On this day in...

1938 - Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.

1940 - Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air and German planes attack British ships in the Channel.

1959 - TFotH was born

1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.

1964 - The Beatles are greeted by thousands of screaming fans as they land back at Speke Airport after conquering the USA for the first time.

1985 - The Greenpeace flagship was blown up in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand

1991 - Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected President of Russia.

1999 - Sandy and Alison gave me this montage, now hanging in my shed, for my 40th. Oh to be 20-something again!