Anniversaries.

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"I don't like Mondays" reached number 1 in the UK singles chart for The Boom Town Rats, forty years ago today.
It was their second number 1 after "Rat Trap" the previous year.

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On this day in 1986, Queen played their last live concert with Freddie Mercury at the Knebworth Park Festival in England.
An audience of 120,000 heard them close out with "We Will Rock You"/"We Are The Champions" and "God Save The Queen."

Mercury died in 1991 of complications related to AIDS

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"The Battle of the Bogside" began 50 years ago today.
It sparked further severe rioting in Belfast, led to the British Army being deployed onto the streets of NI and inspired the split of the Provisional IRA from the "Officials some months later, as the younger, northern IRA leaders felt the" Officials", with their older and sometime Southern leaders hadn't protected Nationalists on the ground in the North.

http://www.thejournal.ie/battle-of-t...57206-Aug2019/


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A Protestant Province for a Protestant People.

The Provisional IRA could have asked for no better recruiting sergeants than hardline Ulster Unionists, the Northern Irish Protestant government and subsequent actions by the British Government.

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Fifty years ago today, perhaps the most iconic of music festivals began on the dairy farm of Max Yasgur in upstate New York.
It was possibly made more iconic by rain, mud, the lack of food, water and toilet facilities.
Unfortunately Mr. Yasgur and his community couldn't profit from the experience unlike the dairy farmer founder of another festival, Glastonbury - Michael Eavis.

In honour of the festival the cartoonist Schultz named the bird in his cartoon strip "Peanuts, featuring good ol'Charlie Brown" as Woodstock.

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One year ago yesterday.

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Fifty years ago today, perhaps the most iconic of music festivals began on the dairy farm of Max Yasgur in upstate New York.
It was possibly made more iconic by rain, mud, the lack of food, water and toilet facilities.
Unfortunately Mr. Yasgur and his community couldn't profit from the experience unlike the dairy farmer founder of another festival, Glastonbury - Michael Eavis.
In honour of the festival the cartoonist Schultz named the bird in his cartoon strip "Peanuts, featuring good ol'Charlie Brown" as Woodstock.

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August 16,2019.
Son of Henry, brother of Jane and father of Bridget, actor and director Peter Fonda passes away aged 79, from the complications of lung cancer.

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August 15.
1461 last remnant of Byzantine Empire falls to Turks. Emperor David exiled and later murdered.

1534:Ignatius Loyola forms Society of Jesus aka The Jesuits.

1549:Jesuit priest Francis Xavier lands in Japan.

1599:9 years war, Battle of Curlew Pass, Irish ambush and defeat an English force.

1620:Mayflower departs England with 102 pilgrims.

1824:Freed American slaves establish Liberia.

1876:US removes Indians from the Black Hills of Dakota after a gold find-Thers gold in dem thar hills!

1900:Boxer rebellion in China. Empress, her family and retainers flee as foreign troops move through Peking to quell the rebellion.

1903:New Zealand All Blacks play their first rugby test match again Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. NZ win 22-3.

1914:Panama Canal opens.

1923:Irish Free State arrests Eamon DeValera.

Birthdays:Napoleon Bonaparte 1769
Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, 1771.
Julia Child, Early American celebrity chef, 1912.
Jack Lynch, 1917.
Oscar Romero, El Salvador Bishop murdered in 1980 but born 15/8/1917.
Benedict Kiely, Irish writer, 1919.
Stieg Larsson(The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) 1954
Melinda Gates, 1964
Ben Affleck, 1972.
Jennifer Lawrence, 1990.

Deaths.
Roland,Frankish commander celebrated in "The Song of Roland", 778(killed by Basques in the Pyrenees).
Macbeth,1057.
Will Rogers, 1935.

1935:Will Rogers and Willey Post killed in plane crash on Alaska.

1939:"The Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

1941:Last person executed at the Tower of London for espionage. Corporal Josef Jakob executed by firing squad.

1945:Japan surrenders and the end of WWII is announced. Victory over Japan Day.

1947:India gains independence from Britain, stays a dominion until 1950.

1950:Sukarno proclaims the Republic of Indonesia and becomes its first president.

1954:Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay.

1960:Congo declares its independence from France.

1969:Woodstock music festival begins.

1971:Bahrain gets its independence from Britain.

1971:In NI the SDLP announces a campaign of civil disobedience in response to the introduction of internment.

1979:"Apocalypse Now" released.

1989:F. W. de Klerk becomes S. African President.

1998:Omagh bombing kills 29 and injures about 220.

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1858:US President Buchanan greets Queen Victoria through the new transatlantic telegraph cable.

1896:Gold discovered in the Klondike at "Bonanza Creek".

1921:Members of The Dail swear allegiance to the Irish Republic at their first meeting.

1936:Berlin Summer Olympic Games close.

1945:Last Chinese Emperor captured by Soviet troops.

1946:In the lead up to independence riots erupt between Hindus and Muslims in Calcutta leaving 4,000 dead and 100,000 homeless.

1954:First issue of Sports Illustrated in the US.

1960:Britain grants independence to Cyprus.

1960:Republic of Congo(Zaire) forms.

1961:250,000 West Berliners protest against East Berlin.

1962:Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as the drummer of the Beatles.

1969:Second day of Woodstock.

1984:LA jury acquits car maker John DeLorean of Coca in charges.

1992:Nigel Mandell clinches the F1 championship in Hungary.

2003:Ronaldo makes his debut for Man United.

2008:Usain Bolt sets New 100m record time to win the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

2009:Usain Bolt sets new record for the 100m at the World Athletic Championships in Berlin.

2012:Wikileaks founder Julian Assange given political asylum by Ecuador.

Birthdays.
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia), 1888.
Menachem Begin (former Israeli soldier and PM), 1913.
Forrest E. Mars Jr of the Mars "Candy family", 1931.
James Cameron, Canadian movie director(notably of The Terminator, Titanic and Avatar), 1954.
Laura Innes, US actress notably "ER".
Angela Bassett, US actress.
Madonna,US singer, 1958.
Steve Carell, US actor, 1962.
Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish and UK television personality and former weather girl, 1967.
Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian, 1972.
Joelon Lescot English footballer, 1982.
Evanna Lynch, Irish actress, "Harry Potter".

Deaths.
Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia, 1419.
Andrew Marvell, English poet, 1678.
John Pemberton, US pharmacist inventor of Coca-Cola, 1888.
Robert Bunsen, German chemist inventor of the Bunsen Burner, 1899.
Babe Ruth, iconic US baseball player, 1948.
Margaret Mitchell, Author of "Gone with the Wind", 1949.
Bela Lugo, "Dracula" actor, 1956.
Elvis Presley, 1977.
Stewart Granger, English born US actor, 1993.
Idi Amin, former dictator of Uganda, 2003.
Alfredo Stroessner, President /Dictator of Paraguay, 2006.
Ronnie Drew, ex of the Dubliners, 2008.
Aretha Franklin, noted US motown singer, 2018.
Peter Fonda, US actor, 2019.