General Information for April 26th 2017 |
There are 2 public holidays today. |
Day 116 of 2017 |
249 days left in 2017 |
Week 17 of the year |
On this Day in History |
1957 - Sir Patrick Moore begins presenting the monthly television series The Sky At Night which is going to make him, and his monocle, famous. |
1926 - David Coleman, much-loved English TV sports commentator, was born. He was the first quizmaster of the BBC TV sports show, A Question of Sport, and the originator of Colemanballs. |
1923 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - later HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - and Prince Albert are wed. |
1573 - Marie de Medici is born. |