Add Your Piece of History… 3rd August

• On this day in 1978.   The Queen opens the 11th Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.

 

• On this day in 1914.  Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I began when Britain declared war on Germany.

 

• On this day in 1933.  The Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced for the price of $2.75. Produced by the Ingersoll-Waterbury Watch Company.  The watches were introduced just 5 years after Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.  Over 11,000 of the original Mickey Mouse watches were sold on the first day of release.

 

Please feel free to add your piece of history (something personal or general history).

 

 

 

 

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