On this day in history.

[Roy Rob]

It was Greyfriars Church.

The church was demolished in the 16th century and it's location forgotten, until now.

There had to be a building after Greyfriars Kevin don't you think? Perhaps the theory is that the King was buried inside the church, which I seem to recall was a custom to protect the grave site, and it was forgotten who was down there. Good job parking fees don't apply.....they would be worth a 'Kings' ransom'

 

[scifan57]

February 4, 1938; Walt Disney releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full length animated film.

 

[twerppoet]

On 4th February, 2013 an announcement was made that a skeleton exhumed from under a Leicester, UK car park is that of King Richard III.

The proof was through DNA tests.

Richard III was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

There is more here. BBC News - Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king's

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Could have been prevented with the proper signage, or so I've been told.

https://twitter.com/Charles_HRH/status/298565783901044736/photo/1

 

[KevinJS]

There had to be a building after Greyfriars Kevin don't you think? Perhaps the theory is that the King was buried inside the church, which I seem to recall was a custom to protect the grave site, and it was forgotten who was down there. Good job parking fees don't apply.....they would be worth a 'Kings' ransom'

This was a period of major destruction of church property. The dissolution of the monasteries, and the separation of England from Roman Catholic influence, was responsible for the wholesale destruction of churches and ecclesiastical buildings.

 

[KevinJS]

Here's an interesting one. Today, Marty McFly visits us from the past.

 

[Richard Brown]

Could have been prevented with the proper signage, or so I've been told.

https://twitter.com/Charles_HRH/status/298565783901044736/photo/1

LOL

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[Richard Brown]

Here's an interesting one. Today, Marty McFly visits us from the past.

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[Richard Brown]

This was a period of major destruction of church property. The dissolution of the monasteries, and the separation of England from Roman Catholic influence, was responsible for the wholesale destruction of churches and ecclesiastical buildings.

Here is an illustrated article in the Daily Mail. There are photos of the reconstructed head. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ng-500-years-killed-battle.html#axzz2K20t8XoW

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[J. A.]

February 5, 1924 – The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips"

 

[J. A.]

February 6, 1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished

 

[J. A.]

February 6, 1952 – Elizabeth II becomes the first queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms since Queen Victoria upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya

 

[J. A.]

February 7, 1964 – The Beatles first arrive in the US. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9 would mark the beginning of the "British Invasion".

 

[J. A.]

February 9, 1718: French settlers found "La nouvelle Orléans" (today New Orleans).

 

[zstairlessone]

Feb 9, Jack Owens dies in 1997 at the age of 92.

Here he is in 1991 at the tender age of 86

 

[scifan57]

February 9, 1960; Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.