Saturday 18 April 2015

Today in History 18th April




Yes Gentle Reader let us gaze into the river of time and dive in and explore.

1480: Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of the pope and famous poisoner is  born.


1506: Construction begins on  St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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1906: A massive earthquake and fire destroys much of San Francisco


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1930: The BBC news is replaced by classical music because there was "no news" today.

 

1955: Albert Einstein, Physicist, dies.


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1971: Davis Tennant,  Scottish actor and star of Casanova, Doctor Who and Broadchurch is born.

 https://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/6a00d8341c630a53ef01287676257f970c-300wi.jpg


1988: John Demjanjuk who got the nickname "Ivan the Terrible" is found guilty of War Crimes during WW2. He was a guard at Treblinka.




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2014: An avalanche on Mount Everest kills 14 people.





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