On this day in history.

[Drew wal]

May 11, 1981 - Bob Marley, the reggae artist dies from cancer in a Miami hospital at the age of 36. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56186"/> YouTube Link: http://youtu.be/jGqrvn3q1oo

Interestingly though it was only the tobacco that contributed towards his death , the drugs on the other hand didnt !

Sent from my awesome iPhone 5S 64gb Gold using ipf

 

[scifan57]

May 15, 1756; The Seven Years War begins when England declares war on France. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War

 

[scifan57]

May 16, 1975;

Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_Tabei

 

[Drew wal]

Well done to her

Sent from my awesome iPhone 5S 64gb Gold using ipf

 

[squib]

Re: Gallipoli Peninsula. It must have been like the landing on Normandy Beach for the Canadians!


Peace begins with a smile
- Mother Teresa.
iPad 2

 

[J. A.]

May 17, 1510: Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli, dies.

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

 

[J. A.]

May 19, 1914: Max Ferdinand Perutz, Austrian-born British molecular biologist, is born.




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

 

[scifan57]

May 20, 1873;

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for blue jeans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss_&_Co.

 

[squib]

I could LIVE in blue jeans! I have a pair with the patch upside down! Think they might be worth something?

 

[The OB]

I could LIVE in blue jeans! I have a pair with the patch upside down! Think they might be worth something?

Nah! Not much. Now, without any patch at all is a different matter. I tore mine off and couldn't be happier,

Andrew


Sent from Oz using Tapatalk

 

[scifan57]

May 21, 1927; Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the first solo non stop flight across the Atlantic.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charle...rit_of_St._Louis.2C_and_New_York-Paris_flight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_St._Louis

 

[J. A.]

May 21, 1927; Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the first solo non stop flight across the Atlantic. <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56623"/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh#The_Orteig_Prize.2C_Spirit_of_St._Louis.2C_and_New_York-Paris_flight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_St._Louis

May 21, 1927: Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

May 21, 2013: exactly the same event was posted by me, but without Wikipedia links.
I knew this looks familiar.

 

[J. A.]

May 22, 1813: German composer Richard Wagner was born.





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

 

[squib]

May 22, 1813: German composer Richard Wagner was born. <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=56641"/> Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner

Hi Johanna, great composer! It's a strange photo or a strange face in the sense that the right side of his face seems to be sliding down off the left side of his face. Interesting!

 

[scifan57]

May 22, 1859; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, most famous as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, is born in Edinburgh, Scotland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle