On This Day [history]

On this day 14th november


1719 - Composer Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was born.

1961 - The Elvis Presley film "Blue Hawaii" premiered.

1832 - The first streetcar went into operation in New York City, NY. The vehicle was horse-drawn and had room for 30 people.

1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began domestic radio service.

1940 - During World War II, German war planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe bombers attacked.

1969 - Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon from Cape Kennedy, FL.

2000: Fuel protesters rally for tax cut [still at it 11 years later]

Birthdays

Claude Monet 1840

Freddie Garrity (Freddie & the Dreamers) 1940

Prince Charles (England) 1948

i know pointless post but fills up the posts to the 2k marker