On This Date in History

Grampy Bobby

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20 Jan 15

lolof

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28 Feb 16

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February 28, 1986 Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden was assassinated in Stockholm.

wolfgang59

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29 Feb 16

1st March 1966

First "landing" on a planet other than Earth.

The USSR's Venera 3 space probe crashes on Venus.

pawnpaw

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Lethabong

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29 Feb 16

http://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html
Quite interesting, that Julius Caesar introduced leapyear, more that 2,000 years ago.
And when it was changed to the Gregorian calendar in the year 1500 (more or less),
they refined it to skip a few. Like in 2100, and so on...

Grampy Bobby

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02 Mar 16

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Originally posted by lolof
February 28, 1986 Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden was assassinated in Stockholm.

And who was the most respected "Prime Minister of Sweden" of all time?

lolof

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02 Mar 16

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
And who was the most respected "Prime Minister of Sweden" of all time?

Just guessing: Tage Erlander, Prime Minister from 1946 to 1969.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tage_Erlander

He may not have been the most respected 'statsminister' but he was certainly liked by many and I think he was a good man.

Grampy Bobby

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03 Mar 16

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Originally posted by lolof
Just guessing: Tage Erlander, Prime Minister from 1946 to 1969.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tage_Erlander

He may not have been the most respected 'statsminister' but he was certainly liked by many and I think he was a good man.

... thanks,

wolfgang59

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03 Mar 16

4th March
80 years ago
Radium is the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.

lolof

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03 Mar 16

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
... thanks,

Don't mention it...

Grampy Bobby

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05 Mar 16

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Originally posted by lolof
Don't mention it...

There's a King & Queen in the British Monarchy.
Is there an equivalent to a "Queen" in Sweden?

HandyAndy

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05 Mar 16

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
There's a King & Queen in the British Monarchy.
Is there an equivalent to a "Queen" in Sweden?

I'm shocked, Bobby! You've never heard of beloved Queen Silvia, reigning in Sweden these past 40 years?

wolfgang59

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05 Mar 16

6th March 1716
Pehr Kalm, Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer born.

Grampy Bobby

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05 Mar 16

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
I'm shocked, Bobby! You've never heard of beloved Queen Silvia, reigning in Sweden these past 40 years?

Let's let lolof speak her mind first.

HandyAndy

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05 Mar 16

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Let's let lolof speak her mind first.

It's the truth, Bobby. Why do you doubt it?

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06 Mar 16

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06 Mar 16

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