On this day
Sunday 5th June 2005
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1939, Two authors were born on the same day of this year. Margaret Drabble went on to write 'The Needle's Eye'. Ken Follet later wrote 'The Eye of the Needle'.
Friday 3rd June 2005
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1949 Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee, issued a 14-year-old Elvis Presley with his school report. He achieved an 'A' in language but only managed a 'C' in music. In 2003, 85,000 British GCSE students discovered they had to take replacement question papers after a batch of the original exams was found opened in the street.
Thursday 2nd June 2005
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1886, US President Grover Cleveland married Florence Folsom in a ceremony at the White House. She was 21 and he was 49. At 28 years his junior, she became the youngest first lady in US history. In 1989, Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman married Mandy Smith in a secret ceremony at Bury St. Edmonds. He was 52, and she was 19. The marriage ended in divorce 3 years later.
Wednesday 1st June 2005
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1966 Bob Dylan tried to rewrite the rules of folk music at the Albert Hall in London. He started playing an electric guitar and was booed by purists. In 1967, The Beatles rewrote the rules of popular music when they released "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - one of the most influential and ground-breaking albums ever.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1939, Two authors were born on the same day of this year. Margaret Drabble went on to write 'The Needle's Eye'. Ken Follet later wrote 'The Eye of the Needle'.
Friday 3rd June 2005
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1949 Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee, issued a 14-year-old Elvis Presley with his school report. He achieved an 'A' in language but only managed a 'C' in music. In 2003, 85,000 British GCSE students discovered they had to take replacement question papers after a batch of the original exams was found opened in the street.
Thursday 2nd June 2005
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1886, US President Grover Cleveland married Florence Folsom in a ceremony at the White House. She was 21 and he was 49. At 28 years his junior, she became the youngest first lady in US history. In 1989, Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman married Mandy Smith in a secret ceremony at Bury St. Edmonds. He was 52, and she was 19. The marriage ended in divorce 3 years later.
Wednesday 1st June 2005
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1966 Bob Dylan tried to rewrite the rules of folk music at the Albert Hall in London. He started playing an electric guitar and was booed by purists. In 1967, The Beatles rewrote the rules of popular music when they released "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - one of the most influential and ground-breaking albums ever.
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