This Day in History

skysidhe · 06-17-2007, 01:32 AM

1885
The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.

1928
Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.

1944
The Republic of Iceland was established.

1963
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.

1972
Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.

1994
O. J. Simpson's slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest.

2002
Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam—breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.

I find this last one very interesting.

Radar · 06-17-2007, 02:21 PM

Actually they transported a single photon.

wolf · 06-17-2007, 02:45 PM

1966 my sister was born

Not big in the grand scheme of things, but pretty cool for me.

skysidhe · 06-19-2007, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radar

Actually they transported a single photon.

even more interesting....science fiction meets up with reality

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

1966 my sister was born

Not big in the grand scheme of things, but pretty cool for me.

sisters are precious!

skysidhe · 06-19-2007, 08:58 PM

1862
Congress abolished slavery in the U.S. territories.

1987
The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiring any public school teaching the theory of evolution to teach creationism as well.

2002
Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai was sworn in.

Gravdigr · 03-06-2016, 02:57 PM

March 6, 1836, The Alamo is overrun.

Remember The Alamo

List of defenders

Gravdigr · 03-11-2016, 03:26 PM

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Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was released in the U.S. 43 years ago today.

Gravdigr · 03-14-2016, 12:53 PM

March 14, 1910

Lakeview Oil Company was drilling for oil in Kern County, California, expecting natural gas and a bit of oil. At 2440 feet pressurized oil blew through the well casing. And continued to do so for 544 days. The gusher was finally brought under control in September of 1911. Initial flow was 18,800 barrels per day, peaking at 90,000 per day. Total = 9,400,000 barrels (1,200,000 tons), of which less than half was recovered.

The event is known as The Lakeview Gusher.

Gravdigr · 04-10-2016, 01:24 PM

April 10, 837

Halley's Comet comes to within 3.2 million miles of Earth.

1865

Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time, one day after surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General U.S. Grant.

1925

"The Great Gatsby" is published.

1970

Paul McCartney, of The Beatles, announces he is leaving the band.

1992

Sam Kinison is killed in a head-on crash near Needles, California.

Griff · 04-10-2016, 05:50 PM

April 10, 1976
I was in a muther-fucking school bus accident, as reminded by a schoolmate on bacefook.

Gravdigr · 04-11-2016, 02:34 PM

Damn. Did you make it?

Gravdigr · 04-11-2016, 02:45 PM

April 11, 1965

Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak - 47 tornadoes strike the states of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, killing 271 people, and injuring 1,500. 137 of those dead, and 1,200 of those injured were in Indiana.

1970

"Houston, we've had a problem." - The Apollo 13 Accident

Gravdigr · 04-14-2016, 03:03 PM

Well, that don't sound fun at all.

Gravdigr · 04-15-2016, 02:49 PM

April 15, 1802

William Wordsworth takes a walk with his sister, Dorothy, and is inspired to write "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud".

1817

The American School For The Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, is founded in Hartford, Connecticut.

1861

President Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers to stop the insurrection that became the Civil War.

1865

President Lincoln dies a day after being shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson becomes President.

1892

General Electric is formed.

1912

The Titanic sinks the day after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

1924

Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.

1945

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.

1952

The B-52 Stratofortress makes its maiden flight.

1964

The first Ford Mustang rolls off the showroom floor.

2013

Two bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Births

Leonardo da Vinci-1452; Joseph Seagram-1841;Thomas Hart Benton-1889; Percy Shaw-1890; Corrie ten Boom-1892; Nikita Krushchev-1894; Roy Clark-1933; Dave Edmunds-1944; Michael Kamen-1948; Heloise-1951; Emma Thompson-1959; songwrite Linda Perry-1965; Samantha Fox-1966; Seth Rogen-1982

Deaths

Abraham Lincoln-1865; Wallace Beery-1949; Jean-Paul Sartre-1980; Corrie ten Boom-1983; Pol Pot-1998; Joey Ramone-2001

Gravdigr · 04-17-2016, 02:45 PM

April 17, 1397

Chaucer tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time.

1524

Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.

1861

Virginia votes to secede.

1897

The Aurora, Texas, UFO incident

1937

Daffy Duck makes his first appearance, in "Porky's Duck Hunt".

1961

Bay of Pigs invasion

1969

Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

1970

The best friend I've ever had was born.

Apollo 13 returns, safely, to Earth.

2013

An explosion at a fertilizer warehouse in West, Texas kills 15, wounds 160.

Births

Alexander Cartwright-1820; J.P.Morgan-1837; Thornton Wilder-1897; Nicolas Nabokov-1903; William Holden-1918; Harry Reasoner-1923; Don Kirshner-1934; Paul Thomas-1947; Rowdy Roddy Piper-1954; Sean Bean-1959; Boomer Esiason-1961; Maynard James Keenan-1964

; John-1970; Ruffian (race horse)-1982; Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice)-1974

Deaths

Benjamin Franklin-1790; George Jennings (invented the flush toilet, God bless him)-1882; Eddie Cochran-1960; Felix Pappalardi-1983; Dick Shawn-1987; Linda McCartney-1998; Kitty Carlisle-2007

06-17-2007, 01:32 AM	#1
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	This Day in History 1885 The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere. 1928 Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman. 1944 The Republic of Iceland was established. 1963 U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools. 1972 Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal. 1994 O. J. Simpson's slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest. 2002 Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam—breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location. I find this last one very interesting.

06-17-2007, 02:21 PM	#2
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Actually they transported a single photon. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

06-17-2007, 02:45 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	1966 my sister was born Not big in the grand scheme of things, but pretty cool for me. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-06-2016, 02:57 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	March 6, 1836, The Alamo is overrun. Remember The Alamo List of defenders __________________ 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.

03-11-2016, 03:26 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was released in the U.S. 43 years ago today. __________________ 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.

06-19-2007, 08:58 PM	#5
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	1862 Congress abolished slavery in the U.S. territories. 1987 The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiring any public school teaching the theory of evolution to teach creationism as well. 2002 Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai was sworn in.

03-14-2016, 12:53 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	March 14, 1910 Lakeview Oil Company was drilling for oil in Kern County, California, expecting natural gas and a bit of oil. At 2440 feet pressurized oil blew through the well casing. And continued to do so for 544 days. The gusher was finally brought under control in September of 1911. Initial flow was 18,800 barrels per day, peaking at 90,000 per day. Total = 9,400,000 barrels (1,200,000 tons), of which less than half was recovered. The event is known as The Lakeview Gusher. __________________ 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.

04-10-2016, 01:24 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	April 10, 837 Halley's Comet comes to within 3.2 million miles of Earth. 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time, one day after surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General U.S. Grant. 1925 "The Great Gatsby" is published. 1970 Paul McCartney, of The Beatles, announces he is leaving the band. 1992 Sam Kinison is killed in a head-on crash near Needles, California. __________________ 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.

04-10-2016, 05:50 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	April 10, 1976 I was in a muther-fucking school bus accident, as reminded by a schoolmate on bacefook. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-11-2016, 02:34 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Damn. Did you make it? __________________ 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.

04-11-2016, 02:45 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	April 11, 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak - 47 tornadoes strike the states of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, killing 271 people, and injuring 1,500. 137 of those dead, and 1,200 of those injured were in Indiana. 1970 "Houston, we've had a problem." - The Apollo 13 Accident __________________ 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.

04-14-2016, 03:03 PM	#13
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Well, that don't sound fun at all. __________________ 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.

04-15-2016, 02:49 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	April 15, 1802 William Wordsworth takes a walk with his sister, Dorothy, and is inspired to write "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud". 1817 The American School For The Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, is founded in Hartford, Connecticut. 1861 President Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers to stop the insurrection that became the Civil War. 1865 President Lincoln dies a day after being shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson becomes President. 1892 General Electric is formed. 1912 The Titanic sinks the day after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic. 1924 Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas. 1945 Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated. 1952 The B-52 Stratofortress makes its maiden flight. 1964 The first Ford Mustang rolls off the showroom floor. 2013 Two bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Births Leonardo da Vinci-1452; Joseph Seagram-1841;Thomas Hart Benton-1889; Percy Shaw-1890; Corrie ten Boom-1892; Nikita Krushchev-1894; Roy Clark-1933; Dave Edmunds-1944; Michael Kamen-1948; Heloise-1951; Emma Thompson-1959; songwrite Linda Perry-1965; Samantha Fox-1966; Seth Rogen-1982 Deaths Abraham Lincoln-1865; Wallace Beery-1949; Jean-Paul Sartre-1980; Corrie ten Boom-1983; Pol Pot-1998; Joey Ramone-2001 __________________ 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.

04-17-2016, 02:45 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	April 17, 1397 Chaucer tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time. 1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor. 1861 Virginia votes to secede. 1897 The Aurora, Texas, UFO incident 1937 Daffy Duck makes his first appearance, in "Porky's Duck Hunt". 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion 1969 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. 1970 The best friend I've ever had was born. Apollo 13 returns, safely, to Earth. 2013 An explosion at a fertilizer warehouse in West, Texas kills 15, wounds 160. Births Alexander Cartwright-1820; J.P.Morgan-1837; Thornton Wilder-1897; Nicolas Nabokov-1903; William Holden-1918; Harry Reasoner-1923; Don Kirshner-1934; Paul Thomas-1947; Rowdy Roddy Piper-1954; Sean Bean-1959; Boomer Esiason-1961; Maynard James Keenan-1964; John-1970; Ruffian (race horse)-1982; Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice)-1974 Deaths Benjamin Franklin-1790; George Jennings (invented the flush toilet, God bless him)-1882; Eddie Cochran-1960; Felix Pappalardi-1983; Dick Shawn-1987; Linda McCartney-1998; Kitty Carlisle-2007 __________________ 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.

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