#OnThisDay 1984. British Steel boss, Bob Haslam, sent a three-page personal letter to his 71,000 workers praising them for ignoring the miners blockade.
Haslam warned steelworkers of “bare-faced and undisguised attempts to cripples us.”
🗓️ #OnThisDay 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ : #Rangers sign 21yr old Hamza Igamane from AS FAR for a reported £1.7m. He said “I am proud to join Rangers. It is a huge club, with a loyal fanbase and a lot of history. I am excited for my future here and looking forward to being a part of this club.”
🗓️ #OnThisDay 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ : #Rangers sign John Lundstram. He said "I spoke to the manager and he sold the club to me. I was taken aback by his ambition, vision & drive. I know Glasgow is like Liverpool, a proper football city with proper football fans. I'm buzzing to be part of it"
🗓️ #OnThisDay 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ : Champions #Rangers begin our 150th anniversary season with a 1-0 friendly win over Partick Thistle at Firhill. Cedric Itten scored from a Hagi assist. We wore our new 150th anniversary strip for the 1st time. Next up, a trip to Wirral to play Tranmere.
🗓️ #OnThisDay 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ : #Rangers begin a Tour of Holland with a 7-0 win over VV Dovo. De Boer, Miller(3), Numan, Dodds & Kanchelskis scored. New boys Latapy & Nerlinger featured from the bench. These were the last 3 games £1m signing Marcus Gayle played for us before being sold
🗓 #OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣1️⃣ : #Rangers sign Serie A winner Alexei Mikhailichenko from Sampdoria for £2m. The former USSR Olympic Gold medalist, who was voted 4th in the 1988 Ballon d'Or, helped us win 5 League Titles, 2 League Cups, 1 Scottish Cup & 1 Treble, before retiring in 1996.
Wist je dat? Op 5 juli 1994 werd Amazon opgericht! 🥳 Wat begon als een bescheiden online boekwinkel 📚 is nu een techgigant die bijna alles verkoopt én het halve internet draait. Van je boek tot je cloud! ☁️🤯
#TechWeetje #OnThisDay #Amazon
#OnThisDay in 1970.
At Circuit de Charade, Jochen Rindt (Lotus-Ford-72C) came from 6th on the grid to win the French Grand Prix, his 3rd victory of the season. Chris Amon finished 2nd in a works March-Ford-701. Jack Brabham was 3rd in his Brabham-Ford-BT33.
#F1
#OnThisDay @ #Spain82
Ron Greenwood famously sent Kevin Keegan & Trevor Brooking on with 25 mins to go against Spain as England needed a victory to qualify for the Semi Final
Unfortunately the gamble didn't pay off as the match finished 0-0 & both sides were eliminated
#OnThisDay 1984. The Transport and General Workers’ Union told 14 drivers they had lost their union membership after crossing picket lines.
The drivers had been delivering coal to the Llanwern steel works.
"Greatest Showman" P T Barnum, of "Greatest Show on Earth" circus fame, was born #OnThisDay 1810. He's credited with popularising handbells in USA after he brought widely-lauded Lancashire handbell ensemble to America in 1847. In his autobiography he described them as…/👇
#OnThisDay 1994
Italy go 1-0 down to Nigeria, and are heading out of the World Cup.
Up stepped Roberto Baggio who scored twice to put Italy into the quarter-final.
Absolutely divine!! 🇮🇹
#OnThisDay @ #USA94
Italy beat Nigeria 2-1 in an eventful match
With Italy trailing 1-0, Zola got sent off & Maldini escaped a red card with Yekini clean through
Roberto Baggio rescued Italy with a late equaliser & a penalty in extra time
