Hertfordshire - St. Albans - Multiple Scenes Prior to 1969. And the News of the World.

            The Postcard

A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was printed in Great Britain. The card was posted in St. Albans using a 4d. stamp on Thursday the 2nd. January 1969 to:

Mrs. C. N. Knight,
Church Hill,
Milford-on-Sea,
Lymington,
Hants.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"I am still in Herts, and
visited St. Albans today.
We took Mother to Stamford.
I do hope the New Year will
be better for you, thinking
of you so much.
No glasses, so please
excuse scrawl.
Love Connor."

Rupert Murdoch

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 2nd. January 1969, Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchased the largest-selling British Sunday newspaper, The News of the World when shareholders voted to accept his bid over that of British book publisher Robert Maxwell. 

Murdoch went on to purchase newspapers in the U.S. in the 1970's, notably the New York Post, and entered television in the 1980's with the founding of the Fox Network.

A Plane Crash in Taiwan

Also on that day, China Airlines Flight 227 crashed into a mountain peak on the island of Taiwan while en route from Hualin to Kaohsiung, killing all 24 people on board. The wreckage was found at 18:55 the following day.

The probable cause of the crash was recorded as follows:

'The aircraft, while flying in a mountain area, 
suddenly met with turbulence and a downdraft 
so that its altitude abruptly dropped and it hit 
trees and crashed.'

The First Radio Reading Service For The Blind

Also on the 2nd. January 1969, the first radio reading service for the blind, The Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network, went on the air as a service of KSJR, the radio station at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.

The Maginot Line

Also on that day, the government of France announced that its office of government property would start a campaign for the sale of individual lots on the Maginot Line that had been built during the 1930's in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent a German invasion.

The Marmalade

Also on the 2nd. January 1969, the Number One chart hit record in the UK was 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' by The Marmalade.
   

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