Today in History

Ok. Only posting this cos (a) really really, really bored and (b) Feb 9th appears to have been a generally interesting day in history. Well. Some of 'em. Well. A few. Ok. I lied.

Events that occurred on this day in history include:

1540: The first recorded horse racing meeting in Britain was held at the Roodeye Field, Chester.

1855: The "Devil's Footprints" appeared in snowbound South Devon - 100 miles of cloven hoofprints, eight inches apart in a single line and measuring four inches by two.

1865: Mrs Patrick Campbell, actress with an abrasive wit, was born in London. She created several famous roles, including Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (1914), and had a well-documented relationship with George Bernard Shaw.

1891: Ronald Colman, English actor who became a romantic star in Hollywood, was born in Richmond, Surrey. His films included The Prisoner Of Zenda.

1893: The world's first public striptease took place at the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

1942: Soap rationing began in Britain.

1949: Robert Mitchum was jailed in Los Angeles for two months for smoking marijuana.

1964: Beatlemania gripped America as 70 million tuned in to see the Fab Four on the Ed Sullivan Show.

1981: Rock'n'roller Bill Haley (William John Clifton) died. He spearheaded the Fifties rock revolution with Rock Around The Clock.

1983: Shergar, the 1981 Derby Winner, was stolen from his stable in County Kildare and a £2 million ransom demanded. The horse was never seen again.

1942: Soap rationing began in Britain.

"Oohhh oohh... so thats what that is."

(Guess that qoute ^)