“Mr Welch, a BBC television researcher, died from head injuries without regaining consciousness before his parents arrived from Kong Kong. He had not been wearing a helmet, and suffered a fractured skull and suspected brain damage.”
The ‘Elf and Safety had a field day as one might imagine.
Population Density
Eurostat only compare with UK. ONS split out UK figures.
England’s population density is estimated at 411/km^2 in Mid-2012 (ONS) whicih puts England quite a bit above the rest of the UK who are generally fourth most densly populated at around 257/km^2 behind Malta, first, at 1,327.4/km^2, The Netherlands, second with 496.9/km^2, Belgium at367/km^2. Thus while the UK are fourth England would be third.
Antimatter Creation at CERN in 1996
First time anti-matter was created very briefly in 1996. 18 years later, this year, they created the first beam of anti-matter!
Noel Gallagher vs. Kylie Minogue
“Demonic little idiot” Hilarious.
Gianni Versace
Slain on the steps of his South Beach castle by 27 year old gay prostitue Andrew Cunanan. Mob or not?
Trivial Pursuit UK Launch
Board game was launched in 1981. TV series was launched in the UK in 1990.
Tall London Towers
One Canada Square (Canary Wharf) Construction started 1988 completed 1991. 770ft / 235m
Tower 42 (Formerly Nat West Tower) construction started 1971 completed 1980. 600ft / 183m
Shard construction started 2009 completed 2013. 998ft / 304m
George Bush Sr.
Threw up over Japanese PM Kiichi Miyazawa. Thankfully there is still a video.
Principalities in Europe
There are three formal principalities in Europe: Andorra, Liechtenstein and Monaco.
Superman – Illinois?
There is a real place called Metropolis in Illinois. That said Clark Kent was brought up in Kansas and the original Metropolis was modelled on Toronto and later New York.
Andrés Escobar
In 1994 scored an own goal and was subsequently murdered and this was attributed to being penalty for his goal. He was Colombian so that’s a real shame. Even Columbia didn’t execute him for losing the match.