°°°What happened today?°°°

[Rane1071]

August 26th

55-B.C.
Roman ****** under Julius Caesar invaded Britain.

1346
English longbows defeat French in Battle of Crécy.

1883
Krakatoa began erupting with increasingly large explosions.

1920
The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote went into effect.

1957
USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile.

1962
Mariner 2 launched for 1st planet flyby (Venus).

1974
Aviator Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic, died.

1978
Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes John Paul I, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He died one month later.

Silly Quote of The Day.

"During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails."
AP report describing Fresno State basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian.

 

[Supafly]

1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.

1970 – The then new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nation-wide Women's Strike for Equality.

Birthdays:

1966 – Shirley Manson, Scottish singer

1988 – Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

1988 – Tori Black, American pornographic actress (Coincidence???)

 

[Rane1071]

August 27th

1776
Americans defeated by British in Battle of Long Island.

1883
Krakatoa west of Java blew apart.

1912
Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan.

1921
Green Bay Packers granted NFL franchise.

1982
Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth.

1985
20th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 6 launched.


Silly Quote of The Day

"The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush."
Sylvestor Stallone, Actor.

 

[BigSwede]

1896-The Anglo-Zanzibar war,the shortest war in history was over in 38 minutes.

 

[Rane1071]

August 28th

1609
Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands.

1789
William Herschel discovers Enceladus, satellite of Saturn.

1828
Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy was born near Tula.

1867
U.S. occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific.

1907
United Parcel Service begins service in Seattle.

1963
Martin Luther King Jr "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

1965
Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5.

1974
Soyuz 15 returns to Earth.

1981
John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to **** President Reagan.

1983
Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation.


Silly Quote of The Day.

"There is no housing shortage in Lincoln today - just a rumour that is put about by people who have nowhere to live."
G.L. Murfin, Mayor of Lincoln.

 

[Supafly]

1898 – Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft ***** "Pepsi-Cola".

1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.

1988 – Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are ****** and 346 seriously injured. (Yeah, the band named themselves after that one)

Birthdays:

1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832) -> Doktor Faust

1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (birthdate according to O.S.) (d. 1910)

 

[Rane1071]

August 29th

1533
Last Incan King of Peru Atahualpa ******** by Spanish conquerors.

1708
Haverhill Massachusetts, destroyed by French & Indians.

1864
William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae.

1896
Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador.

1914
Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in S.F. via the Panama Canal.

1949 - USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb

1964
Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" is released.


Silly Quote of The Day

"This Is The Gate Of Heaven, Enter Ye All By This Door. (This door is kept locked because of the draft. Please use side entrance.)"
Sign on a church door.

 

[Supafly]

Looks like we both own this thread

1825 – Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.

1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen (Yeah, bitches, without us Germans, you ain't got no ride)

1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded. (Okay, rides without proper tires, riding woulda suck a lot)

1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. (Damn, why did they have to stop??)

Birthdays

1920 – Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)

1936 – John McCain, American politician

1958 – Michael Jackson, American pop singer (d. 2009)

1981 – Lanny Barbie, Canadian pornographic actress

 

[Rane1071]

Looks like we both own this thread

Looks like it, Supa.


August 30th

30 B.C.
Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, committed suicide.

1850
Honolulu Hawaii becomes a city.

1862
The Second Battle of Bull Run took place during the Civil War.

1963
A hot line between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war.

1979
1st recorded occurrance of comet hitting the sun (energy output=1 mil hydrogen bombs).

1983
8th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 3 is launched.

1984
12th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 1 is launched.


Silly Quote of The Day

"I think the team that wins Game 5 will win the series. Unless we lose Game 5."
Charles Barkley, NBA Basketball Player.

 

[BigSwede]

1721-The treaty of Nystad ended the great northern war.
1751-Inventor and scientist Christopher Polhem dies.

 

[Supafly]

1945 – Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed ******.

1963 – The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.

Birthdays:

1943 – Robert Crumb, American cartoonist

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1948 - Lewis Black, American comedian



1949 – Peter Maffay, German singer-songwriter

 

[BigSwede]

1939-John Peel was born.
1969-The Texas Pop Festival begun.
1993-The Late Show with David Letterman premiered on CBS.

 

[Eric Lindros]

Today is the birthday of two beautiful women:
Frederique van der Wal (1967) and Cameron Diaz (1972.)

 

[Supafly]

Today is the birthday of two beautiful women:
Frederique van der Wal (1967) and Cameron Diaz (1972.)

Damn :nanner:

 

[Ulysses31]

1980: Polish workers win trade union rights
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1982: PLO leader ****** from Beirut
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2001: Milosevic to face genocide charge
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Washington refuses Howe's letter (1776)
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Rebels rout Yankees at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky (1862)
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Vladimir Lenin shot (1918)
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Movie tough guy Charles Bronson dies (2003)
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MacArthur arrives in Japan (1945)
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[Rane1071]

August 31st

1842
US Naval Observatory is authorized by an act of Congress.

1886
1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US at Charleston S.C.

1887
Thomas Edison received a patent for his "Kinetoscope," and moving pictures were born.

1950
Gil Hodges hits 4 homers in 1 game.

1955
1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated Chicago Il.

1955
1st microwave television station operated - Lufkin Texas.

1962
Trinidad & Tobago gains independence from Britain (National Day).

1977
Aleksandr Fedotov sets world aircraft altitude record of 38.26 km (125 524 ft) in a Mikoyan E-266M turbojet.

1994
Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states.

1997
P rincess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were ****** in a car accident in Paris.



Silly Quote of The Day

"Traffic is very heavy at the moment, so if you are thinking of leaving now, you'd better set off a few minutes earlier."
Anonymous Traffic Report.

 

[Supafly]

1422 – King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His ***, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.

(Talk about a fast career)

1895 – German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.

(What would Led Zeppelin's name be without this magnificant German)

Birthdays:

12 – Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)

(Now THAT was some sick bastard)

1945 – Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter

Long may he run.

Deceased:

2007 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)

(Now, which parent would name his *** 'Gay', today? Well, I guess Lady Gaga :1orglaugh )

 

[Rane1071]

2007 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)

(Now, which parent would name his *** 'Gay', today? Well, I guess Lady Gaga :1orglaugh )

Wouldn't ya' be pissed at your parents for doing that.


September 1st


1859
R.C. Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare.

1870
Napoleon III captured at Sedan.

1905
Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces.

1923
Earthquake struck Tokyo, estimated 74 000 people died.

1939
PHYSICAL REVIEW publishes paper, 1st to deal with "black holes."

1970
The last episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" aired on NBC-TV. (The show premiered on September 18, 1965).

1976
NJ Meadowlands racetrack opens.

1979
Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn discovers new moon rings.

1983
Korean Boeing 747 strayed into Soviet air space & was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter. All 269 people aboard died.

1985
The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition. The wreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast.




Silly Quote of The Day

"We can repair anything. (Please knock hard on the door - the bell doesn't work.)"
Sign on the door of a repair shop

 

[Supafly]

1939 – World War II: **** Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the war in Europe.

1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.

Births

1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)

1961 – Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)

Did not work out so well:

Disaster Prevention Day (Japan)

Journalist Day (Republic of China, commemorates promulgation of the Protection of Journalists and Public Opinion Organizations law in 1933)

Revolution Day (Libya)

 

[Rane1071]

September 2nd

31 BC
Battle of Actium; The Roman leader Octavian defeated the alliance of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian, as Augustus Caesar, became the first Roman emperor.

490 BC
Phidippides of Athens was dispatched seeking aid from Sparta against Persia.The runner was the inspiration for the 26-mile marathon of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

1666
The Great Fire of London broke out. The fire burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral. Only 6 people were ******.

1804
K L Harding discovers Juno 3rd known asteroid.

1930
The "Question Mark" made the first non-stop flight from Europe to the U.S. The plane was flown by Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte.

1945
V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri.

1963
CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes

1969
NBC-TV cancelled "Star Trek." The show had debuted on September 8, 1966.



Silly Quote of The Day

"We're going to move left and right at the same time."
Jerry Brown, Governor of California.