26th April 1976, 'Wings At The Speed Of Sound' went to No.1 on the US album chart. Paul McCartney's 5th No.1 album after he'd left The Beatles became his most successful US chart album, spending 7 weeks at No.1. The album featured the hits 'Let 'Em In' and 'Silly Love Songs'. #Wings #PaulMcCartney

TV Listings For Wednesday 26th April 1972

#OnThisDay 1982 : Satellite Television (as a channel) began broadcasting. In 1984,it was rebranded as Sky Channel following Murdoch's interest and in 1989 became known as Sky One. The channel closed in 2021 before relaunching earlier this year. #80s

Chelsea and Man City in the FA Cup final. No other English clubs have systematically ignored, bent or broken the rules like both have done. In terms of trophies won, no other English clubs have been as successful over the past decade and a half either. The moral of the story - is that there is none.

Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint on location shooting NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

Dina Meyer - Starship Troopers (1997) Behind the scenes 🎬💜📸

Raging Bull (1980) 🎬🥊🖤 Directed by Martin Scorsese

Blue Peter (26th April 1971). John and Pete enjoy a massage.

BBC Radio 6 Music Guy Garvey's Finest Hour Now Playing The Sundays Can't Be Sure

“This bullshit is not available in stores”

#Spain (November 1953).

It’s like a scene out of The Expanse!

Jupiter - Nasa's Voyager 2 - 1979 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2nWq4TU

Dinosaur closeups 🪶 #Roadrunner

The US Secret Service right now…

1979-03-01 - 4:41 UT Jupiter (Voyager 1) - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/2kye6vP

Another butte-iful day on Mars Captured by Curiosity somewhere on the slopes of Aeolis Mons, on the 4873th day of her mission. Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk #Mars 🧪🔭

Vintage UK TV Times, 22/04/1984 issue (page 1)

#BorussiaMönchengladbach v #FCBayern (1970/71). #FranzBenckenbauer and #GünterNetzer. #BMGFCB @refbooks.bsky.social

We don’t do political stories, but the answer to this is “you got fined for driving in a bus lane because you drove in a bus lane”.

Earth Mariner 10 - 0147-0200 1973-309 - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/C9UzZE

[April 25th, 1986] This week's Radio and Records charts

Born 25 April 1947, footballer Johan Cruyff. He started his career at Ajax and by the time he was 18 he had become the star of the country’s biggest team. He led Ajax to many league titles & 3 straight European Cups to emerge as the best footballer in the world in the early 1970s. #JohanCruyff

Born 25 April 1940, and considered one of the greatest actors of all time, Al Pacino gained worldwide acclaim and recognition for his portrayal of first time crook, Sonny Wortzik in the movie "Dog Day Afternoon" in 1975. Pure Genius. #AlPacino

GET IN! I HATED IT! A HUGE RESULT! WE PLAYED TERRIBLY! WE'RE TOP OF THE TABLE! I WANT TO DRINK A GOBLET OF MORPHINE!

GOAL - Tomas Soucek West Ham 1-0 Everton

I'm no fan of Piers Morgan, but this clip shows what a grifting charlatan Russell Brand is so effectively. Brand is so self confident yet so lazy, he wasn't prepared to be questioned on his newly found beliefs. It isn't as if sticky tabs or highlighters exist. Or that Bible verses are numbered.

Keith Harris - the absolutely terrifying early years... PantoSplaining from Billingham youtu.be/KCh88tSovgU

Fremont Street — Las Vegas (1949)

'Tony Angelino, the Singing Dustman'

A teenage ALAN RICKMAN whilst a pupil at Latymer Upper School - Hammersmith. London

Steve McQueen on the cover of Sports Illustrated (1971)

LEE MARVIN's grave at Arlington National Cemetery - Virginia. Marvin's decorations included the Purple Heart Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.

Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood met by chance at a motel in Tucson, Arizona in 1972. Terry O’Neil was there to record it.

Alleged 'phantom monk' photographed by antiquarian T W Latchmore at Minsden Chapel, #Hertfordshire, in 1907. It's no-one I know and looks like a lump of masonry to me, but I imagine Mr Latchmore would know the difference. #PhantomsFriday #ghosts #ghostphoto #paranormal #Edwardian

BBC Radio 6 Music Nick Grimshaw Now Playing Ian Dury & the Blockheads Clevor Trever

84 Candles 🎂 today for the double Oscar winning, 10 time Grammy winning, 5 time Emmy winning, Tony winning, EGOT winning, Singer, Actress, Director, Producer & Songwriter BARBRA STREISAND

Rough Trade turned 50 in February and these photos have been on the wall of their West London shop for most of that time #FallFriday

The modern world in old Ladybird books. Eating on trains, 1974. Artist: Frank Humphris

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So perhaps the ‘Triassic Kraken’ was real After all? 😱🙃 prehistoric-wiki.fandom.com/wiki/Triassi...

From Japan, #Christmas 1998: Toys from Toys R Us (+Pythagoras DX; Lego Shogun's 6093; Fire Engine 2704; Truck 50p; Lego Shogun's Yagura 6089; Ninja Trick Fortress 5088; Various Kitchens; Super Teacher; Bonus Bucket 841; Chupro Winding Coaster 4224, and more) [ENGinALT]

Turkiye looks amazing, so many different types of landscapes in one country! #RaceAcrosstheWorld

Andrew’s like me, fascinated by physical geography! #RaceAcrossTheWorld

Oh Mount Nimrut looks amazing! 😎 #RaceAcrossTheWorld

best news story of the day by far www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

THE MAD DEATH (1983): The BBC's brilliant and deeply disturbing drama about a rabies outbreak in Scotland. Bearing in mind that I'd cross the road everytime I saw a stray dog (just in case), The Mad Death scared me so much that I didn't make it to the final episode.

The tradition of pointing out that St George wasn't English goes back at least as far as the tenth century, when Ælfric of Eynsham described him as "a rich ealdorman from the shire of Cappadocia".