Welcome to my Blog. My name is Neil and I have been living in Buckinghan, UK since the 11th September 2020. I lived in the Armenia, Latvia and China. I am a teacher of Geography, Global Perspectives and English. I am married to Lena who is my soulmate and best friend.We also have a little boy, Robert. As you can tell from the Blog's name I am Scottish although I was born in London. My Blog will be for sharing my thoughts on anything that takes my fancy. Please feel free to comment.
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.
1906: A massive earthquake and fire destroys much of San Francisco
1930: The BBC news is replaced by classical music because there was "no news" today.
1955: Albert Einstein, Physicist, dies.
1971: Davis Tennant, Scottish actor and star of Casanova, Doctor Who and Broadchurch is born.
1988: John Demjanjuk who got the nickname "Ivan the Terrible" is found guilty of War Crimes during WW2. He was a guard at Treblinka.
2014: An avalanche on Mount Everest kills 14 people.
#lucreziaborgia #stpetersbasilica #bbcnews #sanfranciscoearthquake #mounteverest #davidtennant #doctorwho #alberteinstein #johndemjanjuk #treblinka
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