Daily Chat 13/05/09

On this day in 1787, Captain Arthur Phillip left Portsmouth with a fleet of 11 ships to establish a penal colony in Australia.  In 1912, the Royal Flying Corps was established and in 1981, Mehmet Ali Agca attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II.  Celebrating birthdays:  Zoë Wanamaker, Stevie Wonder, Hootie (aka Darius Rucker) and Stephen Colbert.  It's Rotuma Day in Fiji.