#OTD #OnThisDay
1) the opening night of #pinkfloyd residency - house lights dimmed, opening bars of shine on started, i sparked up and then.... house lights came up, gig cancelled as the seating at the end had collapsed... arsh....
2 & 3) loud and bluddy ace :)

#OnThisDay 1890 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese #composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal

#OnThisDay 1872 Ralph #Vaughan #Williams, English #composer, born in Down Ampney, England

#OnThisDay in 1986.

First F1 victory for Gerhard Berger and Benetton.

At the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Gerhard Berger used the durable Pirelli tyres to great effect, running without pitting, winning the first Mexican Grand Prix since 1970. This was the last win for the BMW turbo.

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#onthisday in 1810, Bavaria's Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese, and Munich's people were invited to celebrate on a meadow outside town, named Theresienwiese for her. Its horse race was repeated in 1811, and Oktoberfest was born. #SocialHistory

#OnThisDay in baseball history

#OnThisDay in 1867 the Hougoumont, the last ship to carry convicts to Australia, departed from Portsmouth.

If you're related to one of the thousands of convicts transported Down Under, find out more with our guide:

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Chant at Sides DC #onthisday in 1991.

For more #flyers, photos and anecdotes from #Dublin's clubbing history, check out www.analog-rhythms.com. 🙂

Release on this day (direct to video), was the sci-fi comedy film, “Dr. Alien.” Starring Judy Landers, Billy Jacoby, & Olivia Barash, a sexy substitute teacher replaces a teacher who was killed by a UFO. Her research on a nerdy student makes him a lady magnet. #OnThisDay

Released on this day in 1977 was 'End of the World', a sci-fi film directed by John Hayes. Starring Christopher Lee and Sue Lyon, Father Pergado, after witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, encounters his alien double bent on world conquest. #Onthisday

On this day in 1902, Austria beat Hungary 5-0 in Vienna, the first international football match staged in continental Europe. It marked the debut of both nations, only months after Argentina and Uruguay contested the first international outside the British Isles. #OnThisDay #Austria

#OnThisDay in 1932, Dick Gregory was born in St. Louis. Used comedy as a weapon against bigotry. In 1963, he marched in Mississippi with those demanding the right to vote & spent 4 days in jail. John Legend produced his life story in a one-man play.
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Happy birthday to Hugh Jackman, born in Sydney, Australia, on this day in 1968.
#hughjackman #famousbirthdays #onthisday #jamesbond #actors

Born on this day in 1921 was Art Clokey, Art was a pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby and the original voice of Gumby's sidekick, Pokey. Clokey's second-most famous production is Davey and Goliath. #OnThisDay #botd

October 13, 1933: Australia’s first traffic lights begin operating in Sydney #ONTHISDAY #1933 #ausnews

October 13, 1933: Australia’s first traffic lights begin operating in Sydney: SYDNEY, NSW. — Sydney’s first set of traffic lights was installed on 13 October 13, 1933. It would be another 32 years before the nation’s capital, Canberra, received its first two sets of… #ONTHISDAY #1933 #ausnews

October 13, 1933: Australia’s first traffic lights begin operating in Sydney: SYDNEY, NSW. — Sydney’s first set of traffic lights was installed on 13 October 13, 1933. It would be another 32 years before the nation’s capital, Canberra, received its first two sets of… #ONTHISDAY #1933 #ausnews