Trivia Bits 17 September

 

 

• The first name of the title character in the 1970’s television series McCloud was Sam.
• Founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820.
• The second person to walk on the moon was US astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin.
• Allied forces stormed the beaches in Normandy, France in the D-Day invasion 1944 during World War II.
• Chile declared its independence from Spain in 1810.
• London and Paris are the two cities in the Charles Dicken’s book A Tale of Two Cities.
• Wasabi is a condiment used in the cookery of Japan.
• Mt Meharry is the highest peak in the Australian state of Western Australia located in the Hamersley Range within the south-eastern part of Karijini National Park in the Pilbara region.
• Elton John married German recording engineer Renate Blauel on Valentine’s Day 1984.
• Australian author Mem Fox wrote the childrens’ book Possum Magic.