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Time: Monday Oct 26, 1981
Place: England, United Kingdom
Details: Mercury wrote 10 of the 17 songs on Queen's Greatest Hits album: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "We Are the Champions", "Bicycle Race", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and "Play the Game".
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St. Patrick's Day-Introduction to England
Sunday Mar 17, 1901 - England, United Kingdom
Establishment of The Tudor dynasty
Saturday Feb 2, 1461 - England
Marriage's nullification of Queen Catherine
Friday Jun 21, 1529 - England
Cameras-First published description of Photography
1839 - England, United Kingdom
Turingery
Jul, 1942 - England
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-Criticized by environmental campaigners
Aug, 2019 - United Kingdom
Robert Fulton-Fulton proposed plans for steam-powered vessels
1793 - England, United Kingdom
Robert Fulton-Steam power of boats
1794 - England, United Kingdom
Virtual reality-Sir Charles Wheatstone
1838 - England, United Kingdom
Ellie Goulding-"Burn" top the charts
Sunday Jul 7, 2013 - United Kingdom
Robert Fulton-1796 treatise
1796 - England, United Kingdom
Robert Fulton-Fulton traveled to Europe
1786 - England, United Kingdom
Robert Fulton-Boat constructed in the Duke's timber yard
1790s - England, United Kingdom
Plague-A Journal of the Plague Year
1722 - United Kingdom
Computer animation-Mocap Origin
1878 - England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Blackwell-Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
1895 - England, United Kingdom
Alfonso Ferrabosco's death
Friday Aug 12, 1588 - England
King Henry VI's death
Sunday May 21, 1471 - England
John Maynard Keynes-Treatise on Money
1930 - England
Court of George
Monday Feb 18, 1478 - England
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Possible Vaccine in England
Friday Apr 24, 2020 - England, United Kingdom
Edward V Brith
Monday Apr 9, 1483 - England
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-Britain's best-dressed people
2018 - United Kingdom
John Maynard Keynes-The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
1936 - England
Visa Inc.-BankAmericard issuer for some years was Barclaycard
1960s - United Kingdom
John Landen Birth
Monday Jan 23, 1719 - England
James II's death
Friday Sep 16, 1701 - England
Mary II's death
Tuesday Dec 28, 1694 - England
Jane Boleyn's death
Friday Feb 13, 1542 - England
Engagement
1941 - England
Hut 8 and the naval Enigma
Dec, 1939 - England
John Maynard Keynes-How to Pay for the War
1940 - England
Frederick Douglass-Douglass had a tour
1887 - England, Ireland, France, Italy, Egypt and Greece
Robert Fulton-Canal Mania enthusiastic
1793 - England, United Kingdom
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Tougher social distancing in England
Monday Mar 23, 2020 - United Kingdom
Incandescent light bulb-Discovering a method of processing that avoided the early bulb blackening
1878 - England
Anna May Wong-Piccadilly
Saturday Jun 1, 1929 - United Kingdom
James became known as the Old Pretender
Friday Sep 16, 1701 - England
Prince Harry-The Lieutenant
Sunday Apr 13, 2008 - England
William Oughtred Birth
Tuesday Mar 5, 1574 - England
Prince William-Flight Lieutenant
Dec, 2008 - England, United Kingdom
Virat Kohli-England tour
Jul, 2006 - England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Woodville-Edward IV married Elizabeth
Sunday May 1, 1464 - Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
David Cameron-Cameron announced that he would resign In October
Friday Jun 24, 2016 - England
X-ray-Heated-cathode X-ray tubes
1920 - United Kingdom
X-ray-X-rays effect from Crookes tubes
1870s - England, United Kingdom
Mary de Bohun's death
Wednesday Jun 4, 1394 - England
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-British Vogue contributor and guest editor for the September issue
2019 - United Kingdom
Thomas Fuller Birth
Thursday Jun 19, 1608 - Aldwincle
Alan Turing-Turing's Paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"
Oct, 1950 - England
Prince William-Catherine Middleton
2003 - England, United Kingdom
Anthony Denny Brith
Wednesday Jan 16, 1501 - England
Chocolate-Cadbury
1868 - England, United Kingdom
Mary of Modena Birth
Saturday May 7, 1718 - England
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Over 1000 Deaths in UK
Monday Mar 30, 2020 - England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Woodville-Birth
1437 - Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
John Maynard Keynes-Marriage
1925 - England
King Edward V illegitimate king
Monday Jun 25, 1483 - England
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-Media Stocking
Tuesday Oct 18, 2005 - U.K.
Schools and education
1920s - England
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-The Duchess's first official engagement
Tuesday May 22, 2018 - United Kingdom
Robert Fulton-Back to England
1804 - England, United Kingdom
Hillsborough events-Charity version of the Gerry and the Pacemakers song "Ferry Cross the Mersey" was released
Apr, 1989 - England, United Kingdom
Nikola Tesla-Tesla attempted to sue the Marconi Company for infringement of his wireless tuning patents
1915 - United Kingdom
X-ray-X-ray spectrum
1906 - United Kingdom
The Beatles-Lennon's comment
Friday Mar 4, 1966 - England
April Fools' Day-Origins
1392 - England
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Desperate measures in England
Friday Mar 20, 2020 - United Kingdom
Charles II's death
Tuesday Feb 6, 1685 - England
Alan Turing-Turing Reported To Bletchley Park
Monday Sep 4, 1939 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Computer-Colossus's First Attack
Saturday Feb 5, 1944 - Bletchley Park, Sherwood Dr, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England
Titus Oates Birth
Wednesday Sep 15, 1649 - Oakham
Alan Turing-Turing and His Fellow cryptanalysts Gordon Welchman, Hugh Alexander and Stuart Milner-Barry Were Frustrated
1941 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Turing's work at Bletchley Park was named an IEEE Milestone
Tuesday Apr 1, 2003 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Turing report to Bletchley Park
Monday Sep 4, 1939 - Bletchley Park, England
Alan Turing-The Governement Response on Turing Message
Tuesday Nov 18, 1941 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Bombe
1940 - Bletchley Park, England
Frustration
1941 - Bletchley Park, England
Alan Turing-Turing solved the Essential Part of The Naval Indicator System
Dec, 1939 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Turing Devised a Technique Termed Turingery
Jul, 1942 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Installing the first Bombe
Monday Mar 18, 1940 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Turing Returned To Bletchley Park
Mar, 1943 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Executing of Edmund
Monday Dec 31, 1460 - Rutland
Secret Service Report
Saturday Nov 8, 1941 - Bletchley Park, England
Charles I became King of England in 1625
Thursday Mar 27, 1625 - England
Alan Turing-Turing published His Masterpiece "The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis"
Jan, 1952 - England
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-The Patronage
2017 - U.K.
Elizabeth Woodville-Marriage
1452 - England, United Kingdom
Ellie Goulding-Collaboration with Sean Paul
Friday Jun 29, 2018 - United Kingdom
William Grenville Birth
Thursday Oct 25, 1759 - Buckinghamshire
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby(1648)
Tuesday Apr 7, 1648 - Buckingham
Richard Branson-Richard attended Stowe School
1966 - Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-M-PACT
Oct, 2012 - U.K.
Hillsborough events-By the disaster's 10th anniversary
1999 - England, United Kingdom
John Henley Birth
Sunday Aug 3, 1692 - Leicestershire
IKEA-"IKEA Family" cease to Operate
Monday Aug 31, 2015 - England
Working with (GC&CS)
Sep, 1938 - Buckinghamshire, England
X-ray-Moseley's law
1913 - Uinted Kingdom
Princess Diana-Proposed
Friday Feb 6, 1981 - United Kingdom
David Cameron-First Job
Sep, 1998 - England
On This Day - 26 October
Mozart-Mozart and smallpox
Monday Oct 26, 1767 - Olmütz (Present Day Olomouc), Czech Republic
Xinhai Revolution-The First Guangzhou Uprising
Saturday Oct 26, 1895 - Guangzhou, China
1905 Russian Revolution-2 million workers were on strike and there were almost no active railways in all of Russia
Thursday Oct 26, 1905 - Russian Empire
World War 1-Central Powers Spearhead
Friday Oct 26, 1917 - Caporetto, Kobarid (Italy and Solvania)
Mexican Revolution-Alvaro Obregón was elected President
Tuesday Oct 26, 1920 - Mexico City, Mexico
Second Sino-Japanese War-Capturing Dachang
Tuesday Oct 26, 1937 - Dachang, Shanghai, China
Korean War-The UN Corps landed at Wonsan and Riwon
Thursday Oct 26, 1950 - North Korea
The palace of Westminster England-King George VI opened the new chamber in a ceremony which took place in Westminster Hall
Thursday Oct 26, 1950 - London, England, United Kingdom
Winston Churchill-Churchill again became Prime Minister
Friday Oct 26, 1951 - London, England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-The QUEEN's sister married to a divorced man (even though the innocent party) would be irrevocably disqualified from playing her part in the essential royal function
Wednesday Oct 26, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Military Action Towards The demonstrations in Front of The Office of State Security and The Local Jail
Friday Oct 26, 1956 - Kecskemét, Hungary
Juan Trippe-Pan Am's First Scheduled Jet Flight
Sunday Oct 26, 1958 - Paris, France
The Beatles-Receive Their (MBE) Medals
Tuesday Oct 26, 1965 - Buckingham Palace, London, England
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-North Kalimantan People's Army was formed
Tuesday Oct 26, 1965 - West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Audrey Hepburn-Wait Until Dark
Thursday Oct 26, 1967 - U.S.
Muhammad Ali Clay-First return
Monday Oct 26, 1970 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Library of Congress-Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
Monday Oct 26, 1970 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Michael Jordan-Debut
Friday Oct 26, 1984 - Chicago, U.S.
Vodafone-The Successful Flotation
Wednesday Oct 26, 1988 - Newbury, England, U.K.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Twenty factories in Lviv held strikes
Thursday Oct 26, 1989 - Lviv, Ukraine
Shimon Peres-Israel–Jordan peace treaty
Wednesday Oct 26, 1994 - Jordan
Richard Jewell-Formally Clearing
Saturday Oct 26, 1996 - U.S.
Eminem-Eminem was scheduled to perform at Toronto's SkyDome
Thursday Oct 26, 2000 - Toronto's SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
MacOS-Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard release
Friday Oct 26, 2007 - Cupertino, California, U.S.
Colombian conflict-The ex-congressman Óscar Tulio Lizcano escaped
Sunday Oct 26, 2008 - Colombia
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-First Solo Event
Wednesday Oct 26, 2011 - Saudi Arabia
Microsoft-Windows 8
Friday Oct 26, 2012 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Windows-Windows 8
Friday Oct 26, 2012 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
James Bond-Spectre
Monday Oct 26, 2015 - United Kingdom and U.S.
Jacinda Ardern-Becoming the head of the government
Thursday Oct 26, 2017 - Wellington, New Zealand
October 1981
Zlatan Ibrahimović-Born
Saturday Oct 3, 1981 - Malmö, Sweden
Ayman al-Zawahiri-The assassination of President Anwar Sadat
Tuesday Oct 6, 1981 - Cairo, Egypt
Ted Bundy-Not allowed at Raiford Prison
Oct, 1981 - Florida, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-The Ambush
Wednesday Oct 14, 1981 - Iran
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth II visited New Zealand
Oct, 1981 - Dunedin, New Zealand
1981
Kosovo War-4,000 Serbs moved from Kosovo to central Serbia
Thursday Jan 1, 1981 - Kosovo
Sepp Blatter-General Secretary
1981 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Marco van Basten-Playing for Ajax
1981 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kosovo War-Open and total war
1981 - Kosovo
Nokia-The world's first international cellular network and the first to allow international roaming
1981 - Finland
Christine Lagarde-Joined Baker & McKenzie
1981 - Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
Colombian conflict-The Creation of The 1981 Muerte a Secuestradores (MAS)
1981 - Colombia
Cameras-Sony Mavica
1981 - Tokyo, Japan
Computer animation-SGI
1981 - U.S.
Carlos Slim-Cigarros la Tabacelera Mexicana (Cigatam)
1981 - Mexico
Nicaraguan Revolution-Ronald Reagan cancelled the dispersal of Economic Aid to Nicaragua
Jan, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Microprocessor-Intel's First 32-bit Microprocessor
1981 - California, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Nasr
Sunday Jan 4, 1981 - Dezful, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Iran–Iraq War-The Battle of Dezful
Sunday Jan 4, 1981 - Dezful, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Iranian Revolution-The Algiers Accords and The hostages release
Monday Jan 19, 1981 - Algeria
Jimmy Carter-Fifty-two American hostage
Tuesday Jan 20, 1981 - Tehran, Iran
Ronald Reagan-A President
Tuesday Jan 20, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Christopher Paul Gardner-Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner's Birth
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene's Brother
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - U.S.
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Birth
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Princess Diana-Proposed
Friday Feb 6, 1981 - United Kingdom
Internet-Number of hosts had grown to 213
1981 - U.S.
Internet-Computer Science Network (CSNET)
1981 - U.S.
Diego Maradona-To Boca
Friday Feb 20, 1981 - La Boca, near Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carlos the Jackal-Bombing of the Radio Free Europe offices
Saturday Feb 21, 1981 - Munich, Germany
Stuart Long -Long graduation
1981 - Helena, Montana
Juan Carlos I-Military Coup attempted
Monday Feb 23, 1981 - Spain
Princess Diana-Engagement
Tuesday Feb 24, 1981 - London, England, United Kingdom
Kosovo War-The First major outbreak occurred in Kosovo's main city
Sunday Mar 1, 1981 - Pristina, Kosovo
Johan Cruyff-To Levante
Mar, 1981 - Levante, Cordoba, Spain
Ronald Reagan-Assassination Attempt
Monday Mar 30, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Attack on H3
Friday Apr 3, 1981 - H-3 Airbase, Iraq
Juan Trippe-Death
Friday Apr 3, 1981 - New York, U.S.
Hillsborough events-FA Cup semi-final 1981
Saturday Apr 11, 1981 - Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Freddie Mercury-Mercury recorded several tracks with Michael Jackson
1981 - U.S. and United Kingdom
Bob Marley-Death
Monday May 11, 1981 - University of Miami Hospital, Miami, U.S.
Pope John Paul II-Unsuccessful Assassination
Wednesday May 13, 1981 - Vatican City
Greyfriars Bobby-Red granite monument
Wednesday May 13, 1981 - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Llewellyn married Tatiana Soskin
1981 - England, United Kingdom
Russell Bufalino-Conspiring to kill the witness
May, 1981 - U.S.
Bob Marley-State Funeral
Thursday May 21, 1981 - Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
Disasters with highest death tolls-1981 Golbaf Earthquake
Thursday Jun 11, 1981 at 10:24:00 AM - Iran
James Bond-For Your Eyes Only
Wednesday Jun 24, 1981 - United Kingdom
Bill Gates-Microsoft's company restructuring
Thursday Jun 25, 1981 - Washington, U.S.
Bill Gates-Microsoft's company restructuring
Thursday Jun 25, 1981 - Washington, U.S.
World Bank-Alden Winship "Tom" Clausen was President of the World Bank
Wednesday Jul 1, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Pedro López (serial killer)-López confessed murders
Tuesday Jul 7, 1981 - Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Trivial Pursuit-The game released
1981 - Canada
Princess Diana-"Fairytale Wedding"
Wednesday Jul 29, 1981 - London, England, United Kingdom
Prince Charles-1st Marriage
Wednesday Jul 29, 1981 - St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England
KFC-The African Branches
1981 - Mauritius
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-Birth
Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nicaraguan Revolution-President Reagan Signed National Security Decision Directive Number 7
Thursday Aug 6, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Xanax-Approved
1981 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-To New York
1981 - Palisades, New York, United States
Bicycle-Mountain Bike
1981 - U.S.
Stan Lee-Moving to California
1981 - California, U.S.
IBM-Financial Swaps
1981 - U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Ending The Iraqi Siege of Abadan
Saturday Sep 26, 1981 - Abadan, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Hard days
1981 - California, U.S.
Zlatan Ibrahimović-Born
Saturday Oct 3, 1981 - Malmö, Sweden
Ayman al-Zawahiri-The assassination of President Anwar Sadat
Tuesday Oct 6, 1981 - Cairo, Egypt
Ted Bundy-Not allowed at Raiford Prison
Oct, 1981 - Florida, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-The Ambush
Wednesday Oct 14, 1981 - Iran
James Bond-Licence Renewed was published
1981 - United Kingdom
James Bond-Marvel Comics published a two-issue comic book adaptation of the film For Your Eyes Only
1981 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth II visited New Zealand
Oct, 1981 - Dunedin, New Zealand
Best Buy-Burnsville location featured a high-volume
1981 - Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S.
Margaret Thatcher-The Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Council
Friday Nov 6, 1981 - England
3D printing-Hideo Kodama filed a patent for this XYZ plotter
Tuesday Nov 10, 1981 - Japan
Xerox-Xerox released a system similar to the Alto
1981 - U.S.
Nicaraguan Revolution-President Reagan Signed National Security Directive 17
Tuesday Nov 17, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Russell Bufalino-Bufalino was sentenced to 10 Years
Nov, 1981 - Leavenworth, Washington, U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-They All Laughed
Friday Nov 20, 1981 - U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Tariq al-Qods
Saturday Nov 28, 1981 - Iran
Black Friday-The earliest known published reference to this explanation occurs
Saturday Nov 28, 1981 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Year of Struggle
1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Johan Cruyff-Returned to Ajax
Dec, 1981 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Iran–Iraq War-Retaken The town of Bostan
Sunday Dec 6, 1981 - Bostan, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Ted Bundy-Bundy initiated a series of interviews with Stephen Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth
1981 - Florida, U.S.
Muhammad Ali Clay-Last match
Friday Dec 11, 1981 - Nassau, Bahamas
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip wrote to his eldest son counseling him to make up his mind
1981 - United Kingdom
Qasem Soleimani-Seriously Injured
Dec, 1981 - Iran
Joe Biden-Biden became a ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
IBM-IBM PC
1981 - U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden has received honorary degrees from Saint Joseph's University
1981 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Gulf War-Arms Sales to Iraq reached a record spike
1981 - Iran