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 On Ths Day: 1 January Minimum: -17.2oC - Wallingford, 1962 Average Max: 6.6oC Average Min: 1.3oC 155.5mm rain falls in Achnagart, 1992 A North Sea storm in 1999 reveals 'Seahenge' [dated 2050BC], a circle of wooden timbers on the Norfolk Coast 404 - Last gladiator competition in Rome 1651 - Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland 1766 - James III Edward Old Pretender/king of Great Britain/Ireland, dies aged 77yrs 1800 - Dutch East Indies Company dissolves 1801 - Ireland and Great Britain (England and Scotland) form United Kingdom 1877 - England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India 1894 - Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic 1896 - Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays 1904 - In Great Britain, the Motor Car Act comes into effect - requiring driving license 1945 - The German Luftwaffe launches 1000 sorties of fighter planes in a series of major raids on 27 Allied airfields in Holland, Belgium, and northwest France. They destroy over 300 Allied aircraft, but lose nearly 200 of their own. German anti-aircraft batteries 1947 - Britain nationalizes its coal industry 1948 - Britain nationalizes its railways 1949 - Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand 1958 - Starting date of the European Economic Community (EEC Common Market) (France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands) 1962 - The Beatles failed their audition at Decca Records 1973 - The United Kingdom becomes a fully-fledged member of the European Economic Community 1978 - Air India Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 1985 - The first British mobile phone call is made (by Ernie Wise to Vodafone) 1995 - Austria, Finland, and Sweden enter the European Union 2000 - Y2K passes without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared 2002 - Twelve of the European Union's 15 countries wake up to life with a new currency as the euro reaches the streets 617 Squadron 1945 - Sortie to bomb ships at Oslo Click here to be taken to lancer's Blog... Midlands Weather Forum |
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