On this day in history.

[Gabriel1]

Did you have the opportunity to read it, Richard?

Not yet, Squib. I'm waiting for it to go online. I've heard an extract on the news.

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I believe it says "My husband and I.....we're off to the bunker BYE!".

The Archangel

 

[scifan57]

August 2, 1876; James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok is murdered in Deadwood South Dakota.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Bill_Hickok_sepia.png

 

[J. A.]

Not yet, Squib. I'm waiting for it to go online. I've heard an extract on the news.

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The speech was in the Times yesterday, in detail. There was an article about it.

 

[J. A.]

August 2, 1870: Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Subway

 

[Richard Brown]

August 2, 1870: Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.

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Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Subway

The wiki article mentions the London etc Hydraulic Company. This company is interesting in itself. It supplied hydraulic power to lifts in a number of buildings and other hydraulic services. Maintenance of the hydraulic pipes and equipment was costly. Th company went out of business. Some of the company installations - equipment housings are still in place today. I think the various structures are listed.

A hydraulic railway was opened in the grounds near the Crystal Palace in Sydenham - Crystal Palace Park. The whereabouts of the tunnel are not really known accurately, so any remains haven't been discovered yet.....

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[squib]

Not yet, Squib. I'm waiting for it to go online. I've heard an extract on the news.

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I will be looking forward to hearing the highlights! If you would be so generous as to take the time to share ?
Although Gabe's answer pretty much sums it up!

 

[Richard Brown]

I will be looking forward to hearing the highlights! If you would be so generous as to take the time to share ?
Although Gabe's answer pretty much sums it up!

Hi Squib and everyone else,

The Quenn's 1983 speech in the event of a nuclear war was covered by numerous papers and broadcasters. This report from Reuters is freely available online http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/01/us-britain-queen-archive-idUSBRE9700MU20130801

It contains lots of quotes from the speech.

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[J. A.]

August 3, 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palos_de_la_Frontera

 

[scifan57]

August 3, 1914; France and Germany declare war on each other, leading to the expansion of the war to a global scale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

 

[J. A.]

August 4, 2007: NASA's Phoenix spaceship is launched.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft)

 

[J. A.]

August 5, 1620: The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower

 

[scifan57]

August 05, 2002; the turret of the U.S.S. Monitor was recovered from the ocean floor off Cape Hatteras, where it had sunk during heavy weather on December 30, 1862. The Monitor was the first warship to have it's main armament mounted in a rotating gun turret, eliminating the need to aim the entire ship when shifting targets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monitor_model2.jpg



http://www.cityofart.net/bship/monitor.htm



http://www.cityofart.net/bship/turretships.html

 

[J. A.]

August 6, 2012: NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_rover

 

[scifan57]

August 6, 1926; Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Ederle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-10212,_Gertrud_Ederle.jpg

 

[J. A.]

August 7, 1947: Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.




Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki