Don't panic! VikingMichael is busy in meetings, and I've stepped in at the last minute to provide your daily dose of Sparkness.ġ194 King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charterġ497 John Cabot's expedition departs Bristol searching for new lands across the Atlanticġ536 Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of Londonġ670 King Charles II gives royal charter to the Hudson's Bay Companyġ780 William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majorisġ809 Dartmoor Prison in England opens to house French prisoners of warġ918 General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.ġ936 Sergei Prokofiev's musical 'Peter and the Wolf' premieres in Moscowġ945 More than 1,000,000 German soldiers officially surrender to the Western Allies in Italy and Austriaġ945 World War II: Battle of Berlin ends as Soviet army takes Berlin forcing German commander of the city general Helmuth Weidling to surrenderġ952 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Comet from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengersġ957 Hammer Film Productions releases its 1st colour horror title - 'The Curse of Frankenstein' starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Leeġ969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves Southampton on maiden voyage to NYġ982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 menĢ000 Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Apeldoorn and the other in Ottawa on May 11, 2000.

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