Yep..... a notable date in history indeed!!


Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union in 1927 - thus beginning the systematic slaughter of an estimated 43 MILLION of his own people!!!


In 1987 Vincent Van Gogh's 'Irises' was sold for a then world record £30.2 million ($48.3 million) He painted it while a patient at the St. Remy lunatic asylum


The Conservative Party held it's first conference in 1867, at the Freemasons' Tavern in London's Great Queen Strret.


In 1997 a Brazilian court ruled that as his crime had been committed more than 20 years previously, Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs could not be extradited to Britain

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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