Forgotten anniversaries
2017 is the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution. Other anniversaries:
50 years Radio 1; first North Sea gas pumped ashore in County Durham; first cash dispenser (at Barclays in Enfield)
100 years First international airmail service (between Brindisi in Italy and Valona, Albania); first use of air raid siren in UK; first sex education film (in the US)
200 years First municipal gasworks, Manchester; Fahrenheit scale; display of Elgin marbles at the British Museum
300 years First druid-revival ceremony, at Primrose Hill at the autumn equinox
400 years Britain’s first one-way street (Pudding Lane, in the City of London)
Things to crow about
Some things 2017 is meant to be year of:
Year of the Rooster (China)
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (UN)
Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology (Visit Scotland)
UK-Indian Year of Culture (Government)
Year of Walking (Suffolk County Council)
Year of Risk (Geological Society of London)
Predictable results
Some rubbish predictions made for 2016:
Nikki, ‘psychic to the stars’: ‘Huge crash at Formula 1 race, killing many; Scottish riots; helicopter will crash into Empire State Building; earthquake in Denmark’.
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