8 August

On this day…

1929 – Airship named Graf Zeppelin begins a round the world flight – The Africa Ship by Dominic Etzold – record zeppelin flight to East Africa in 1917
Ronnie Biggs born (a British criminal, died 2013) – Footsteps into Crime
1942 – Quit India movement starts in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for complete independence – Gandhi – the Messiah (poetry); When Chaplin met Gandhi (play)
1961 – The Edge (British-Irish musician) born – The Edge is a climate change play by P Symonloe< 2023 – Sixto Rodriguez (American musician born 1942) dies in Detroit – Cold Fiction
International Cat Day – George and Flora series