Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Today in History: 7th July

Good Morning Gentle Reader,


1865: Mary Surratt becomes the first woman to be executed by the US Federal Government for her part in the Abraham Lincoln assassination.

 
 http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln26.html

1940: Richard Starkey, AKA Ringo Starr, drummer with the Beatles is born.
 http://i4.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article3259454.ece/BINARY/AP-DO-NOT-USE-mike-mitchell-s-picture-of-ringo-starr-132335605.jpg 
 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/50-years-day-ringo-starr-3337679


1947: An alien space craft apparently crashes in New Mexico near the town of Roswell.

 http://www.openminds.tv/wp-content/uploads/RoswellDailyRecordJuly8_1947.jpg 
 http://www.openminds.tv/google-pays-tribute-to-roswell-ufo-crash-1072/22681

1954: Elvis Presley performs on radio for the first time singing "That's All Right."

  
 http://www.riffraf.net/2014/07/elvis-thats-all-right/

2005; London, 4 Islamic fundamentalist suicide bombers, kill themselves and 52 other people in an attack on the cities transport network.

 https://roadsofstone.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/july-7-attacks-london.jpg 
 https://roadsofstone.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/july-7-attacks-london.jpg

2006: Syd Barrett, the original lead singer of Pink Floyd, dies.

   

 http://s156.photobucket.com/user/therealgaryhill/media/SYDred-2.jpg.html

#july7th #roswell #elvispresley #7/7bombings #ringostarr #sydbarrett #marysurratt

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