September 10th in History
September 10th
1798 British Honduras defeats Spain in the Battle of St. George's Caye
1813 American naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie
1891 Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-E, the most popular song in Victorian England in the 1890s was written by former Canadian bandsman Henry J Sayers. Sayers later admitted to copying an Austrian song after hearing the tune being played in a brothel.
1897 George Smith, a London cab driver, became the first person to be convicted for drunken driving. He was fined £1.
10 Sep 1973
The BBC banned The Rolling Stones single 'Star Star', from their Goat's Head Soup album because it contained the word "Star-f word ‘in the chorus a dozen times.
NB…posted on songs banned by the BBC
1798 British Honduras defeats Spain in the Battle of St. George's Caye
1813 American naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie
1891 Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-E, the most popular song in Victorian England in the 1890s was written by former Canadian bandsman Henry J Sayers. Sayers later admitted to copying an Austrian song after hearing the tune being played in a brothel.
1897 George Smith, a London cab driver, became the first person to be convicted for drunken driving. He was fined £1.
10 Sep 1973
The BBC banned The Rolling Stones single 'Star Star', from their Goat's Head Soup album because it contained the word "Star-f word ‘in the chorus a dozen times.
NB…posted on songs banned by the BBC
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