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Tully Mars 06-06-2008 05:23 AM

On June 6th , 1944 Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy- D-Day.

uncle phil 06-07-2008 02:17 AM

On June 7, 1966, Sony Corporation unveiled its brand new consumer home videotape recorder. The black and white only unit sold for $995...

uncle phil 06-08-2008 02:29 AM

On June 8, 0452, Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun...

Tully Mars 06-08-2008 04:14 AM

On this day in 1995 the U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O'Grady. His F16-C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2.

uncle phil 06-09-2008 02:10 AM

On June 9, 1534, Jacques Cartier became the first to sail into the river he named Saint Lawrence...

uncle phil 06-10-2008 02:11 AM

On June 10, 1920, he Republican convention in Chicago endorsed woman suffrage...

Cynthetiq 06-10-2008 10:00 PM

June 11, 1985: Karen Quinlan Dies, But the Issue Lives On

uncle phil 06-11-2008 02:40 AM

On June 11, 1509, King Henry VIII married his first of six wives, Catherine of Aragon...

uncle phil 06-12-2008 02:21 AM

On June 12, 1897, Carl Elsener patented his penknife. The object later became known as the Swiss army knife...

uncle phil 06-13-2008 02:21 AM

On June 13, 1789, ice cream was served to General George Washington by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton...

uncle phil 06-14-2008 03:47 AM

On June 14th, 1775, the Continental Army was founded by the Continental Congress for purposes of common defense. This event is considered to be the birth of the United States Army. On June 15, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief...

Tully Mars 06-14-2008 03:57 AM

On this day in 1940 German troops entered Paris. The French put up valiant surrender.

uncle phil 06-15-2008 03:04 AM

On June 15, 1389, Ottoman Turks crushed Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo...

uncle phil 06-16-2008 02:13 AM

On June 16, 1883, the New York Giants baseball team admitted all ladies for free to the ballpark. It was the first Ladies Day...

Tully Mars 06-16-2008 02:22 AM

On this day in 1963 The Soviets launched a former textile worker, Valentina Tereshkova, into space. So first women in space on this day in '63.

uncle phil 06-17-2008 02:38 AM

On June 17, 1872, George M. Hoover began selling whiskey in Dodge City, Kansas. The town had been dry up until this point...

uncle phil 06-18-2008 02:18 AM

On June 18, 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was defeated by an international army under the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon abdicated on June 22...

uncle phil 06-19-2008 02:22 AM

On June 19, 1903, the young school teacher, Benito Mussolini, was placed under investigation by police in Bern, Switzerland...

uncle phil 06-20-2008 02:26 AM

On June 20, 1756, in India, 150 British soldiers were imprisoned in a cell that became known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta..."

uncle phil 06-21-2008 02:36 AM

On June 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to jump from an airplane...

uncle phil 06-22-2008 03:19 AM

On June 22, 1933, Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis...

uncle phil 06-23-2008 02:21 AM

On June 23, 1757, Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won control of Bengal...

uncle phil 06-24-2008 02:20 AM

On June 24, 1844, Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber...

uncle phil 06-25-2008 02:12 AM

On June 25, 1867, Lucien B. Smith patented the first barbed wire...

uncle phil 06-26-2008 02:23 AM

On June 26, 1819, the bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr...

uncle phil 06-27-2008 02:19 AM

On June 27, 1693, "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page."

uncle phil 06-28-2008 02:58 AM

On June 28, 1911, Samuel J. Battle became the first African-American policeman in New York City....

uncle phil 06-29-2008 02:13 AM

On June 29, 1804, Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50...

uncle phil 06-30-2008 02:19 AM

On June 30, 1913, fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War...

uncle phil 07-01-2008 02:37 AM

On July 1, 1862, the U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue...

uncle phil 07-02-2008 02:24 AM

On July 2, 1566, French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died...

uncle phil 07-03-2008 02:10 AM

On July 3, 1790, in Paris, the marquis of Condorcet proposed granting civil rights to women...

uncle phil 07-04-2008 03:30 AM

On July 4, 1802, the U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY...

uncle phil 07-05-2008 03:22 AM

On July 5, 1814, U.S. troops under Jacob Brown defeated a superior British force at Chippewa, Canada...

uncle phil 07-06-2008 03:01 AM

On July 6, 1917, during World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks...

uncle phil 07-07-2008 02:25 AM

On July 7, 1920, a device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, VA...

Cynthetiq 07-07-2008 10:46 AM

July 7, 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.

uncle phil 07-08-2008 02:13 AM

On July 8, 1693, uniforms for police in New York City were authorized...

uncle phil 07-09-2008 02:01 AM

On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago...

uncle phil 07-10-2008 02:36 AM

On July 10, 1747, Persian ruler Nadir Shah was assassinated at Fathabad in Persia...

Poppinjay 07-10-2008 03:04 AM

This is also the anniversary of the first day of the Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925. As well as the introduction of the bikini.

uncle phil 07-11-2008 02:22 AM

On July 11, 1786, Morocco agreed to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000...

uncle phil 07-12-2008 02:54 AM

On July 12, 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr...

uncle phil 07-13-2008 02:53 AM

On July 13, 1099, the Crusaders launched their final assault on Muslims in Jerusalem...

uncle phil 07-14-2008 12:45 AM

On July 14, 1430, Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais...

uncle phil 07-15-2008 02:06 PM

On July 15, 1685, the Duke of Monmouth was executed in Tower Hill in England, after his army was defeated at Sedgemore...

uncle phil 07-16-2008 01:52 AM

On July 16, 1791, Louis XVI was suspended from office until he agreed to ratify the constitution...

uncle phil 07-17-2008 01:42 AM

On July 17, 1762, Peter III of Russia was murdered. Catherine II the Great took the throne...

uncle phil 07-18-2008 01:30 AM

On July 18, 1830, Uruguay adopted a liberal constitution...


Also, on July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, held in honor of the "Boiler Room Girls." This affectionate name was given to the six young women who had been vital to the late Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign and who had subsequently closed up his files and campaign office after his assassination. Besides Kopechne, the other women, all single, were Susan Tannenbaum, Maryellen Lyons, Ann Lyons, Rosemary (Cricket) Keough, and Esther Newberg. The men in attendance, all married but present without their wives, were Ted Kennedy, Joe Gargan, U.S. Attorney Paul Markham, Charles Tretter, Raymond La Rosa, and John Crimmins. The festivity was held at Lawrence Cottage, rented for the occasion by Gargan, Kennedy's cousin and lawyer. The 12 attendees gathered at the cottage after two Kennedy boats raced in the Edgartown Regatta earlier in the day.

Kopechne left the party at 11:15 p.m. with Kennedy after he allegedly offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to the Katama Shores Motor Inn in Edgartown where she was staying. She drowned after the car she was riding in left a bridge and plunged into the waters of Poucha Pond.

uncle phil 07-19-2008 02:00 AM

On July 19, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt...

uncle phil 07-20-2008 02:09 AM

On July 20, 1871, British Columbia joined Confederation as a Canadian province...

uncle phil 07-21-2008 02:05 AM

On July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established...

Tully Mars 07-21-2008 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uncle phil (Post 2490939)
On July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established...

And all vets everywhere have been cared for every since.

uncle phil 07-22-2008 01:44 AM

On July 22, 1587, a second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances...

uncle phil 07-24-2008 02:22 AM

On July 24, 1849, Georgetown University in Washington, DC. presented its first Doctor of Music Degree. It was given to Professor Henry Dielman...

uncle phil 07-25-2008 02:37 AM

On July 25, 1587, Japanese strong-man Hideyoshi banned Christianity in Japan and ordered all Christians to leave...

uncle phil 07-26-2008 02:54 AM

On July 26, 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order that created an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI...

uncle phil 07-27-2008 02:42 AM

On July 27, 1663, the British Parliament passed a second Navigation Act, which required all goods bound for the colonies be sent in British ships from British ports...

uncle phil 07-28-2008 02:28 AM

On July 28, 1865, the American Dental Association proposed its first code of ethics...

uncle phil 07-29-2008 02:31 AM

On July 29, 1588, the English defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines...

uncle phil 07-30-2008 02:22 AM

On July 30, 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, VA. (House of Burgesses...)

Poppinjay 07-30-2008 04:43 AM

The house of burgesses is getting some historic paintings this week.

uncle phil 07-31-2008 02:14 AM

On July 31, 1790, the first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes. The substance was used in fertilizer...

uncle phil 08-01-2008 02:28 AM

On August 1, 1774, oxygen was isolated from air successfully by chemist Carl Wilhelm and scientist Joseph Priestly...

BadNick 08-01-2008 05:30 AM

On August 1, 2008 somebody must have pissed off the sky controller

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uncle phil 08-02-2008 04:01 AM

On August 2, 1790, enumeration for the first U. S. census began; the final total was 3,929,214...

uncle phil 08-03-2008 03:36 AM

On August 3, 1922, WGY radio in Schenectady, NY, presented the first full-length melodrama on radio. The work was "The Wolf", written by Eugene Walter...

uncle phil 08-04-2008 02:22 AM

On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, MA. Lizzie, Andrew's daughter, was accused of the killings but was later acquitted...

Tully Mars 08-04-2008 05:23 AM

On this day in 1961 my brother was born. Happy birthday bro.

/end thread jack

Edit: Just realized my brother and Obama were born on the same day.

uncle phil 08-05-2008 02:20 AM

On August 5, 1833, the village of Chicago was incorporated. The population was approximately 250...

uncle phil 08-06-2008 02:25 AM

On August 6, 1825, Bolivia declared independence from Peru...

uncle phil 08-07-2008 03:33 AM

On August 7, 1888, Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for the revolving door...

uncle phil 08-08-2008 02:32 AM

On August 8, 1844, after the killing of Joseph Smith, Bringham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons...

uncle phil 08-09-2008 03:22 AM

On August 9, 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S...

uncle phil 08-10-2008 03:16 AM

On August 10, 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the U.S. Congress. The "Nation's Attic" was made possible by $500,000 given by scientist Joseph Smithson...

buttless1der 08-10-2008 10:33 AM

Aug 10 1628

To assist in the war with Poland, Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus builds a magnificent warship, the Vasa, with 64 bronze cannon on two tiers. But on its maiden voyage, the lower gunports are accidentally left open, and the ship immediately sinks to the bottom of Stockholm harbor. The ship remains submerged until it is raised in 1961 to become a tourist attraction.

Aug 10 1966

Last words of James French, sent to the Electric Chair by the state of Oklahoma: "How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? FRENCH FRIES."

Aug 10 1969

Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are brutally murdered in their Los Feliz, California home by followers of Charles Manson. They take some of their victims' blood and smear HEALTER SKELTER on the refrigerator door.

Aug 10 1972

Paul McCartney and his wife Linda are arrested in Sweden after postal officials intercept a parcel of hashish addressed to their band, Wings.

Aug 10 1989

Disgruntled postal worker John Merlin Taylor blows his wife's brains out with a .22 Ruger, then drives to his job at the Orange Glen post office in Escondido, California. There he kills two coworkers on the back loading dock, then wounds another inside before blowing his own brains out.

Aug 10 1996

Heated by the sun, powerlines begin to sag in Oregon. Somehow this triggers a series of failures which cascades throughout the Western states. Four million people lose electrical service in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Montana, and Texas. It is probably the worst power outage in US history.

uncle phil 08-11-2008 02:06 AM

On August 11, 1874, a patent for the sprinkler head was given to Harry S. Parmelee...

Tully Mars 08-11-2008 04:12 AM

On this day 1934 Alcatraz Island, having been a military fort opened it's doors as the nations first "super max" federal prison.

Jetée 08-11-2008 09:46 PM

August 12
 
This Day in History lite

Chicago, the Windy City was founded with a population of 350 in 1833.

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uncle phil 08-12-2008 02:36 AM

On August 12, 1656, "King Phillip's War" came to an end with the killing of Indian chief King Phillip. The war between the Indians and the Europeans lasted for two years...

uncle phil 08-13-2008 02:28 AM

On August 13, 1521, present day Mexico City was captured by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez from the Aztec Indians...

uncle phil 08-14-2008 02:30 AM

On August 14, 1756, Daniel Boone married 16-year-old Rebecca Bryan...

uncle phil 08-15-2008 02:04 AM

On August 15, 1057, Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan...

uncle phil 08-16-2008 03:34 AM

On August 16, 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to U.S. President Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable...

uncle phil 08-17-2008 03:11 AM

On August 17, 1835, Solyman Merrick patented the wrench...

uncle phil 08-18-2008 02:14 AM

On August 18, 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration...

uncle phil 08-19-2008 02:30 AM

On August 19, 1883, the French dress designer Gabrille "Coco" Chanel was born...

uncle phil 08-20-2008 02:12 AM

On August 20, 1741, Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovered Alaska...

uncle phil 08-21-2008 02:14 AM

On August 21, 1923, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner...

uncle phil 08-22-2008 02:28 AM

On August 22, 1567, the "Council of Blood" was established by the Duke of Alba. This was the beginning of his reign of terror in the Netherlands...

Jetée 08-22-2008 02:57 AM

August 22
 
This Day in History

In present-day Jordan, Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt came upon the ancient city of Petra, on this date in 1812. Petra, the capital of the Nabataeans from the 4th century BCE until the Romans captured it in 106, was taken by the Muslims in the 7th century and by the Crusaders in the 12th century. Referred to by John William Burgon as a "rose red city half as old as time," Petra was walled in by rock mountains, yet controlled the main trade routes in the area. In 1985, Petra was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site; in 2007, it was named one of New Open World Corporation's New Seven Wonders of the World.

"A land without ruins is a land without memories; a land without memories is a land without history." — Abram Joseph Ryan

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uncle phil 08-23-2008 02:15 AM

On August 23, 1858, "Ten Nights in a Barroom" opened in New York City at the National Theater. It was a melodrama about the evils of drinking...

uncle phil 08-24-2008 02:09 AM

On August 24, 1572, the Catholics began their slaughter of the French Protestants in Paris. The killings claimed about 70,000 people...

Tully Mars 08-24-2008 06:14 AM

On August 24th, 1814 -British forces invaded Washington, DC and set fire to the White House and Capitol building.

Freaking Pommies.

uncle phil 08-25-2008 02:03 AM

On August 25, 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil...

Tully Mars 08-25-2008 02:42 AM

On August, 25th 1944 Allied forces liberated Paris, France ending four years of German occupation.

uncle phil 08-26-2008 02:15 AM

On August 26, 1743, Antoine Lavoisier was born. He was the chemist that proved that the union of oxygen and other chemicals is used in burning, rusting of metals and breathing...

Tully Mars 08-26-2008 02:31 AM

On August 25th, 1910 Mother Teresa was born.

uncle phil 08-27-2008 02:25 AM

On August 27, 1828, Uruguay was formally proclaimed to be independent during preliminary talks between Brazil and Argentina...

Tully Mars 08-27-2008 02:54 AM

On August 27th, 1928 The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.


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