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Gravdigr · 10-21-2016, 08:13 AM

October 21

Today is International Day of the Nacho. So, nacho up.

The Britishers are celebrating Apple Day, as well as Trafalgar Day, today.

Events

1097 – First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.

1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.

1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers the strait that now bears his name.

1774 – First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.

1797 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.

1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve.

1824 – Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.

1867 – The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.

1879 – Thomas Edison invents the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb.

1940 – The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published. Spoiler: It tolls for thee.

1944 – World War II: The first kamikaze attack. A Japanese fighter plane carrying a 200-kilogram (440 lb) bomb attacks HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.

1944 – World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.

1959 – In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.

1959 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.

1966 – Aberfan disaster: A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.

1972 - Chuck Berry started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Ding-A-Ling', his first and only US and UK No.1, 17 years after his first chart hit.

1973 – Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.

1978 – Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.

1983 – The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

Births

1772 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (wrote poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Kubla Khan); 1833 – Alfred Nobel (invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize); 1912 – Georg Solti♪ ♫; 1917 – Dizzy Gillespie♪ ♫; 1928 – Whitey Ford; 1935 – Derek Bell♪ ♫(The Chieftans); 1940 – Manfred Mann♪ ♫; 1941 – Steve Cropper

(Booker T. & the M.G.'s); 1942 – Elvin Bishop

(he ain't good-lookin', but he sure can play); 1942 – Judith Sheindlin (American bitch); 1952 – Patti Davis; 1953 – Charlotte Caffey

(The Go-Gos); 1956 – Carrie Fisher

; 1957 – Steve Lukather

(Toto); 1976 – Josh Ritter♪ ♫; 1980 – Kim Kardashian

Deaths

1805 – Horatio Nelson; 1965 – Bill Black

; 1969 – Jack Kerouac; 1984 – François Truffaut; 1985 – Dan White (Harvey Milk's & George Mosconi's assassin); 1995 – Nancy Graves

; 1995 – Shannon Hoon

(Blind Melon); 2006 – Sandy West

(The Runaways); 2012 – George McGovern; 2013 – Bud Adams (owner Tennessee Titans); 2014 – Ben Bradlee (WaPo editor); 2014 – Nelson Bunker Hunt (one of the Hunt Bros, they tried to corner the silver market in the late 70s)

10-21-2016, 08:13 AM	#341
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	October 21 Today is International Day of the Nacho. So, nacho up. The Britishers are celebrating Apple Day, as well as Trafalgar Day, today. Events 1097 – First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch. 1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. 1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers the strait that now bears his name. 1774 – First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America. 1797 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched. 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve. 1824 – Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement. 1867 – The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma. 1879 – Thomas Edison invents the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb. 1940 – The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published. Spoiler: It tolls for thee. 1944 – World War II: The first kamikaze attack. A Japanese fighter plane carrying a 200-kilogram (440 lb) bomb attacks HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins. 1944 – World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies. 1959 – In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public. 1959 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA. 1966 – Aberfan disaster: A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. 1972 - Chuck Berry started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Ding-A-Ling', his first and only US and UK No.1, 17 years after his first chart hit. 1973 – Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game. 1978 – Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft. 1983 – The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Births 1772 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (wrote poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Kubla Khan); 1833 – Alfred Nobel (invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize); 1912 – Georg Solti♪ ♫; 1917 – Dizzy Gillespie♪ ♫; 1928 – Whitey Ford; 1935 – Derek Bell♪ ♫(The Chieftans); 1940 – Manfred Mann♪ ♫; 1941 – Steve Cropper(Booker T. & the M.G.'s); 1942 – Elvin Bishop(he ain't good-lookin', but he sure can play); 1942 – Judith Sheindlin (American bitch); 1952 – Patti Davis; 1953 – Charlotte Caffey(The Go-Gos); 1956 – Carrie Fisher; 1957 – Steve Lukather(Toto); 1976 – Josh Ritter♪ ♫; 1980 – Kim Kardashian Deaths 1805 – Horatio Nelson; 1965 – Bill Black; 1969 – Jack Kerouac; 1984 – François Truffaut; 1985 – Dan White (Harvey Milk's & George Mosconi's assassin); 1995 – Nancy Graves; 1995 – Shannon Hoon(Blind Melon); 2006 – Sandy West(The Runaways); 2012 – George McGovern; 2013 – Bud Adams (owner Tennessee Titans); 2014 – Ben Bradlee (WaPo editor); 2014 – Nelson Bunker Hunt (one of the Hunt Bros, they tried to corner the silver market in the late 70s) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.