12th February1809 - Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Anthony Delanoix - instagram.com/anthodx (But only after a few million years of evolution.)
12th February1809 - Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Anthony Delanoix - instagram.com/anthodx (But only after a few million years of evolution.)
11th February 1990 - Leading anti-apartheid campaigner, Nelson Mandela was freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years incarceration.
10th February 1763 - The Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain ended when The Treaty of Paris was signed. 2014 - Shirley Temple died.
8th February 1974 - The Loch Ness Monster was allegedly photographed in Scotland. 1996 - Francois Mitterand died. Seemingly for his last meal he decided to eat a tiny little yellow songbird called an ortolan, which is illegal, even in France. A typical ortolan weighs only 55 g and is about the size of a […]
6th February 1945 - Bob Marley was born. 1952 - King George VI died in his sleep aged just 56 and Princess Elizabeth became sovereign of Great Britain. (She wasn't declared Queen until February 8, and wasn't crowned Queen Elizabeth II until June 2, 1953.) 1958 - British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its […]