Tower of Strength 7th December Tuesday
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"It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone
that can make anyone happy or miserable."
- Roger L'Estrange
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." - Elbert Hubbardt.
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Good win for Liverpool last night. Don't get carried away as Villa had many first team players missing but Liverpool were without Gerrard, Carragher and Torres. Maybe the secret of a good team performance is to not make a few freel they are better than everyone else......although all three are valuable assets.
It's another beautiful day on the Costa Blanca and I'm looking after the little people. The place looks like a bomb's hit it and the in-between people have gone off to the market in Altea. One of the little people is doing her homework. To be fair she is now 8 years old and she has her Castellano, Basque, English and Maths to do whilst she is here visiting. This is Chloe and her younger brother's mission in life is to visit the Costa Blanca and wreak havoc everywhere in general and in our house in particular. He has the cat to terrorise and various low lying objects he can get his hands on but the object of the exercise is for me to keep him occupied. This is fair enough. Life's not much fun when you're just 2 feet one. Let's get the weather forecast. We have various amber alerts around Spain but I think we should be fine....
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Events 7th December
1431 - In Paris, Henry VI of England was crowned King of France. This is another reason why we are inextricably linked with France
1732 - The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) was opened.
1787 - Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. constitution becoming the first of the United States.
1889 - The first of 554 performances of "The Gondoliers" took place.Class
1907 - At London's National Sporting Club, Eugene Corri became the first referee to officiate from inside a boxing ring. Was he a boxer himself?
1925 - Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 150-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 25 and 2/5 seconds. He went on to play "Tarzan" in several movies. He trained by racing crocodiles in muddy water
1926 - The gas operated refrigerator was patented by The Electrolux Servel Corporation.
1941 - Pearl Harbor, located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese warplanes. The attack resulted in the U.S. entering into World War II. Somebody once answered in a quiz that Pearl Harbour made a song with Teddy Johnson....
1971 - Libya announced the nationalization of British Petroleum's assets.
1972 - Apollo 17 was launched at Cape Canaveral. It was the last U.S. moon mission.
1972 - Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was stabbed and seriously wounded by an assailant. The man was then shot and killed by her bodyguards.
1974 - President Makarios returned to Cyprus after five months in exile.
1983 - Madrid, Spain, an Aviaco DC-9 collided on a runway with an Iberia Air Lines Boeing 727 that was accelerating for takeoff. The collision resulted in the death of all 42 people aboard the DC-9 and 51 on the Iberia jet.
1987 - Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev set foot on American soil for the first time. He had come to the U.S. for a Washington summit with U.S. President Reagan. Was Gorbachev the real deal or did he achieve the biggest con the west could have endured...
1987 - 43 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a fellow passenger and the two pilots aboard a Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner. You can understand the neefor today's security measures
1988 - An estimated 25,000 people were killed when a major earthquake hit northern Armenia in the Soviet Union. The quake measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale. This is such an horrific statistic
1988 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced the reduction of the number of Soviet military troops by half a million. Was he the real deal?
1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Mississippi abortion law which, required women to get counseling and then wait 24 hours before terminating their pregnancies. I think this would have been a good idea.
1993 - Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary revealed that the U.S. government had conducted more than 200 nuclear weapons tests in secret at its Nevada test site. I don't understand why the USA can do this but Iran and Korea cannot....
2002 - In Amsterdam, Netherlands, two Van Gogh paintings were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum. Pardon?
2003 - A 12-inch by 26-inch painting of a river landscape and sailing vessel by Martin Johnson Heade was sold at auction for $1 million. The painting was found in the attic of a suburban Boston home where it had been stored for more than 60 years.
Music Stuff December 7th1961, Frankie Vaughan scored his second and last UK No.1 with 'Tower Of Strength' a song written by Burt Bacharach.Great track and I loved the Gene Alxander original
1963, The Beatles second album 'With The Beatles' UK No.1 album. Also today, all four Beatles appeared on BBC TV's 'Juke Box Jury'. ...what a panel!
1963, The Singing Nun No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dominique', it reached No.7 on the UK chart. The song won a Grammy Award for the year's best Gospel song. How on earth this was gospel music is beyond me....
1967, Otis Redding went into the studio to record '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'. The song went on to be his biggest hit. Redding didn't see its release; he was killed three days later in a plane crash.Another sad pop story...
1967, The Beatles Apple boutique opened its doors. The store closed seven months later when all the goods were given away free to passers by.Good business, eh?
1968, The Beatles 'White Album' UK No.1.
1974, Barry White UK No.1 -'You're The First, The Last, My Everything', the singers first UK No.1. Originally written in the 1950's as a country song with the title 'You're My First, You're My Last, My In-Between.' Big Barry...
1974, Carl Douglas No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Kung Fu Fighting'. The song was recorded in 10 minutes, had started out as a B-side and went on to sell over 10 million.Not really a classic was it..
1979, The Police second UK No.1 'Walking on the Moon', taken from their second album 'Reggatta De Blanc'. The video for the song was filmed at Kennedy Space Center interspersed with NASA footage.
1984, a benefit concert for Ethiopia was held at The Royal Albert Hall, London, featuring, Nick Heyward, Feargal Sharkey, Julian Lennon, Mike Rutherford and others.Did the money help......
1985, Mr Mister No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Broken Wings', a UK No.4 hit.I loved this hit song..
1987, Richard Taylor from The Manhattans died aged 47. This was a great soul ballad
1991, George Michael and Elton John were at No.1 in the UK with a live version of 'Don't Let The Sun Go down On Me', (a hit for Elton in 1974). All proceeds from the hit went to aids charities.
1991, Michael Jackson No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Black Or White', his 12th solo No.1, also a No.1 in the UK.Great production on this song...
1991, Two weeks after Freddie Mercury's death 'Queen's Greatest Hits II' started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart 1991, U2 went to No.1 on the US album charts with 'Achtung Baby'. Featuring 'One', Zoo Station', 'The Fly' and 'Even Better Than The Real Thing'. Two fabulous albums...
1992, Mariah Carey's MTV Unplugged EP became the first Sony Minidisc to be released in the US.Good quiz question..
1993, Manic Street Preachers co-manager Phillip Hall died from cancer. Hall was a former Record Mirror journalist and had also worked in PR for Stiff Records. Represented many acts including The Stone Roses, The Pogues, James, The Waterboys, The Beautiful South and Radiohead.
1996, Toni Braxton US No.1 'Un- Break My Heart'. Written by Dianne Warren it gave Braxton her second US solo No.1, a No.2 hit in the UK.Good song.
' 2005, The MBE medal that John Lennon returned to the Queen was found in a royal vault at St James' Palace. Lennon returned his medal in November, 1969 with a letter accompanying saying, "Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turky slipping down the charts. With Love, John Lennon." Historians were calling for the medal to be put on public display.
2007, Ray Charles Plaza was opened in Albany, Georgia, with a revolving, bronze sculpture of Charles seated at a piano. Brilliant tribute
2008, Leona Lewis UK No.1 with ‘Run’ -the fastest-selling digital-only track. Take That UK No.1 album after selling over 432,000 copies of The Circus.
2008, Take That UK No.1 album with ‘The Circus’ the group’s fifth studio album.
Birthday Boys and Girls December 7th1942, Harry Chapin, US singer, songwriter, (1974 UK No.34 single 'W.O.L.D. & 1974 US No.1 single 'Cat's In The Cradle'). Killed on 16th July 1981, when a tractor-trailer crashed into the car he was driving. 1949, Tom Waits, US singer, songwriter, actor, (1980 album 'Heart Attack And Vine', as used in a Levi's TV ad. Wrote 'Ol' 55', 1974 US No.17 single for The Eagles). 1954, Mike Nolan, vocals, Bucks Fizz, (1981 UK No.1 single 'Making Your Mind Up', plus 12 other UK Top 40 singles').
1963, Huw Chadbourne, keyboards, Babybird, 1996 UK No.3 single ‘You’re Gorgeous’
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