Thursday 9 July 2020

ON THIS DAY JULY 9 th - JUST FOR FUN


1917 -  British battleship HMS Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow (the result of an internal explosion of faulty cordite), killing 804.

2002- The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.

1955 -Bill Haley & Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops the billboards chart, one of the best-selling singles ever.

1982- Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and enters the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace, London.


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