Texsox Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 A very sad event occurred on this day in 1814. At the Meux and Company Brewery on Tottenham Court Road in the parish of St. Giles, London, a vat containing 135,000 imperial gallons of beer ruptured with a sound that was heard miles away. As the waves of beer cascaded against other vats they also split open, a total of 323,000 gallons (almost 1.5 million liters) of beer was released. It isn't just a pretense of grief on the part of a long-time beer lover, as the beer broke through the brick walls of the brewery it destroyed a pub and two houses, eight persons were drowned or crushed in the London Beer Flood. www.qotd.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 05:20 AM) www.qotd.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood This reminds me of the scene from Strange Brew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 On thi day in 1777, a British army surrendered near Saratoga, New York. On this day in 1781, a British army surrendered on the Yorktown Peninsula, Virginia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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southsider2k5 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 05:36 AM) This reminds me of the scene from Strange Brew Ha, I haven't thought about that movie in a decade at least. Damn that was a funny movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 08:44 AM) Ha, I haven't thought about that movie in a decade at least. Damn that was a funny movie. Could not disagree more. Incredibly unfunny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 08:42 AM) On thi day in 1777, a British army surrendered near Saratoga, New York. On this day in 1781, a British army surrendered on the Yorktown Peninsula, Virginia. Pretty much a bad day to be English . . . But most in England were happy to have the war end. They were unhappy with the cost both in lives lost and cost in money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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