On this Day - Thursday, 09 February 2012

On This Day Over The Years

1540 The first recorded horse racing meeting in Britain was held at the Roodeye Field, Chester.
1855 The ‘Devil’s Footprints’ appeared in snowbound South Devon - 100 miles of cloven hoofprints, eight inches apart in a single line and measuring four inches by two.
1865 Mrs Patrick Campbell, actress with an abrasive wit, was born in London.
She created several famous roles, including Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion 1914), and had a well-documented relationship with George Bernard Shaw.
1893 The world’s first public striptease took place at the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
1949 Robert Mitchum was jailed in Los Angeles for two months for smoking marijuana.
1964 Beatlemania gripped America as 70 million tuned in to see the Fab Four on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1981 Rock’n’roller Bill Haley William John Clifton) died.
He spearheaded the ‘50s rock revolution with Rock Around The Clock.
1983 Shergar, the 1981 Derby Winner, was stolen from his stable in County Kildare and a £2 million ransom demanded.
The horse was never seen again.