6th May

1889 - The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

Elysium:

GUMBY:

Elysium:

05 May

In 1494 Christoher Columbus landed on the island of Jamaica and claimed it for Spain.

Noooooooo!!!!!! Your book is wrong again,i,m afraid.

3rd May 1494.Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica-by mistake!!!! Also,bet you didn,t know this-

He was actually Italian

I got the above information from wikipedia Gumby;

3 rd May -1494 - Christopher Columbus first sights land that will be called Jamaica.

5th - 1494 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain. 

Ha,tis' good that you have dumped the diary Elysium(well,for this thread at least)You are of course right,i too have just checked on wikipedia.However,i didn,t first time round-still pretty damn close recalling from memory tho' And...to be fair,you got me on a technicality-which you had to look up anyway! It,s all very well copying dates down for this thread,but i wonder,for example, how many of you had even heard of the 1916 Irish uprising before i corrected the date? I can safely say,i,ve forgotten more than you lot know!Also i didn,t dispute Columbus claimed Jamaica for Spain,(just said he wasn,t Spanish).Always a good question for a pub quiz-What nationality was Columbus?

Over here in these parts CC stands for Canadian Club, which is Canadian, I think.  Cheers everyone.

7th May

1946 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. was founded. The company was later renamed Sony.- Sounds familiar!

9th May - just still lol

  1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole.

Births

Deaths

nothing important happened on 11th or 12th May  - well my daughters 20th birthday on 11th but not for here

and today is now 13th May

almost................ so

Today in

1787 The ‘First Fleet’ left Portsmouth, with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia - and so started Britains biggest open prison and still so!!

1847 - William Clayton invented the odometer - but no cars to put it on???

1949: Berlin blockade lifted

1970: Ernie Banks hits 500th home run - Phew that was a long game!!

1978 - The U.S. Commerce Department said hurricanes would no longer be given only female names - Women only want to share the bad things!!

1987: Forest fire sweeps across China - don't think global warming got mentioned then!!

Births-

1820 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse, born in Florence, Italy, who was the founder of modern nursing.

1907 - Katharine Hepburn born 1948 - Steve Winwood, English musician.

1950 - Stevie Wonder, USsinger

1968 - Tony Hawk, professional American skateboarder - popped out and rolled along the edge of the bedframe before doing a 360 into the cot!!

Deaths-

1961 - Gary Cooper, US film actor

2001 - Perry Como (born Pierino Ronald Como), American singer.

Djk:

 

1968 - Tony Hawk, professional American skateboarder - popped out and rolled along the edge of the bedframe before doing a 360 into the cot!!

 

Lol! I never heard of this scaterking Hawk until read the book Slam by Nick Hornby! It's about a 17-year-old skateboarder named Sam whose life changes drastically when his girlfriend gets pregnant. Sam's hero is this Tony Hawk and so he talks to Tony Hawk, the skateboarding king and Hawk talks back to Sam. Tony Hawk may even be whisking him into the future on a couple of occasions to help him prepare for what’s coming. I recommend the book!

Hi Elysium,

I pm'd and e-mailed you but I'm not sure if it went through. Did you get them?

not for long but..............

and today is now 16th May

almost................ so

Today in

 1220 - Henry III of England laid the foundation stone of a new Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey, thus beginning the new abbey-church (1245).

 1929 - First Academy Awards ceremony - not quite as glitsy as today I expect!

1983 Michael Jackson Moonwalks - Five months after the release of his phenomenally successful second album, Thriller, Michael Jackson performs the “moonwalk” on the Motown 25th Anniversary Special to his hit song “Billie Jean” on this day in 1983. (He had introduced the move in front of a live audience earlier that year.)

1968: Three die as tower block collapses - Two women and a man are killed after an entire corner of a new block of flats in London's East End collapses. - I remember this one - Caused a change in building design for multi-storey blocks I think
 

2001: Prescott punches protester - The Labour Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, has punched a protester who threw an egg at him during a visit to Rhyl in north Wales - Well done JP

Birthdays:

1905 - Henry Fonda

1936 - Roy Hudd, English comedian

Deaths:

1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr., American singer

That is enough as only 1hr left here inUK - Sorry about the layout but not sure how to edit formatting

Birthdays 17th May

1965 - Trent Reznor, musician (9 Inch Nails) THX for the great song "Hurt"!!!!!!!!!!!

9 Inch Nails "Hurt" live:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFx2TmQfM-o

1936 - Dennis Hopper, KS, actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider)

1936 - Lars Gustafsson, writer

1866 - Erik Alfred Satie, Honfleur France, composer (M‚moirs d'un Amb‚sique)

Gnossienne #1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7CKvbE-1Sg

Deaths:

1985 - Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas

History:

1967 - Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as film "Don't Look Back"

18th May

Birthdays:

1897 - Frank Capra, Ital, director (Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace)

1942 - Albert Hammond, musician

1954 - Wreckless Eric, rocker (Waxworks, Be Stiff)

Deaths:

1961 - Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies

1980 - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23

History:

1960 - Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris

1965 - Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt

1980 - Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die

19th May

Birthdays:

1945 - Pete Townshend, England, rock guitarist/vocalist/composer (The Who)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZK3u5VNz-c

1948 - Grace Jones, [Mendoza], Spanishtown Jamacia, singer/actress (Vamp)

1952 - Joey Ramone, [Jeffrey Hyman],(The Ramones)

Ramones: I'm not afraid of Life:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IhtGz19bEc

Deaths:

1935 - Thomas E Lawrence (of Arabia), dies in a motorcycle crash

1996 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61

2004 - Tony Randall, actor (Felix Unger in The Odd Couple) dies aged 84

History:

1885 - 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)

1968 - Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard

1979 - Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd

21th May

Birthdays:

1471 - Albrecht Duerer, Nuernberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker

1904 - Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')

1917 - Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla)

1948 - Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love)

Deaths:

1919 - Victor Segalen,  French naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist, literary critic dies

1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42

1992 - Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24

History:

1871 - -July 28] French regular troops attack Commune of Paris; 17,000 die

1945 - Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart wed

1971 - Chelsea wins 11th Europe Cup II in Athens

1980 - "Empire Strikes Back" premieres                

1982 - British troops lands on Falkland Islands

1983 - David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1 

22th May

Birthdays:

1859 - Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice

1907 - Laurence Olivier, England, actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer)

1914 - Vance Packard, Granville Summit Pa, author (Hidden Persuaders)

1946 - George Best, footballer/soccer player (Manchester United, Northern Ireland)

Happy Birthday Morrissey!

1959 - Morrissey, British musician ; Everyday is Like Sunday:

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=1IbJQ4YAPRo

Deaths:

1885 - Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Mis‚rables), dies at 83

1965 - Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies

1972 - Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80

History:

1933 - Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay

1954 - Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed

1965 - Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1

1986 - Cher called David Letterman an as.shole on Late Night on NBC

23th May

Birthdays:

1934 - Robert A Moog, inventor (Moog Synthesizer)

1950 - Linda Thompson, Memphis Tn, actress (Hee Haw)

1966 - Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress (Ft Worth, Howards End)

Deaths:

1906 - Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78

1940 - Paul Nizan, French journalist/wr