Tuesday 7 April 2015

Today in History 7th April


Greetings fellow history lovers, its time to delve back into the midst's of time and see what happened on the 7th of April in the past.

1739: Dick Turpin, English Highwayman, executed for horse theft,
A monochrome illustration of a man on horseback, jumping a wooden gate. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, coat, trousers, and long boots. His left hand holds the reins, in his right hand is a pistol. A man stands in the near distance, in front of a toll booth, with a shocked expression on his face. Obscured by the gate, a small dog watches proceedings.

1915: Singer Billie Holiday born in Philadelphia, USA.

Click here to hear Strange Fruit

1964: Actor Russell Crowe born in Wellington, New Zealand.
    

1969: The Internet is born with the publication of RFC1 by Steve Crocker,



1989: The Soviet Submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents sea, killing 42.

http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/si-montgomery.htm

1994: The Rwandan Genocide begins in Kigali.

Click here to see a video about the Genocide (contains upsetting scenes)




   
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