Japanese PM Hirobumi Ito and Ceylonese PM Solomon Bandaranaike were BOTH assassinated on this day, in 1909 and 1959 respectively.


In 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100 metres gold medal from the Seoul Olympics when he failed a drugs test


In 1907, having been a British colony for 100 years, New Zealnd became a self-governing dominion of the British Commonwealth. Happy Birthday, NZ!!!


The fastest "speeding" driver ever caught on the M3 motorway in england, was a doctor trapped at 149mph......... ina car with TWO faulty tyres!!


OK folks..... Celticangel and I are going away this weekend, not back til Monday. I'm still enjoying posting here, but I NEED to know if anyone else still feels the same, otherwise I'm just gonna kill the thread! Let me know here, if you'd be so kind. Thanx.

DM

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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