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Gravdigr · 01-15-2017, 04:13 PM

January 15

Today is Wikipedia Day. Wikipedia is 16 years old.

I'm not entirely sure we can live without Wikipedia.

Events

1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

1759 – The British Museum opens.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.

1844 – University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.

1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).

1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.

1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.

1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m).

1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.

1943 – The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.

1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.

1970 – Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.

1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.

1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.

2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.

2002 - 1980's British pop legend Adam Ant was admitted to a mental ward 24 hours after being charged by police with pulling a gun on staff in a London pub.

2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.

2009 – Captain Sully (Chesley Sullenberger) emergency landed a US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River saving all 155 passengers after the plane collided with birds few minutes after take-off. [The event became known as The Miracle On The Hudson.]

Births

1622 – Molière; 1870 – Pierre S. du Pont; 1902 – Saud of Saudi Arabia; 1906 – Aristotle Onassis; 1909 – Gene Krupa

; 1913 – Lloyd Bridges; 1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser; 1924 – George Lowe; 1926 – Maria Schell

; 1929 – Earl Hooker; 1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr.; 1941 – Captain Beefheart♪ ♫; 1948 – Ronnie Van Zant♪ ♫

; 1953 – Randy White; 1957 – Mario Van Peebles; 1958 - Ken Judge; 1965 – Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins

; 1966 – Lisa Lisa♪ ♫; 1968 – Chad Lowe; 1971 – Regina King; 1979 – Drew Brees; 1988 – Skrillex♪ ♫

Deaths

1876 – Eliza McCardle Johnson (18th FLOTUS); 1896 – Mathew Brady; 1950 – Henry H. Arnold; 1964 – Jack Teagarden♪ ♫; 1970 – William T. Piper (founded Piper Aircraft); 1987 – Ray Bolger ('Scarecrow' in The Wizard Of Oz); 1990 – Gordon Jackson (Upstairs Downstairs); 1993 – Sammy Cahn♪ ♫; 1994 – Harry Nilsson♪ ♫; 1996 – Minnesota Fats; 1998 – Junior Wells♪ ♫; 2005 – Ruth Warrick(All My Children); 2007 – James Hillier (co-invented the electron microscope); 2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack; 2016 – Dan Haggerty; 2016 – Ken Judge

01-15-2017, 04:13 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	January 15 Today is Wikipedia Day. Wikipedia is 16 years old. I'm not entirely sure we can live without Wikipedia. Events 1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England. 1759 – The British Museum opens. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence. 1844 – University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana. 1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly). 1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta. 1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball. 1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m). 1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio. 1943 – The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. 1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10. 1970 – Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. 1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. 1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. 2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. 2002 - 1980's British pop legend Adam Ant was admitted to a mental ward 24 hours after being charged by police with pulling a gun on staff in a London pub. 2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon. 2009 – Captain Sully (Chesley Sullenberger) emergency landed a US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River saving all 155 passengers after the plane collided with birds few minutes after take-off. [The event became known as The Miracle On The Hudson.] Births 1622 – Molière; 1870 – Pierre S. du Pont; 1902 – Saud of Saudi Arabia; 1906 – Aristotle Onassis; 1909 – Gene Krupa; 1913 – Lloyd Bridges; 1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser; 1924 – George Lowe; 1926 – Maria Schell; 1929 – Earl Hooker; 1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr.; 1941 – Captain Beefheart♪ ♫; 1948 – Ronnie Van Zant♪ ♫; 1953 – Randy White; 1957 – Mario Van Peebles; 1958 - Ken Judge; 1965 – Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins; 1966 – Lisa Lisa♪ ♫; 1968 – Chad Lowe; 1971 – Regina King; 1979 – Drew Brees; 1988 – Skrillex♪ ♫ Deaths 1876 – Eliza McCardle Johnson (18th FLOTUS); 1896 – Mathew Brady; 1950 – Henry H. Arnold; 1964 – Jack Teagarden♪ ♫; 1970 – William T. Piper (founded Piper Aircraft); 1987 – Ray Bolger ('Scarecrow' in The Wizard Of Oz); 1990 – Gordon Jackson (Upstairs Downstairs); 1993 – Sammy Cahn♪ ♫; 1994 – Harry Nilsson♪ ♫; 1996 – Minnesota Fats; 1998 – Junior Wells♪ ♫; 2005 – Ruth Warrick(All My Children); 2007 – James Hillier (co-invented the electron microscope); 2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack; 2016 – Dan Haggerty; 2016 – Ken Judge __________________ 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.