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We can thank PMBug for this "brainwave" as he says that we Aussies, should get on the same time level as you folks. As we are way ahead of you timewise(something like 14 hours), I can look into my Crystal ball and inform those behind the times.
Now, today(your time)
Dec 21 - 1620 - The Pilgrim fathers landed on Plymouth Rock aboard the Mayflower.
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Ahhh.....I looked into my crystal ball today and........................
1814- Dec 24 - US-British War ends with Treaty of Ghent. Edited by tm274 - December/23/2008 at 5:28pm |
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December 25 - 1066
William of Normandy is crowned King.
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I guess there have been no events since the 25th in the history of the world!!!
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1065Westminster Abbey consecrated. 1832John C. Calhoun became the first vice president in U.S. history to resign from office. 1846Iowa became the 29th state in the United States. 1869William F. Semple patented chewing gum. 1895The Lumiere Brothers gave the first commercial movie show at the Grand Cafe in Paris. 1937Composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62. 1945Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance. 1981Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va. |
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"He who would assume to govern others must first learn to govern himself."
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Flotown.........you were saying?????
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1170Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by four knights acting under the orders of Henry II. 1845Texas became the 28th state in the United States. 1851The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) opened in Boston. 1890The last major battle of the Indian Wars, at Wounded Knee Creek, took place with hundreds of Indian men, women, and children massacred. 1937The Constitution of Ireland, changing the Irish Free State into Eire, went into effect. 1940During World War II, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London. 1989Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia. 1996A peace agreement was signed, ending 36 years of conflict in Guatemala. |
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That was an update for you Flo!.........
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"He who would assume to govern others must first learn to govern himself."
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Okay I like it since I have my degree in History Edu.
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December 30 - 1922
USSR established.
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Yes, but that is tomorrow! TM......... Yer, looking in the future again.... |
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I consider it a GIFT...!!!!
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1879Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp. 1938The first breath test for drivers, "drunkometer," was introduced in Indianapolis. 1946President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II. 1961The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than 12 billion in foreign aid. 1963Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally dissolved. 1964The al-Fatah guerrillas of Yasser Arafat launched their first terrorist raid on Israel. 1987Robert Mugabe sworn in as Zimbabwe's president. |
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Would you know that the first DrunkOMeter was used on Dec 31st!! Man thus Cops must have made their ticket quotas that night!
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1901 - 1st Jan -:
Commonwealth of Australia established.
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The Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation's first female secretary of state Jan 22 1997
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1880Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his incandescent light. 1944The Soviets announced the end of the two-year siege of Leningrad. 1945The Russians liberated Auschwitz concentration camp, where the Nazis had killed over 1.5 million people, including over 1 million Jews. 1951The U.S. Air Force started atomic testing in the Nevada desert. 1967The Apollo I fire killed astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee during a simulated launch at Cape Canaveral. 1973Vietnam War peace accords were signed in Paris. |
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Hey........wake up you lot!!!!!!(I been awake all day waiting for ya to wake up)
Feb 23 1836
Start of the Siege of the Alamo.
Q ...fer youse all..............who were the "main" Masons?
Q......And who said......."You may all got to Hell and I will go to Texas".
I hope a boy from Oz doesn't have to give you the answers.
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A. James Bonham, James Bowie, Davey Crokett, Almeron Dickinson & William Travis.
Mason who were at the Alamo.
A. Davey Crockett
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Correct but for one...........Santa Anna.
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I wasn't thinking about the other side. Sorry bout that.
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February 25th
1582 Pope Gregory XIII announces Gregorian Calendar 1868 Andrew Johnson impeached by US House of Representatives (later acquited by US Senate) 1981 Prince Charles & Lady Di engaged (did I really have to say that?) 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini puts Fatwa with a reward of $3M for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses". Funny thing is Khomeini is now dead and Rushdie isn't. |
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March 6 - 1836
The Alamo falls. Only 6 survivors.
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March 7
In 1994, the Supreme Court, in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., ruled that a parody that pokes fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that doesn't require permission from the copyright holder. |
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Thus Susan B. Anthony began her address before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives on March 8, 1884. In her statement printed in the 1884 document Congressional Action in the First session of the 48th Congress, 1883, 1884, Anthony argued for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. Anthony's argument came sixteen years after legislators had first introduced a federal woman's suffrage amendment. |
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A baby born in Florence, Italy on this day in 1451 was destined to
become one of the world’s most famous explorers. Amerigo Vespucci was a merchant and an outfitter of ships, a job that introduced him to Christopher Columbus.
Their stars would cross again in 1507 when a German map maker honored Amerigo Vespucci by naming the new continent on his maps, America. The mapmaker had not heard of Columbus’ discovery at the time. So Columbus got the credit for the discovery; but the discovery bore the name of Vespucci ... forever. In reality, Vespucci had participated in two major expeditions between the years 1499 and 1502, to the coast of South America. There he discovered the Amazon and Plate Rivers. Vespucci thought he had discovered a new continent ... or a New World. March 91799 - Congress contracted with Simeon North of Berlin, CT for 500 horse pistols, costing the government $6.50 each. Horse pistols, for those of you born after 1800, were large pistols that used to be carried by -- you guessed it -- horsemen. 1934 - Yuri Gagarin was born
Russian cosmonaut: the first man to travel in space; killed plane crash Mar 27, 1968. First Ford Mustang
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Today in History - March 9, 1964 - First Ford Mustang rolls off assembly line. Ford sold 22,000 of the sporty car on the first day of sales in April 1965. The Mustang was one of the most successful product launches in automotive history with over one million units sold in its first 18 months. The craze continues today as new models capture America’s youthful spirit. The very first Mustang - the 1962 Mustang I Concept - made its debut in October 1962, and its name was a tribute to the legendary North American P51 Mustang fighter plane from World War II. The first regular production Mustang that rolled off the assembly line on March 9, 1964 was a Wimbledon White convertible with a 260-cubic inch V-8. Mustang is currently at its fifth generation since 2005. Edited by De Darrah - March/10/2009 at 5:21pm |
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In honor of some of the best cookies out there.............
On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Ga., founded the Girl Guides, which later became the Girl Scouts of America. Edited by Flotown79 - March/12/2009 at 9:54am |
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14 March
1879 - Physicist Albert Einstein is born. 1790 - Captain William Bligh arrives back in London a year after the Mutiny on the Bounty, in which he was cast off his own boat. |
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1743The first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall. 1794The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney. 1923 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding became the first Chief Executive to pay taxes and account for his income. Harding’s tax bill amounted to nearly $18,000. 1950
The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list made its debut.
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15th March - 44BC
Julius Caesar is assassinated in Rome.
It was mentioned that his mother said..........."Julie..........don't go!" Edited by tm274 - August/23/2009 at 10:49pm |
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Beware the Ides of March. Et tu, Brute?
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1762The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City. On March 17, 1942, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 SWALLOW DAY |
This is St. Joseph’s Day, the day that those little birds known as swallows traditionally return to the Mission San Juan Capistrano in California. Every March 19th since 1776 (with very few exceptions), the birds come back to usher in spring in this Southern California seaside town. While their return is an annual tourist attraction, some in the community have gotten a bit fed up with the mess left behind when the birds migrate in the fall (October 23rd, St. John’s Day). It is costing the quaint town of San Juan Capistrano, in Orange County, California, a lot of money to clean up historic, old buildings where the swallows return to roost year after year.
Nevada state legislature legalized gambling.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston Univ. (Ph.D., 1955). The son of the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, King became (1954) minister of the Dexter Ave. Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. He led the black boycott (1955–56) of segregated city bus lines and in 1956 gained a major victory and prestige as a civil-rights leader when Montgomery buses began to operate on a desegregated basis.
King organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which gave him a base to pursue further civil-rights activities, first in the South and later nationwide. His philosophy of nonviolent resistance led to his arrest on numerous occasions in the 1950s and 60s. His campaigns had mixed success, but the protest he led in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963 brought him worldwide attention. He spearheaded the Aug., 1963, March on Washington, which brought together more than 200,000 people. The protests he led helped to assure the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The following year King and the SCLC led a campaign for African-American voter registration centered on Selma, Ala. A nonviolent march from Selma to Montgomery was attacked by police who beat and teargassed the protestors, but it ultimately succeeded on the third try when the National Guard and federal troops were mobilized. The events in Selma provoked national outrage, and months later aroused public opinion did much to precipitate passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
King's leadership in the civil-rights movement was challenged in the mid-1960s as others grew more militant. His interests, however, widened from civil rights to include criticism of the Vietnam War and a deeper concern over poverty. His plans for a Poor People's March to Washington were interrupted (1968) for a trip to Memphis, Tenn., in support of striking sanitation workers. On Apr. 4, 1968, he was shot and killed as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel (since 1991 a civil-rights museum).
James Earl Ray, a career criminal, pleaded guilty to the murder and was convicted, but he soon recanted, claiming he was duped into his plea. Ray's conviction was subsequently upheld, but he eventually received support from members of King's family, who believed King to have been the victim of a conspiracy. Ray died in prison in 1998. In a jury trial in Memphis in 1999 the King family won a wrongful-death judgment against Loyd Jowers, who claimed (1993) that he had arranged the killing for a Mafia figure. Many experts, however, were unconvinced by the verdict, and in 2000, after an 18-month investigation, the Justice Dept. discredited Jowers and concluded that there was no evidence of an assassination plot.
King wrote Stride toward Freedom (1958), Why We Can't Wait (1964), and Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967). His birthday is a national holiday, celebrated on the third Monday in January. King's wife, Coretta Scott King, carried on various aspects of his work until her death in 2006. She also wrote My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. (1969, rev. ed. 1993).
See biographies by K. L. Smith and I. G. Zepp, Jr. (1974), S. Oates (1982), and M. Frady (2001); D. J. Garrow, Bearing the Cross (1986); M. E. Dyson, I May Not Get There with You (2000); S. Burns, To the Mountaintop (2004); F. Sunnemark, Ring Out Freedom! (2004); T. Branch, America in the King Years (3 vol., 1988–2006).
April 12 -1861
American Civil War begins, with Confederate forces firing on Ft. Sumter.April 27th 1521 | Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 |
Monday, April 27, 2009 WOODY WOODPECKER DAY |
On this, his birthday, we pay tribute to the man who created the fun-loving, slightly manic bird he called, Woody Woodpecker. Cartoonist Walter Lantz was born on this day in 1900 in New Rochelle, New York. Many remember Walter Lantz only for Woody; however, one of his most famous moments was the creation of an animated opening sequence for Universal Studio’s first, major musical, The King of Jazz in 1930.
Lantz’ Woody Woodpecker made his first appearance in the 1940 film, Knock, Knock. He became so popular that his wacky laugh and taunting ways were celebrated in The Woody Woodpecker Song. By 1948, Lantz and his studio were celebrating the hit record success of that song, too.
Walter Lantz put several more decades of wonderful cartoon characters and films under his belt before he was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. It was 1979 when he was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oscar ceremonies.
Walter Lantz has left us and many generations to come with a lifetime of enjoyment; one can still see Woody Woodpecker in cartoons on television. You’ll recognize that zany laugh anywhere!
1789 | George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States. |
1803 | The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. |
1812 | Louisiana became the 18th state. |
1859 | The novel "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens was first published in serial form in a literary magazine. |
1900 | Hawaii was organized as a U.S. territory. |
1900 | Train engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad died in a wreck near Vaughan, Miss., after staying at the controls in an effort to save the passengers. (The event was immortalized in song.) |
1945 | Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker. |
1788 | Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution. |
1868 | Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina were readmitted to the Union. |
September 1st 1666 | Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed |
September 1st 1730 | Benjamin Franklin marries Miss Read |
September 1st 1831 | Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle |
September 1st 1849 | California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey |
September 1st 1867 | Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School |
September 1st 1890 | 1st baseball tripleheader-Boston vs Pittsburgh |
September 1st 1905 | Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces |
September 1st 1906 | British New Guinea becomes Australian Papua New Guinea |
September 1st 1945 | Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan) |
September 1st 1951 | US, Australia & New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty |
September 1st 1979 | Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings |
Oct 5.. i was born!!
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