:51:39 GMT 1
When i can think of something that happened on July 31st, i'll post it.
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Post by Ebony on Aug 1, 2005 10:09:45 GMT 1
On this day in 1982 i was born. Happy 23rd Birthday to me. Yippee! ;D
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Post by totallyrandom on Aug 1, 2005 10:42:05 GMT 1
Happy Birthday CW ;D
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Post by jakemurrall7 on Aug 1, 2005 10:59:08 GMT 1
happy birthday CW, many happy returns.  |
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Post by Rich on Aug 1, 2005 15:55:26 GMT 1
I have edited this post incase it offends anyone who doesn't celebrate birthdays.
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Aug 1, 2005 18:12:39 GMT 1
Happy Birthday CW
August 1 1982
The British government creates Britoil to take over from the British National Oil Company
Oh for the days when we could produce our own!
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Post by Ebony on Aug 1, 2005 18:51:19 GMT 1
Happy Birthday CW August 1 1982 The British government creates Britoil to take over from the British National Oil Company Oh for the days when we could produce our own! Thanks everyone for the happy returns, and that is a nice fact for my birthday Chief. Thanks xx |
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Post by Blazing Kate on Aug 2, 2005 9:32:49 GMT 1
August 2nd 1934:
Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer (sole leader of Germany) upon the death of President Hindenburg.
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Aug 2, 2005 18:23:56 GMT 1
August 2 1990
Backed by a generation of American money following their war with Iran, Saddam Hussein sends his Iraqi forces across the border to invade Kuwait
For many this was the first time they had heard of Saddam as an enemy of the western world as he was previously seen as the lesser of two evils in comparison to the regimes of Ayotollah Khomenhai & The Shah
Repercussions of this act of agression are continuing to be felt today.
Was this strike one in what has come to be known as the War On Terror?
Possibly because as a result UN forces were based in Saudi Arabia to prepare for Kuwaits liberation. An act which gave Osama Bin Laden his excuse for 9/11 and subsequent terror attacks
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Aug 4, 2005 17:54:49 GMT 1
August 4 1914
Germany invades Belgium kick starting Britains entry into WWI as a result of a pact with the Belgians
Many who enthusiastically signed up for this war were convinced that it would be all over by Christmas at the latest.
Little did they know that they would end up in the most grotesque of conflicts which would change the shape of the world forever.
The United States came out of this war as a global superpower as the big European states spent so much on the conflict. Russia got rid of its long standing monarchy to usher in the beginnings of communism which would lead to the long cold war when the Soviet Union went head to head with the USA and sent the world to the brink of nuclear war on many occasions
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Post by Rich on Aug 5, 2005 12:49:18 GMT 1
On this day in 1930 Neil Armstrong was born. He was the first man on the moon. He even got there before Wallace And Gromit  |
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Post by Blazing Kate on Aug 5, 2005 13:58:23 GMT 1
5th August 1962
Nelson Mandela is arrested and later jailed for attempting to overthrow the South African Government.
Marilyn Monroe (actress) is found dead in her room aged 36.
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