That Great Scottish Patriot and Tartan Army Stalwart Ted Christopher Sings I AM Coming Home a Song Ted Wrote in Memory OF William Wallace and when ever your hear it you feel yourself Bursting with Pride but also Close to Tears this song is destined to be Another Scottish Anthem
Sunday, November 30, 2008
What Happend This Day
* 0306 - St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
* 0722 - Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop
* 1215 - Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen
* 1406 - Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII
* 1523 - Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics
* 1554 - England reconciles with Pope Julius III
* 1630 - 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague
* 1648 - English army captures King Charles I
* 1678 - Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
* 1700 - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva [NS]
* 1700 - Turkey declares war on Russia
* 1700 - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar
* 1731 - Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die
* 1735 - States of Holland forbid Free Masonry
* 1747 - Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women
* 1753 - Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny
* 1776 - Capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea)
* 1782 - Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence
* 1787 - Spanish governor leaves Philippines
* 1803 - Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France
* 1804 - Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins
* 1813 - Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands
* 1838 - Mexico declares war on France
* 1861 - Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac"
* 1863 - Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas
* 1864 - Battle of Franklin Tenn: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities
* 1864 - Battle of Honey Hill SC (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded
* 1866 - Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago
* 1872 - 1st intl soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow)
* 1886 - 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo
* 1887 - 1st indoor softball game (Chicago)
* 1891 - Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published
* 1900 - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles
* 1907 - Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle
* 1912 - 4th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Alerts defeats Toronto Argonauts, 11-4
* 1915 - St John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin
* 1922 - 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho
* 1922 - Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich
* 1923 - Dutch Catholic minority govt of Wilhelm Marx forms
* 1924 - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
* 1924 - Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied
* 1928 - Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 & 1 vs England
* 1931 - His Master's Voice & Columbia Records merge into EMI
* 1933 - CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District
* 1936 - London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire
* 1937 - 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB)
* 1938 - Fascist coup in Romania, fails
* 1938 - Germany bans Jews being lawyers
* 1939 - Paul Osborn's "Mornings at 7," premieres in NYC
* 1939 - USSR invades Finland, bombs Helsinki
* 1940 - Lucille Ball weds Desi Arnaz
* 1941 - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run
* 1941 - Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada & Nagano
* 1942 - -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal
* 1942 - German scout ship Altmark explode & sinks off Yokohama
* 1944 - Biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground
* 1946 - Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba
* 1947 - Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine
* 1947 - Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
* 1948 - Baseball's Negro National League disbands
* 1948 - Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin
* 1949 - Chinese Communists captured Chungking
* 1949 - KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
* 1950 - US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb
* 1952 - Jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism
* 1953 - French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
* 1954 - 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)
* 1954 - John Str˜dom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa
* 1955 - Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
* 1956 - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)
* 1956 - Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
* 1957 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8
* 1958 - 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me
* 1958 - WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
* 1960 - French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
* 1961 - USSR vetoes Kuwaits application for UN membership
* 1962 - U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously
* 1964 - USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned
* 1966 - Barbados gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
* 1966 - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland
* 1967 - Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence
* 1967 - Julie Nixon & David Eisenhower announce their engagement
* 1967 - Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman
* 1967 - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from UK
* 1967 - People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain
* 1967 - Sen Eugene McCarthy begins run for US presidency
* 1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
* 1972 - Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
* 1974 - Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson & Gray in Ethiopia)
* 1975 - Dahomey becomes Benin
* 1978 - France performs nuclear test
* 1979 - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
* 1980 - Uruguay's new constitution rejected by referendum
* 1981 - South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested
* 1982 - STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad
* 1982 - US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea
* 1982 - USSR performs nuclear test
* 1983 - Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
* 1983 - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
* 1983 - Ra£l Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election
* 1986 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime
* 1987 - Afghanistan Constitution adopted
* 1988 - Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
* 1988 - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
* 1988 - NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase
* 1988 - Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs
* 1988 - UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO's Arafat visa
* 1990 - Bush proposes US-Iraq meeting to avoid war
* 1991 - 1st world championship of women's soccer, US defeats Norway 2-1
* 1991 - 93 cars & 11 truck accident near SF during a dust storm, 17 die
* 1992 - Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die
* 1994 - Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at BBC," is released in Britain
* 1994 - Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
* 1994 - Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal
* 0722 - Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop
* 1215 - Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen
* 1406 - Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII
* 1523 - Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics
* 1554 - England reconciles with Pope Julius III
* 1630 - 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague
* 1648 - English army captures King Charles I
* 1678 - Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
* 1700 - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva [NS]
* 1700 - Turkey declares war on Russia
* 1700 - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar
* 1731 - Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die
* 1735 - States of Holland forbid Free Masonry
* 1747 - Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women
* 1753 - Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny
* 1776 - Capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea)
* 1782 - Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence
* 1787 - Spanish governor leaves Philippines
* 1803 - Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France
* 1804 - Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins
* 1813 - Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands
* 1838 - Mexico declares war on France
* 1861 - Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac"
* 1863 - Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas
* 1864 - Battle of Franklin Tenn: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities
* 1864 - Battle of Honey Hill SC (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded
* 1866 - Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago
* 1872 - 1st intl soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow)
* 1886 - 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo
* 1887 - 1st indoor softball game (Chicago)
* 1891 - Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published
* 1900 - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles
* 1907 - Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle
* 1912 - 4th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Alerts defeats Toronto Argonauts, 11-4
* 1915 - St John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin
* 1922 - 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho
* 1922 - Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich
* 1923 - Dutch Catholic minority govt of Wilhelm Marx forms
* 1924 - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
* 1924 - Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied
* 1928 - Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 & 1 vs England
* 1931 - His Master's Voice & Columbia Records merge into EMI
* 1933 - CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District
* 1936 - London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire
* 1937 - 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB)
* 1938 - Fascist coup in Romania, fails
* 1938 - Germany bans Jews being lawyers
* 1939 - Paul Osborn's "Mornings at 7," premieres in NYC
* 1939 - USSR invades Finland, bombs Helsinki
* 1940 - Lucille Ball weds Desi Arnaz
* 1941 - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run
* 1941 - Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada & Nagano
* 1942 - -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal
* 1942 - German scout ship Altmark explode & sinks off Yokohama
* 1944 - Biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground
* 1946 - Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba
* 1947 - Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine
* 1947 - Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
* 1948 - Baseball's Negro National League disbands
* 1948 - Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin
* 1949 - Chinese Communists captured Chungking
* 1949 - KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
* 1950 - US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb
* 1952 - Jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism
* 1953 - French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
* 1954 - 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)
* 1954 - John Str˜dom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa
* 1955 - Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
* 1956 - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)
* 1956 - Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
* 1957 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8
* 1958 - 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me
* 1958 - WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
* 1960 - French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
* 1961 - USSR vetoes Kuwaits application for UN membership
* 1962 - U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously
* 1964 - USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned
* 1966 - Barbados gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
* 1966 - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland
* 1967 - Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence
* 1967 - Julie Nixon & David Eisenhower announce their engagement
* 1967 - Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman
* 1967 - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from UK
* 1967 - People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain
* 1967 - Sen Eugene McCarthy begins run for US presidency
* 1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
* 1972 - Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
* 1974 - Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson & Gray in Ethiopia)
* 1975 - Dahomey becomes Benin
* 1978 - France performs nuclear test
* 1979 - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
* 1980 - Uruguay's new constitution rejected by referendum
* 1981 - South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested
* 1982 - STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad
* 1982 - US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea
* 1982 - USSR performs nuclear test
* 1983 - Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
* 1983 - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
* 1983 - Ra£l Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election
* 1986 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime
* 1987 - Afghanistan Constitution adopted
* 1988 - Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
* 1988 - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
* 1988 - NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase
* 1988 - Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs
* 1988 - UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO's Arafat visa
* 1990 - Bush proposes US-Iraq meeting to avoid war
* 1991 - 1st world championship of women's soccer, US defeats Norway 2-1
* 1991 - 93 cars & 11 truck accident near SF during a dust storm, 17 die
* 1992 - Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die
* 1994 - Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at BBC," is released in Britain
* 1994 - Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
* 1994 - Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal
Stop The Merger
A group has been set up to stop the merger of HBOS and LLOYDS TSB from taking place you can offer support by clicking onto the link provided in the blogs list
this merger is illegal and will cost thousands of Jobs not just in Scotland but in England as well so sign up and help stop the Merger
this merger is illegal and will cost thousands of Jobs not just in Scotland but in England as well so sign up and help stop the Merger
Saint Andrew's Day Rally
Last Night saw a very successful March through the streets of Edinburgh hundreds of people showed up with the Flag of Sain Andrew (the saltire) waving and draped over there shoulders .
The March started at 16:30 from the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle the marchers came from all over Scotland and where made up from a variety of Different groups from The Tartan Army To Jacobite Groups and the ordinary people of Scotland there to help celebrate Saint Andrews Day All be it a day Early
As the Pipe band tuned up a large crowd of tourists flocked round them taking photographs of them and the marchers then it was time to go and as the marchers headed of down the royal mile they where joined by the tourists and the people of Edinburgh who joined the march or leaned out of there windows to watch as it went by some even putting saltire's out there windows in support of the marchers it was a joy to see and made you proud to be Scottish and proud of the people of our country
The March started at 16:30 from the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle the marchers came from all over Scotland and where made up from a variety of Different groups from The Tartan Army To Jacobite Groups and the ordinary people of Scotland there to help celebrate Saint Andrews Day All be it a day Early
As the Pipe band tuned up a large crowd of tourists flocked round them taking photographs of them and the marchers then it was time to go and as the marchers headed of down the royal mile they where joined by the tourists and the people of Edinburgh who joined the march or leaned out of there windows to watch as it went by some even putting saltire's out there windows in support of the marchers it was a joy to see and made you proud to be Scottish and proud of the people of our country
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