daib0 Mon 15 Jun 2015, 6:48 pm
On this day
1381 - Wat Tyler, the original poll tax protester is executed.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin tests his theory about electricity by flying a kite during a thunderstorm.
1860 - Florence Nightingale opens the first school for nursing at St Thomas' hospital in London.
1919 - John Alcock and Arthur Brown touchdown in Ireland, completing the first non-stop Atlantic crossing by aeroplane.
Ah, and football - Reading FC: Marcus Hahnemann's 43rd birthday today - great service, 276 appearances as goalie for RFC, 2002-09 ...