FTA-TV First Dates - Part 6 - More episodes & series than you can poke with a suggestive mushroom

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5-3

 

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Match point

 

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#todayJan27

 

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Witch Burned in Edinburgh
1591 Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian burned for witchcraft at Castle Hill, Edinburgh by order King James VI. Part of the Berwick witch trials.

 

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1593 Vatican opens blasphemy and theological heresy trial against Italian scholar and wayward friar Giordano Bruno; proceedings drag on for over 7 years [1]


So things the Vatican/catholic church hate: Blasphemy, theological heresy, the twist.
Things they dont mind: rape, pedophilia.

 

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1649 English High Court of Justice finds King Charles I "guilty of the crimes of which he had been accused, did judge him tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good people of the nation, to be put to death by the severing of his head from his body"

Ouch

 

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Discovery of Antarctica​

1820 Russian Antarctic expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discover the continent of Antarctica

 

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Trail of Tears​

1825 US Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for the forced relocation of the Eastern Indian tribes via the "Trail of Tears"

 

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Edison Patents Electric Lamp​

1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp

 

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"Swan Lake" Revived​

1895 Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov's revival of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres in St. Petersburg


I wanna see this one day

 

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Lenin Laid to Rest​

1924 Vladimir Lenin is placed in a Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow

 

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The Schrödinger Equation​

1926 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his theory of wave mechanics and presents what becomes known as the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics

 

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Attack on Pearl Harbor​

1941 Peruvian ambassador Ricardo Rivera-Schreiber warns American Ambassador of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor

 

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Siege of Leningrad​

1944 Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Soviets after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed

 

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Liberation of Auschwitz​

1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland - now commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day [1]


Almost (only) 80 years ago

 

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1948 1st tape recorder sold

 

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"Heartbreak Hotel"​

1956 RCA records releases Elvis Presley's single "Heartbreak Hotel", his first million-seller (written by Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden)

 

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Apollo 1 Fire​

1967 A fire in the Apollo 1 Command Module kills astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee during a launch rehearsal

 

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"Laverne & Shirley"
1976 "Laverne & Shirley" TV spinoff from "Happy Days" starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams premieres on ABC TV

 

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Jackson Burned
1984 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial

 

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Tyson Tried for Rape​

1992 Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)

 

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Clinton, Flowers Accusations​

1992 Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair

 

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1995 Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan

 

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Cantona was sentenced to two weeks in prison — although was later freed on bail and ordered to undergo 120 hours of community service — as well as being fined £20,000 and banned from first-team action for the rest of the season by the FA.