In 1983 a suicide truck-bombing in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. soldiers; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 Paratroopers


In 1922, Conservative party leader Andrew Bonar Law became Prime Minister; he left the post after 209 days due to ill-health, the shortest term for a British premier in the 20th Century


Julie Andrews made her debut today in 1947, at the age of 12, in the London Hippodrome revue Starlight Roof singing am operatic Aria, the Polonaise from "Mignon"



In 1980, worried Police had to warn motorists on the M5 motorway to beware of swans trying to land on the wet carriageway, thinking it was a river!!

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind