| It
was on this day... | 1907
Peking to Paris Race Is Won By An Italian Prince... | Prince
Borghese of Italy won the 8000 mile, 62 day race from Peking to Paris on this
day. During
the race we had to contend with a brush fire, got stuck in a swamp, and was pulled
over by a policeman in Belgium who seems to have refused to believe he was in
a race and wasn't just speeding. |
| It
was on this day... | 1948
Candid Camera ('Microphone') Debuts | It
was actually called Candid Microphone when it started it's TV run on this day.
It had been a successful radio show, hence the name. The
format of the show was to film unsuspecting people in comic situations. The
show's host in the US was Alan Funt. |
| It
was on this day... | 1995
Netscape Floats on the Stock Market | Netscape
had developed the most popular web browser at the time on the Internet (the Navigator).
The IPO turned into the biggest such flotation in the stock market's history.
The
stock floated at $28, and ended the first day of trading at $72, valuing the company
at just under $2bn. |
E-mail
this page to a friend | | Other
News | 1792
600 Guards are murdered when a mob overruns the Tuilerie Palace during the French
Revolution. They were voting to suspend the monarchy. 1945
Japan finally accepts the Potsdam terms, and agrees to unconditional surrender. |
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