On This Day: May 9, 2008
Birthdays: | 1869 | J.M Barrie, British author | | 1873 | Howard Carter, English egyptologist | | 1934 | Alan Bennett, English playwright and actor | | 1936 | Glenda Jackson, Actres of television and film | | 1936 | Albert Finney, Actor | | 1949 | Billy Joel, American Singer |
Events:| 1887 | Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opened in London | | 1908 | Winston Churchill was elected as an MP for the first time | | 1914 | An earthquake struck Sicily, killing over a hundred people | | 1922 | The Egyptian governmant became the countries only leagal trader in opium, cocaine & hashish | | 1928 | Catholics & Protestant Nonconformists were allowed to hold public office in Britain | | 1940 | The RAF began night bombing raids on targest in Germany | | 1947 | The World Bank opened in Washington, United States | | 1949 | The first British laundrette opened in London | | 1981 | A terrosist bomb exploded at the Sullom Voe oil terminal, during a visit by the King of Norway |
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