Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 8ú lá de mí Bealtaine, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.
I 1971 bhí dochtúirí ag iarradh saol cailín a shábháil tar éis a loisceadh í agus dhá uair dhiúltaigh lena tuismitheoirí aistriú fola a dhéanamh.
I 1987 d’fhan an polaisaí pá don rialtas I rith comhréiteach den ESB agus d’fhan sé faoin ráta boilscithe timpeall 3.4%.
I 1971 bhí siopa saor ó dhleacht oscailte I gcríochfort aerfoirt na Sionainne I gcóir daoine a raibh ag teacht isteach ar eitleán mór.
I 1998 bhí an Tíogar Ceilteach an tsonraíocht timpeall Sionainn mar tháinig sé amach go raibh 200 post nua ag teacht.
Sin Starship le Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1987.
Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1976 fuair ABBA a tríú huimhir a haon sa Bhreatain lena amhrán Fernando agus bhí sé an t-amhrán a dhíol den chuid is mó don bhanna cheoil le níos mó ná 10 milliúin chóip. Chum Benny agus Bjorn an t-amhrán. Níor tháinig ABBA amach leis an amhrán ar dtús ach tháinig Anni ón bhanna cheoil amach leis an amhrán ar dtús ar a albam I 1975.
I 1993 fuair Aerosmith uimhir a haon I Meiriceá lena albam Get A Grip agus shroich siad uimhir 2 sa Bhreatain. Dhíol siad níos mó ná 20 milliúin cóip den albam timpeall an domhain agus bhuaigh siad dhá Grammy.
Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh David Attenborough sa Bhreatain I 1926 agus rugadh amhránaí Enrique Iglesias sa Spáinn ar an lá seo I 1975 agus seo chuid de a amhrán.
Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo.
Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 8th of May, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh
1971: doctors were trying to save the life of a badly burned 15 year old girl and were twice refused by the girls parents to add minister blood transfusions.
1987: The governments overall pay policy remained intact through settlement of the ESB dispute at fractionally below the current 3.4 per cent inflation rate.
1971: Duty free shops were put in jumbo terminal in shannon aiport for the arrival of jumbo jet passengers.
1998: the roar of the celtic tiger was reverberating loud and clear around shannon as underlined by this weeks announcement of over 200 new jobs for the free zone.
That was Starship with Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – the biggest song on this day in 1987.
Onto music news on this day In 1976 ABBA scored their third UK No.1 single with Fernando, the song went on to become ABBA’s biggest selling single, with sales over 10 million. Composed by Benny and Björn the song carried the working title of ‘Tango’. ‘Fernando’ was not originally released as an ABBA song but as a solo single by band member Anni – featured on her 1975 solo album
1993 Aerosmith entered the US album chart at No.1 with ‘Get A Grip’, a No.2 hit in the UK. The album went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide as well as winning the band two Grammy awards.
And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – presenter David Attenborough was born in the UK in 1926 and singer Enrique Iglesias was born in Spain on this day in 1975 and this is one of his songs.
I’ll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.
