April 26th1986 - Ukraine Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
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April 26th1986 - Ukraine Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Today is Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
Stay safe everyone, whether you are working or not, in these unusual times.
Colonel Thomas Moore, is One Hundred years old today.
On 6 April 2020, at the age of 99, he began to walk around his garden in aid of NHS Charities Together during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of raising £1,000 by his hundredth birthday. On the morning of his birthday the total he had raised £30 million.
He served in the Brirish Army in World War Two rising to the rank of Captain. After the war he raced motorcycles competitively winning several trophies.
In recognition of his efforts, a Hawker Hurricane and a Spitfire from the Royal Air Force's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight performed a flypast over his house. He has also been made an Honorary Colonel.
I wonder, does he now get a Colonel's pension?I think not!
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Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day or V-E Day, is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
Marking 75 years.
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Happy Birthday Bono , 60 today
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And yet, this is all they can talk about.Originally Posted by Ketchup
I know this from being a Super Burnley fan.
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Well they did win it after all. I'm guessing that if Burnley won it you would do plenty of crowing yourself Floki.
We still have to listen to the English going on about 1966!
Are we there yet ?
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The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974 were a series of co-ordinated bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland. Three bombs exploded in Dublin during the evening rush hour and a fourth exploded in Monaghan almost ninety minutes later. They killed 33 civilians and a full-term unborn child, and injured almost 300. The bombings were the deadliest attack of the conflict known as the Troubles, and the deadliest attack in the Republic's history. Most of the victims were young women, although the ages of the dead ranged from pre-born up to 80 years.
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group from Northern Ireland, claimed responsibility for the bombings in 1993. It had launched a number of attacks in the Republic since 1969. There are allegations taken seriously by inquiries that elements of the British state security forces helped the UVF carry out the bombings, including members of the Glenanne gang. Some of these allegations have come from former members of the security forces. The Irish parliament's Joint Committee on Justice called the attacks an act of international terrorism involving British state forces. The month before the bombings, the British government had lifted the UVF's status as a proscribed organisation.
The bombings happened during the Ulster Workers' Council strike. This was a general strike called by hardline loyalists and unionists in Northern Ireland who opposed the Sunningdale Agreement. Specifically, they opposed the sharing of political power with Irish nationalists, and the proposed role for the Republic in the governance of Northern Ireland. The Republic's government had helped bring about the Agreement. The strike brought down the Agreement and the Northern Ireland Assembly on 28 May.
No-one has ever been charged with the bombings. A campaign by the victims' families led to an Irish government inquiry under Justice Henry Barron. His 2003 report criticised the Garda Síochána's investigation and said the investigators stopped their work prematurely. It also criticised the Fine Gael/Labour government of the time for its inaction and lack of interest in the bombings. The report said it was likely that British security force personnel or MI5 intelligence was involved but had insufficient evidence of higher-level involvement. However, the inquiry was hindered by the British government's refusal to release key documents. The victims' families and others are continuing to campaign to this day for the British government to release these documents.
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I was just a wee baby at this time.
Even now though, it is something people still talk about, as it was such a shocking report.
Such sad loss for the family and friends.
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Miracle of Istanbul; 15 years ago today, probably the greatest comeback of all time by LFC
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