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On 5 October 1915, sixteen members of the Royal Malta Artillery were tragically killed in an explosion while filling hand grenades at the Malta Dockyard. One of those killed was Gunner Carmelo Farrugia. 📍Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery 🇲🇹

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1919. Donald Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He played numerous roles in films including RAF pilot Colin Blythe in The Great Escape, villain Blofeldn in James Bond film You Only Live Twice and psychiatrist Dr Samuel Loomis in Halloween.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1999. Ladbroke Grove Rail Disaster in west London killed 31 people. It occurred when 2 trains collided in the morning rush-hour. A Thames Trains passenger service had passed a red stop signal leading to a catastrophic head-on collision. The driver was newly qualified.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1984. Liverpool-born Leonard Rossiter died (aged 57). He’s best known for his TV comedy roles as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV sitcom Rising Damp from 1974 to 1978 and as Reginald Perrin in the BBC comedy The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin from 1976 to 1979.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1974. American David Kunst completed 1st journey around the world on foot. It took 4 years, 3 months and 16 days, covering 14,450 miles across 13 countries and 4 continents. He went through 21 pairs of shoes during the walk.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1969. Monty Python’s Flying Circus was 1st broadcast on BBC1 at 11 PM. The comedy group were left to right: Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. There were 45 episodes from 1969 to 1974 and 2 episodes for German TV.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1963. Laura Davies was born in Coventry. She’s Britain’s most successful female golfer having won 4 major tournaments: Women’s PGA (2) US Open (1) and Canadian Open (1). She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1962. Dr No, 1st James Bond film, was released with Sean Connery in the leading role as an MI6 agent. The film was based on the 1958 5th Bond novel by Ian Fleming. It was the 5th most popular film at the UK box office in 1962, but it was not successful in the USA.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1962. Love Me Do, the 1st single by The Beatles was released in the UK. The B-side was PS I Love You. It reached No 17 in the UK charts. In 1964, it was a US No 1 and when reissued in the UK in 1982 it reached No 4.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1936. Vaclav Havel was born in Prague. He served as the last President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992. He was then the 1st President of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1936. 200 unemployed men from the north-eastern town of Jarrow marched 300 miles to London. They wanted Parliament and people in the south to understand the plight of the unemployed and to take action to remedy it.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1930. British airship R101 crashed on a hill in Beauvais, France. Hydrogen gas ignited shortly after impact engulfing the aircraft in minutes. 48 of the 54 people on board died, including Air Minister Lord Thomson. 6 crew members survived

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 13h

5 October 1918. Roland Garros (aged 29) was killed when his plane was shot down near Vouziers, Ardennes during WW1. He was 1st person to fly a plane across the Mediterranean. The French Open Tennis complex and championships are named in his honour. He had no link to tennis.

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Allison (she/her) @thelegalseagull.bsky.social · 14h

One of many, many brilliant wartime photos by Frank Hurley, who was also the photographer on Shackleton's Endurance expedition

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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 14h

#OTD 5 October 1917, Frank Hurley took this photograph during the Third Battle of Ypres. Soldiers of the 1st Australian Division near Hooge follow a duckboard track to relieve comrades whose attack on 4th took Broodseinde Ridge. The next objective was Passchendaele. www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Black and white photo soldiers silhouetted on the skyline and reflected in water.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 15h

By the end of the war around 17,000 Canadian foresters were working in Britain and France.

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GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social · 14h

Lt Gen Vyvyan Pope DSO MC & Bar took comd of newly formed XXX Corps in Sep 41. On 5th Oct 1941 he was traveling with his ADC Capt George Amery RTR and 2 Brigadiers in a Hudson from 267 Sqn RAF. The plane lost power, crashed nr Abassia, and caught fire. The 4 aircrew and 4 passengers were all killed.

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Colchester Civic Society @colcivicsociety.bsky.social · 15h

#OnThisDay - 5 October 1944, a damaged ‘doodlebug’ flying bomb missed houses near the Abbey Field by a few feet, finally struck a tree and exploded near football pitches at Reed Hall.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Smiley's People (4th October 1982). Alec Guinness and Beryl Reid both won BAFTAs for their performances in Smiley's People.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Secret Army - Russian Roulette (4th October 1978). Kessler organises a garden party - one which his guests will never forget.

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British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 04/10/2026

Churchill tanks of A and B Squadrons, 43rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, 33rd Brigade, during manoeuvres in October 1942. 📸 IWM (TR 213)

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Mike Peters @mikehistorian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Audley End House this morning, known as Station 43 during WWII. The memorial in the foreground commemorates the Polish members of the wartime SOE who completed their training here.

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The citation for Private Arthur Hutt’s Victoria Cross, as published in the London Gazette.

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Visited Coventry War Memorial Park yesterday and stopped at the memorial to Arthur Hutt VC. It was 109 years ago today that Arthur’s bravery, initiative and leadership earned him the Victoria Cross, making him Coventry’s first recipient of the UK’s highest award for gallantry.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Buster Keaton's birthday! Famed actor, director, and writer. Best known for his silent films, he worked into the 1960s. Drafted into the AEF he went to France in 1918. Already well known, the AEF decided not to risk his life in the trenches and used him as an entertainer. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar

Black and white close up of Keaton's face. Earnest and solemn look directly into the camera. Gray background. He wears a dark suit with a black bowtie and white shirt.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

USA No.1 on this day in 1980: Queen - Another One Bites the Dust youtu.be/PDh9G_H_Ti8?si… via @YouTube

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Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

YouTube video by AzzholeDoucheBag

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 2010. Norman Wisdom died (aged 95). He was best known for his 1950s and 1960s film comedies such as Trouble in Store, The Early Bird and On The Beat, featuring the clumsy underdog Norman Pitkin. Charlie Chaplin famously said Wisdom was his "favourite clown".

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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#OTD 1957: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 - the first artificial satellite. Its radio signal is heard worldwide as it circles Earth every 98 minutes. The little metal sphere shocks America, demonstrates Soviet rocket power and ignites the Space Race.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1963. The Beatles made their 1st appearance on the new ITV pop show Ready Steady Go! The show went out early on Friday evenings with each episode beginning with the words: “The weekend starts here.” The Beatles only appeared live 2 more times on the show.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1957. Space Age began when Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik I into orbit around the Earth. It was a 58 centremetre-wide polished metal sphere, with 4 external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1947. German physicist Max Planck died (aged 89). He’s best known for his role as a key developer of quantum theory which revolutionised understanding of atomic and subatomic processes. He won the Nobel Prize for his contribution in this area in 1918.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1936. Battle of Cable Street took place in Cable Street, Whitechapel, London. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, protecting a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF) led by Sir Oswald Mosley and various anti-fascist and Jewish demonstrators.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1895. Buster Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas, USA. Best known for his silent films such as The General, Sherlock Junior and Steamboat Bill. His trademark was physical comedy performed with a deadpan expression, earning him the nickname “The Great Stone Face”.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1669. Dutch artist Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn) died (aged 63). He’s one of the greatest artists of all time. It’s estimated 300 Rembrandt paintings still survive plus 300 etchings and several hundred drawings.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1582. Pope Gregory XIII replaced the Julian calendar with the Gregorian one in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. This meant the following day was 15 October. Britain waited until September 1752 to make the change by which time 11 days had to be dropped.

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🇬🇧📺 Classic British TV 📺🇬🇧 @classicbritishtv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Remembering Norman Wisdom who passed away on this date in 2010 😇🙏

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dad's Army - High Finance (3rd October 1975). Jones has run into financial difficulties.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fawlty Towers (3rd October 1975). Basil is forced to rebuff the attentions of Mrs. Peignoir (Yvonne Gilan).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Canned Carrott (3rd October 1990). The detectives track down an informer (Paul Barber) to have a rabbit about the rumble in the Elephant.

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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#OTD 1952: Britain detonates its first atomic bomb. Operation Hurricane explodes inside HMS Plym off Western Australia with a yield of 25 kilotons, destroying the ship. Britain is now the world’s third nuclear power—and its independent nuclear deterrent has begun.

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sister Mabel Grigson died at Bighi Naval Hospital, Malta, from gastric dysentery and cardiac failure. Aged 36, she was from Clacton-on-Sea and had joined the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service in 1915. 📍Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery 🇲🇹

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Human-size chess game in 1924 with actual soldiers in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).📷 google images

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

3 October 2025. Patricia Routledge died (aged 96). She’s best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC comedy Keeping Up Appearances from 1990 to 1995 and for her witty monologues written by Alan Bennett and Victoria Wood.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

3 October 2005. Ronnie Barker died (aged 76). He first found UK fame in, The Frost Report in the 1960s. He then starred in the comedy series The Two Ronnies followed by the comedy sitcoms, Porridge, Open All Hours, Going Straight, and Clarence.

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