One of the English ships sent on the disastrous attack on Cadiz in 1625 had sails that had been used during the Armada, almost 40 years earlier.
Fact of the Day
Quote of the Day
"Getting up in the morning is no pleasure; Drinking in the morning is the best.
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~ François Rabelais, monk and scholar
On This Day
1455 The Wars of the Roses began with Richard of York's decisive victory over the Lancastrian forces at the First Battle of St Albans.
1906 Two American brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, were granted a US Patent for their 'Flying Machine'.
1915 227 people were killed in Britain's worst rail disaster at Quintinshill, Gretna Green, in Scotland.
1939 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between known as the 'Pact of Steel'.