On this day in history...
30-08-2005, 13:56
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On this day in history...
See if you get this correct. The answer is in the Spoiler below. Post whether you got it correct not the actual answer 
Date: 30th August
On this day in 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patented what?
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30-08-2005, 13:58
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30-08-2005, 14:01
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Originally Posted by Damien
<mod edit: Chris W> spoiler tags inserted 
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So thats 2 spoilers in one thread   well done mate 
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30-08-2005, 14:11
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Oh well, looks like it's game over. Cheers, Damien
Damien, just for info, this link explains about how Hoover fits into the story... http://inventors.about.com/library/i...s/blvacuum.htm
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30-08-2005, 14:24
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I knew it
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30-08-2005, 14:41
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hong kong was liberated from japan 30/08/1945
what was the question again 
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31-08-2005, 12:25
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what happened on this day in 1997 that flooded the news ?
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31-08-2005, 12:26
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31-08-2005, 12:27
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Re: On this day in history...
thomas edison patented something:
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31-08-2005, 12:45
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You learn something new everyday.
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31-08-2005, 13:34
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Apparently one of my musical heroes was orn on this day too - Glenn Tilbrook, of Squeeze.
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31-08-2005, 13:49
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Re: On this day in history...
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Originally Posted by marky
what happened on this day in 1997 that flooded the news ?
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I knew this one as I was at a restaurant on the Champs Elysees the night it happened, and my son was born a couple of days later.
By the way, before you ask, I've already got my alibi sorted
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erm, I mean an alibi about the car crash!
Some more people born today...
Van Morrison, singer/songwriter, 60
Todd Carty, actor, 43
Chris Tucker, actor, 33 (nope, no idea either  )
Also, on This Day in History in 1900, what or who arrived in Britain for the very first time?
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31-08-2005, 14:09
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31-08-2005, 15:04
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Aaahhh, good old Chris Tucker - he managed to turn The Fifth Element from a top notch film to a vastly annoying film in just one scene
Better in Rush Hour though
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02-09-2005, 13:29
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OK, here's today's teaser...
More important than the birth of Keanu Reeves (1964), big-haired Valderrama (1961) and Lennox Lewis (1965), and even more important than the death of Ho Chi Minh (1969)... what historic event took place on this day in history in Tokyo Bay?
*note: read this article for an interesting discussion on whether this is actually true.
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