Things happen every day, big and small. Together they make our family history, our local history, our country’s history and sometimes they become part of global history.
All of these things happened on 3rd August in years gone by.
James II of Scotland was killed when the cannon he was loading exploded.
Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492.
Germany declared war on France in 1914.
After years of avoiding it. I went to my first football match in 2013.
In 1460 James II of Scotland was killed by an exploding cannon.
In 1492 Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera.
In 1914 Germany declared war on France.
In 2013 I went to my first football match.
New chapters begin
Good and bad, without warning.
Despite careful plans.
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What does 3rd August mean to you? Create a Building Blocks of History post and add a link in the comments box.
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An auspicious date….who knew? That game must have been memorable…as you remembered the date 🙂
I didn’t really understand what was going on then. I just remember because it was the first!