» OLD MESSAGE ARCHIVES «
The Pop Culture Information Society...
Messageboard Archive Index, In The 00s - The Pop Culture Information Society
Welcome to the archived messages from In The 00s. This archive stretches back to 1998 in some instances, and contains a nearly complete record of all the messages posted to inthe00s.com. You will also find an archive of the messages from inthe70s.com, inthe80s.com, inthe90s.com and amiright.com before they were combined to form the inthe00s.com messageboard.
If you are looking for the active messages, please click here. Otherwise, use the links below or on the right hand side of the page to navigate the archives.
Custom Search
This is a topic from the The Writing on the Walrus forum on inthe00s.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: karen on 11/23/06 at 9:16 am
Yes, the attacks happened in September of '01, and you joined in November. So yes, you did join 2 months after the attacks.
but not exactly two months after since the attacks were on the 11th September, closer to 2 and 1/2 months some would say
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 11/23/06 at 9:19 am
but not exactly two months after since the attacks were on the 11th September, closer to 2 and 1/2 months some would say
Oh so you remember too? :)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/06 at 1:51 pm
November 23, 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins - Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/23/06 at 3:12 pm
And how did that make you feel? :o :(
I was about 13 at the time. All I remember is watching it with my mother, she got up and called my father at work and all yelled over to the next door neighbor. It was wierd, and scary, but at that age I just believed as long as my parents were there everything would be alright.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/06 at 4:43 pm
I was about 13 at the time. All I remember is watching it with my mother, she got up and called my father at work and all yelled over to the next door neighbor. It was wierd, and scary, but at that age I just believed as long as my parents were there everything would be alright.
I do not recall the JFK assassination, but do remember well hearing on the radio the Bobby Kennedy shooting.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/23/06 at 6:03 pm
I do not recall the JFK assassination, but do remember well hearing on the radio the Bobby Kennedy shooting.
I remember everyone holding out hope that he would live and be alright.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: spaceace on 11/23/06 at 6:06 pm
I remember everyone holding out hope that he would live and be alright.
My parent say they heard it on the radio and that it was a hoax. Unfortunately it wasn't.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 11/23/06 at 6:31 pm
I remember everyone holding out hope that he would live and be alright.
I plan on seeing the movie Bobby, but I don't know how I'll make it through.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 11/23/06 at 11:09 pm
but not exactly two months after since the attacks were on the 11th September, closer to 2 and 1/2 months some would say
I didn't say "exactly two months." I just said "two months" and nothing more.
I s'pose I could've said 72 days.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/06 at 1:14 am
November 24, 1971 - After collecting a ransom payout of US$200,000, "D. B. Cooper" leaped out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 11/24/06 at 1:31 am
1859 - Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species.
1963 - John F. Kennedy assassination: Alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is mortally shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas on live national television.
1988 - Cult favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 debuts on Minneapolis UHF station KTMA TV24.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/06 at 1:34 am
November 24, 1951 - The Broadway play Gigi opens with little-known actress Audrey Hepburn in the title role.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/24/06 at 8:54 am
Birthdays
1632 Benedict de "Baruch" Spinoza Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher
1713 Laurence Sterne Ireland, novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy)
1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)
1868 Scott Joplin US, entertainer/composer "Father of Ragtim" (The Entertainer)
1942 Billy Connolly Scotland, comedian/actor (Blue Money)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/24/06 at 8:57 am
1966 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/06 at 12:45 pm
November 24, 1965 - Mobutu seized power from Congo President Joseph Kasa-Vubu after a bloodless coup d'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 11/24/06 at 4:01 pm
1966 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
That's terrible.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/24/06 at 6:34 pm
That's terrible.
It is one of the reasons we now have environmental policies, and why we should be vigilant with them
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/24/06 at 6:38 pm
1991-Freddy Mercury RIP
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Abix on 11/25/06 at 7:17 am
John F. Kennedy Jr was born in 1960, and his third birthday was spent mourning his father's death. RIP John John.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/06 at 7:19 am
1991-Freddy Mercury RIP
A day that is remembered all to well :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/06 at 7:20 am
November 25, 1034 - Malcolm II of Scotland died. Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne to become the King of Scots.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/25/06 at 7:49 am
1949 Luther "Bill" Robinson famed tap dancer, dies at 71
Mr. Bojangles.....dance
http://www.sulinet.hu/ikep/2006/07/13bojangles2a.gif
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/06 at 3:19 am
November 26, 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 11/26/06 at 3:57 pm
1991-Freddy Mercury RIP
He'll be missed after 15 years
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/06 at 2:54 am
He'll be missed after 15 years
Still missed after 15 years :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/06 at 2:54 am
November 27, 1895 - Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, setting aside the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 11/27/06 at 5:25 pm
1924 - In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
1973 - The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35).
1978 - In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 11/27/06 at 5:39 pm
On this date- November 27, 1907- in Oroville, CA.....
Nothing of especial note happened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 11/28/06 at 12:30 am
1520 - After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
1969 - The Rolling Stones release the album Let It Bleed.
1989 - Cold War: Velvet Revolution - In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces they will give up their monopoly on political power.
1994 - In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by an inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institute gymnasium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 11/28/06 at 12:37 am
I think I lost my virginity :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Dominic L. on 11/28/06 at 12:42 am
I think I lost my virginity :o
:o Me, too! What a coincidence!
... Say, this wouldn't be YOUR fault, would it!?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 11/28/06 at 12:44 am
I think I lost my virginity :o
*bow chicka mow mow*
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 11/28/06 at 1:44 am
:o Me, too! What a coincidence!
... Say, this wouldn't be YOUR fault, would it!?
Waiter...check, please! Table 4!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/06 at 2:49 am
November 28, 1660 - At London's Gresham College, Robert Boyle (pictured), John Wilkins, Christopher Wren and other leading scientists founded a learned society now known as the Royal Society.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 11/28/06 at 2:44 pm
I think I lost my virginity :o
What Year?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/06 at 4:32 pm
November 28, 1925 - The country music radio program Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, USA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/28/06 at 7:10 pm
I think I lost my virginity :o
You think? ::)
Birthdays
1757 William Blake English poet/painter (Songs of Innocence & Experience)
1820 Friedrich Engels Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator
1929 Berry Gordy Jr Detroit, record company owner (Motown)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/06 at 1:47 am
November 29, 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrated the phonograph his invention for recording and replaying sound, for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 11/29/06 at 1:28 pm
7 years ago, game show host Gene Rayburn, best known as the emcee of "Match Game", died at age 81.
5 years ago, former Beatles guitarist/vocalist George Harrison died at age 58. :\'( (At the exact moment he was dying (1:30 PM Pacific time), I was taking a calculus test.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/06 at 2:29 pm
5 years ago, former Beatles guitarist/vocalist George Harrison died at age 58. :\'( (At the exact moment he was dying (1:30 PM Pacific time), I was taking a calculus test.)
A sad day I remember to well, I was stopped in a park in London by a Danish reporter asking me on how I feel on GH's death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 11/29/06 at 4:53 pm
7 years ago, game show host Gene Rayburn, best known as the emcee of "Match Game", died at age 81.
5 years ago, former Beatles guitarist/vocalist George Harrison died at age 58. :\'( (At the exact moment he was dying (1:30 PM Pacific time), I was taking a calculus test.)
Has it been that long? :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/06 at 4:54 pm
November 29, 1777 - San Jose, California, founded as el Pueblo de San Jos
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 11/29/06 at 5:52 pm
Has it been that long? :o
Yep.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/06 at 2:33 am
November 30, 1853 - Russian battleships led by Pavel Nakhimov destroyed an Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Sinop, precipitating the Crimean War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 11/30/06 at 12:29 pm
in 1940: Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz got married. The marriage would last just under 20 years.
in 1835: author Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was born.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/06 at 1:00 pm
November 30, 1962 - Burmese diplomat U Thant became the Secretary-General of the United Nations, after serving as Acting Secretary-General following the death of Dag Hammarskj
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/02/06 at 2:42 am
1804 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of France, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
1845 - Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1867 - In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
1939 - New York City's La Guardia Airport opens.
1942 - Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1954 - Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
1961 - In a nationally-broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1988 - Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
1990 - A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.
Quite a bit going on today!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: FaultyDog on 12/02/06 at 3:52 am
On December 2, 1975, at 10.07 AM, the slow train from Groningen to Zwolle is being hijacked by a group of 6 young Moluccans, near the village of Wijster. Two passengers are shot on the first day of the hijacking, a third is to follow on the second day.
On December 14, 1975, the hijackers surrender.
http://www.filecabin.com/members_vb/files/64582/Images/wijster.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/06 at 6:38 am
December 02, 1823 - U.S. President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/02/06 at 1:21 pm
Died
1995 Robertson Davies novelist essayist/dramatist, dies
1995 Roxie Roker actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons)/mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies of breast cancer at 66
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/06 at 2:02 pm
December 02, 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/06 at 8:43 am
December 03, 1854 - Miners at Eureka Stockade clashed violently with the police and the military in Ballarat, Victoria in Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/03/06 at 4:26 pm
1947 Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" premieres in New York NY
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Abix on 12/03/06 at 4:27 pm
1947 Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" premieres in New York NY
STELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/03/06 at 5:50 pm
STELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
;D ;D I was hoping someone would
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 12/03/06 at 9:05 pm
What Year?
1973. it may have been November, I was intoxicated & had been given a strange pill which I took. The night was rather surreal, but I recall being taken advantage of by my best friends girlfriends sister. so kids, listen to me when I say; "Don't take drugs'!!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/06 at 2:41 am
December 04, 1639 - English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks made the first observation of a transit of Venus
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/04/06 at 4:25 pm
1674 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
You got that right. Home sweet home.
1881 - The Los Angeles Times is first published.
1969 - Black Panther members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 - The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be immortalized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
1980 - The rock group Led Zeppelin formally announces its breakup. :(
1991 - Journalist Terry Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut (he was the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/04/06 at 4:55 pm
1674 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
You got that right. Home sweet home.
1881 - The Los Angeles Times is first published.
1969 - Black Panther members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 - The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be immortalized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
1980 - The rock group Led Zeppelin formally announces its breakup. :(
1991 - Journalist Terry Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut (he was the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon).
Terry Anderson,I wonder what he's doing lately? ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/04/06 at 4:58 pm
Terry Anderson,I wonder what he's doing lately? ???
Wikipedia is your friend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Anderson
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/04/06 at 4:59 pm
Wikipedia is your friend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Anderson
Thanks Beth. :)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/06 at 2:36 pm
December 05, 1492 - Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/05/06 at 4:53 pm
1766 - In London, James Christie holds his first sale.
1893 - First appearance of an electric car.
1933 - Prohibition ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had outlawed alcohol in the United States).
1955 - Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 12/5/1955-12/21/1956.
1969 - Life Magazine reports the My Lai Massacre .
1992 - Kent Conrad of North Dakota resigns his seat in the United States Senate and is sworn into the other seat from North Dakota, becoming the only US Senator ever to have held two seats on the same day.
2005 - The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/06 at 4:55 pm
December 05, 1590 - Niccol
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/06/06 at 12:08 am
One more for December 5th:
1791: Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies at the age of 35. :\'( Earlier that year, he had composed "The Magic Flute."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/06 at 1:10 am
One more for December 5th:
1791: Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies at the age of 35. :\'( Earlier that year, he had composed "The Magic Flute."
Alleged poisoned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Jessica on 12/06/06 at 1:10 am
1933 - Prohibition ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had outlawed alcohol in the United States).
I was going to celebrate this by drinking, but I ran out of egg nog. :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/06 at 1:12 am
I was going to celebrate this by drinking, but I ran out of egg nog. :\'(
...or just pop down to your local speakeasy?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/06 at 2:06 am
December 07, 1941 - World War II: Attack On Pearl Harbor - The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/07/06 at 2:07 am
1993 - The Long Island Rail Road Massacre: Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/06 at 2:08 am
December 07, 1965 - Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/07/06 at 3:30 pm
December 07, 1941 - World War II: Attack On Pearl Harbor - The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Oh yes, I know all about that. My professor even discussed it in history (Western Civ) class today. Not because today's the anniversary of that event, but because he was scheduled to lecture us on WWII and its aftermath.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 12/07/06 at 4:06 pm
December 07, 1941 - World War II: Attack On Pearl Harbor - The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
There are lots of ceremonies going on this morning at the harbor, since this is the 65th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor...
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/06 at 4:08 pm
There are lots of ceremonies going on this morning at the harbor, since this is the 65th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor...
We were discussing Pearl Harbour at work today, at which time did the plane strike?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/07/06 at 4:08 pm
We were discussing Pearl Harbour at work today, at which time did the plane strike?
About 7am Hawaii time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/06 at 4:09 pm
About 7am Hawaii time.
...and totally caught the USA unware?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/07/06 at 4:10 pm
...and totally caught the USA unware?
Well.......that was the point.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 12/07/06 at 4:11 pm
...and totally caught the USA unware?
It happened just before 8am on a Sunday, while most of the people were still asleep! :(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/07/06 at 4:49 pm
1993 - The Long Island Rail Road Massacre: Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
13 years Ago,I'll be. :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/06 at 1:36 am
December 08, 1980 - Mark David Chapman fatally shot former Beatle John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments in New York City.
:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/08/06 at 1:42 am
December 08, 1980 - Mark David Chapman fatally shot former Beatle John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments in New York City.
:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(
Such a f*cking waste.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/08/06 at 1:44 am
1976 - The Eagles release the album Hotel California.
1993 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
2004 - Guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott is murdered onstage by Nathan Gale at a Damageplan concert in Columbus, Ohio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/06 at 1:45 am
1976 - The Eagles release the album Hotel California.
1993 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
2004 - Guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott is murdered onstage by Nathan Gale at a Damageplan concert in Columbus, Ohio.
I cannot believe that Hotel California is now thirty years old!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Ashkicksass on 12/08/06 at 1:47 am
December 08, 1980 - Mark David Chapman fatally shot former Beatle John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments in New York City.
:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/09/scrying.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/09/shakehead.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/09/scrying.gif
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/08/06 at 5:40 am
December 08, 1980 - Mark David Chapman fatally shot former Beatle John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments in New York City.
:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(
This is a day that I tend to ignore. It didn't happen, there is a Dec 7, there is a Dec 9, that is all.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/06 at 11:53 am
December 08, 1941 - World War II: Takashi Sakai and the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Hong Kong and quickly achieved air superiority by bombing Kai Tak Airport.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/08/06 at 3:59 pm
Birthdays
1906 Richard Llewellyn Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)
1943 Jim Morrison Melbourne FL,
1944 Neil Innes (The Rutles)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/08/06 at 4:00 pm
Ooooh the Lizard King
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/08/06 at 4:01 pm
Birthdays
1906 Richard Llewellyn Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)
1943 Jim Morrison Melbourne FL,
1944 Neil Innes (The Rutles)
I think those people are all dead though. :-\\
Living celebs born on this date include:
Kim Basinger, actress (1953)
Warren Cucurullo, rock musician (1956)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/08/06 at 4:02 pm
So what if they're dead? They were still born today.
And no dissing the Lizard King.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/08/06 at 4:03 pm
Yeah they were. I knows dat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/08/06 at 4:06 pm
I think those people are all dead though. :-\\
Living celebs born on this date include:
Kim Basinger, actress (1953)
Warren Cucurullo, rock musician (1956)
Without birthdays they never would have lived, and the dead ones I listed are still more well thought of in their respective genres than many live ones(including the ones listed above) ;)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/08/06 at 4:07 pm
Without birthdays they never would have lived, and the dead ones I listed are still more well thought of in their respective genres than many live ones(including the ones listed above) ;)
Well of course. ;) Those two I mentioned I happened to know off the top of my head.
And tomorrow is Kirk Douglas's 90th birthday.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/08/06 at 4:09 pm
Well of course. ;) Those two I mentioned I happened to know off the top of my head.
And tomorrow is Kirk Douglas's 90th birthday.
Kirk Douglas isn't doing so well lately.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/08/06 at 4:10 pm
Kirk Douglas isn't doing so well lately.
That's what happens when you get old. :-[
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/08/06 at 4:16 pm
That's what happens when you get old. :-[
He has bell's palsy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/06 at 5:33 pm
Well of course. ;) Those two I mentioned I happened to know off the top of my head.
And tomorrow is Kirk Douglas's 90th birthday.
Crikey KD is 90 tomorrow, I never expected that.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/06 at 5:34 pm
I think those people are all dead though. :-\\
Living celebs born on this date include:
Kim Basinger, actress (1953)
Warren Cucurullo, rock musician (1956)
Neil Innes is well and truly alive.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/08/06 at 5:34 pm
December 08, 1980 - Mark David Chapman fatally shot former Beatle John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments in New York City.
:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(
26 years ago
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/08/06 at 5:35 pm
Crikey KD is 90 tomorrow, I never expected that.
I don't think he expected it ::)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/13/06 at 2:51 am
1978 - The first Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation.
1996 - Kofi Annan is elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/06 at 2:52 am
December 13, 2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was found hiding in a spider hole during Operation Red Dawn and captured.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/13/06 at 1:25 pm
2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
oh yes, I remember that. :-\\ After the attempted vote recounts were halted. I listened to his entire speech on the radio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/06 at 1:28 pm
December 13, 1862 - American Civil War: Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside were decisively defeated in the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/13/06 at 6:09 pm
December 13, 2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was found hiding in a spider hole during Operation Red Dawn and captured.
3 Years Already? :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/06 at 6:10 pm
3 Years Already? :o
I only thought it was something like last year.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/13/06 at 6:12 pm
I only thought it was something like last year.
No, it was December of 2003. All over the news.
In fact, someone even wrote a parody about it a couple days thereafter: http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/royorbison5.shtml
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/13/06 at 6:57 pm
I only thought it was something like last year.
Time sure does fly.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/14/06 at 2:59 am
1911 - Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
1946 - The UN General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City.
1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1959 - The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.
1964 - American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States - The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use its Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination.
1972 - Project Apollo: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of Apollo 17. This was the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
1977 - Releasing of Saturday Night Fever film.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/06 at 3:59 am
December 14, 1995 - The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris, France to end the Yugoslav wars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/15/06 at 2:08 am
1791 - The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia legislature.
1891 - James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.
1939 - Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta, Georgia.
1992 - American rapper, Dr. Dre, releases his highly influential debut album, The Chronic. The Chronic is often labelled as the first ever G-Funk album.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/06 at 2:09 am
December 15, 1994 - The web browser Netscape Navigator 1.0 was first released.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/06 at 2:19 am
1939 - Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta, Georgia.
December 15, 1965 - The film The Sound of Music is released.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/15/06 at 4:11 pm
December 15, 1994 - The web browser Netscape Navigator 1.0 was first released.
12 years,Wow! :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/16/06 at 2:18 am
1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/16/06 at 5:27 pm
'Tis okay Philip, I got that one already.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: spaceace on 12/16/06 at 5:49 pm
December 16, 1773 - Boston Tea Party: To protest the British Tea Act, members of the Sons of Liberty dumped crates of tea break from three British East India Company ships into Boston Harbor.
Phillip you were going to mention something about wasting tea. ;)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/06 at 5:50 pm
Phillip you were going to mention something about wasting tea. ;)
I could do?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/16/06 at 5:50 pm
1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
An event recreated each year in Boston. The ships involved were the Dartmouth, Beaver, and Eleanor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/06 at 5:51 pm
An event recreated each year in Boston. The ships involved were the Dartmouth, Beaver, and Eleanor.
Using real tea?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/06 at 5:51 pm
December 16, 1392 - Historku-cho - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/16/06 at 5:54 pm
Using real tea?
Yes, but not near as much. Old timers used to like to tell tourists that the tea party accounts for the brown color of the water in Boston Harbor(it is actually the muddy bottom and type of seaweed that does it).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/06 at 5:58 pm
Yes, but not near as much. Old timers used to like to tell tourists that the tea party accounts for the brown color of the water in Boston Harbor(it is actually the muddy bottom and type of seaweed that does it).
I hope they use tea that is cheap and nasty to taste.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/16/06 at 6:00 pm
I hope they use tea that is cheap and nasty to taste.
We New Englanders are known for our frugal ways ;)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/17/06 at 12:42 pm
1903 - The Wright Brothers make the first powered heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/06 at 3:00 am
December 18, 1892 - The first performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker is held at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/18/06 at 3:54 am
2002 - 2003 California recall: Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/19/06 at 12:42 am
1606 - The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who, at Jamestown, Virginia, would found the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
1843 - A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is first published in England.
1972 - Project Apollo: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
1974 - The Altair 8800 microcomputer kit goes on sale.
1988 - Lawn darts are banned from sale in the United States by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
1998 - Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
2001 - The fire at the World Trade Center, as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks, is finally extinguished after three months.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Brian06 on 12/19/06 at 12:48 am
I remember exactly where I was when the impeachment happened, I was on a boy scount camp out at that time in 1998, and we were listening to the radio and I can remember listening to the vote tallies and everything for each article.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/19/06 at 12:49 am
I remember exactly where I was when the impeachment happened, I was on a boy scount camp out at that time in 1998, and we were listening to the radio and I can remember listening to the vote tallies and everything for each article.
My family and I were out to lunch at a restaurant and the TVs were showing this. So in between bites, you could see people looking up to catch the vote tallies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Dominic L. on 12/19/06 at 12:54 am
I remember asking my grandpa why he was impeached, and he said, "Because he lied."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Brian06 on 12/19/06 at 12:56 am
I remember reading in the paper when he was first accused, I remember thinking, not again! lol.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/06 at 2:38 am
It was yesterday December 18 in 2000 that saw the tragic death of Kirsty MacColl :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/06 at 2:40 am
December 19, 1997 - The film Titanic is released.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/19/06 at 5:51 am
1940 Phil Ochs El Paso TX, anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over)
1946 Marianne Faithfull Hampstead England, singer (Money, As Tears Go By)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/06 at 12:44 pm
December 19, 1972 - Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt aboard Apollo 17 returned to Earth. No human has visited the Moon since.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/19/06 at 2:04 pm
December 19, 1997 - The film Titanic is released.
I wasn't crazy about this film
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/06 at 2:09 pm
I wasn't crazy about this film
Never saw it!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/19/06 at 4:15 pm
I wasn't crazy about this film
That's because you weren't the movie's target demo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/06 at 4:17 pm
I wasn't crazy about this film
Someone told me how the film ended.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/19/06 at 4:19 pm
Someone told me how the film ended.
I think everyone knew how the film ended, Philip.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/19/06 at 4:40 pm
I think everyone knew how the film ended, Philip.
No, and many didn't care.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/19/06 at 4:42 pm
No, and many didn't care.
You mean there are people who didn't know the Titanic sank? I didn't say anything about people caring whether the ship sank. And I'm sure the people who did go weren't there to see a sinking ship, unless they were special effects aficianados.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/19/06 at 4:45 pm
You mean there are people who didn't know the Titanic sank? I didn't say anything about people caring whether the ship sank. And I'm sure the people who did go weren't there to see a sinking ship, unless they were special effects aficianados.
OY....yes, we know it sank, some things go without saying. I am sure Philip, like me, was referring to the love story part of it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/19/06 at 4:46 pm
OY....yes, we know it sank, some things go without saying. I am sure Philip, like me, was referring to the love story part of it.
Well, the love story is what drew the crowds, although I much preferred the 2nd half of the film to the 1st.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/19/06 at 5:51 pm
December 19, 1997 - The film Titanic is released.
I saw it once, but didn't care for it. :-\\
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/20/06 at 2:20 am
1803 - Louisiana Purchase completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
1860 - South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States.
1951 - Nuclear power first harvested when EBR-1 powers four light bulbs.
1996 - NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
1999 - Vermont's Supreme Court rules that homosexual couples are entitled to the same benefits and protections as married heterosexual couples.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/06 at 2:24 am
December 20, 1917 - The Cheka, the first Soviet secret police, was founded. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was appointed as its leader.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/20/06 at 5:26 pm
I think everyone knew how the film ended, Philip.
The girl drowned but the guy lived.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/20/06 at 5:27 pm
The girl drowned but the guy lived.
No, Howard. The guy drowned and the girl lived.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/21/06 at 12:03 am
1620 - Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1937 - The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Dominic L. on 12/21/06 at 12:04 am
1620 - Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1937 - The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles.
Ooh, it just barely made it into 1937. Snow White was almost '38!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/21/06 at 2:51 am
December 21, 1913 - Arthur Wynne published the first crossword puzzle in the New York World.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/21/06 at 5:09 pm
1940 F Scott Fitzgerald author (Great Gatsby), dies of a heart attack in Hollywood at 44
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/22/06 at 1:46 am
1849 - The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is canceled at the last second.
1864 - Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea".
1937 - The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
1964 - Comedian Lenny Bruce is convicted of obscenity.
1984 - Subway vigilante Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four African-American men on an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City.
1989 - After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceauşescu's Communist dictatorship.
1989 - Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
2001 - Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/06 at 3:08 am
December 22, 1885 - Itō Hirobumi, a samurai from Chōshū, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/22/06 at 8:36 pm
December 22, 2003: an earthquake strikes the Paso Robles area of California, causing local damage. I remember it quite well; I even felt it at home in Ventura County.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/23/06 at 8:02 am
1935 Esther Phillips US singer (When a Woman Loves a Man)
1940 Eugene Record US singer (Chi Lites-Give it Away)
1940 Jorma Kaukonen Washington DC, rock guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
1941 Tim Hardin Oregon, singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/23/06 at 8:04 am
1776 Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/06 at 12:34 pm
December 23, 1823 - A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, was first published. The poem was later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/24/06 at 12:24 am
1777 - Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, was discovered by James Cook.
1818 - "Silent Night" composed by Franz Xaver Gruber.
1865 - Several US Civil War Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan.
1906 - The first radio program, consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, is broadcast.
1953 - NBC's Dragnet becomes the first network-sponsored television program.
1968 - Apollo Program - The crew of Apollo 8 enter into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/06 at 3:41 am
December 24, 1914 - British and German soldiers interrupted World War I to celebrate Christmas, beginning the Christmas truce.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Abix on 12/24/06 at 4:53 am
December 24, 1914 - British and German soldiers interrupted World War I to celebrate Christmas, beginning the Christmas truce.
This day in history, Philip's karma points are 714.. which is forever linked to Babe Ruth's Home Run Record.
just a bit of trivia there.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/06 at 5:41 am
This day in history, Philip's karma points are 714.. which is forever linked to Babe Ruth's Home Run Record.
just a bit of trivia there.
But who is next after Babe Ruth's record of 714?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/24/06 at 8:42 am
But who is next after Babe Ruth's record of 714?
Best stay away, this is a different thread, but, in a nutshell.
The record has already been broken by the very controversial Barry Bonds, but there are those who can't stand to hear it. Bonds isn't a likable guy and is caught up in the steroid scandals.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/06 at 8:43 am
Best stay away, this is a different thread, but, in a nutshell.
The record has already been broken by the very controversial Barry Bonds, but there are those who can't stand to hear it. Bonds isn't a likable guy and is caught up in the steroid scandals.
Let me just research this.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/24/06 at 8:44 am
This day in history, Philip's karma points are 714.. which is forever linked to Babe Ruth's Home Run Record.
just a bit of trivia there.
Coincidental :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/25/06 at 1:38 am
1066 - Coronation of William the Conqueror as king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
1223 - St. Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene.
1776 - George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
1818 - The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
1939 - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is read on the radio for the first time (CBS radio).
1939 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is introduced by Montgomery Ward stores.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/06 at 2:34 am
December 25, 1868 - The Republic of Ezo was founded in Hokkaidō by rebels loyal to the deposed Tokugawa shogunate. In the first elections ever held in Japan, they elected Admiral Enomoto Takeaki as their President.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/25/06 at 8:17 am
1651 Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/25/06 at 8:19 am
0000-Jesus Was Born
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/25/06 at 8:23 am
1929 Grimmett takes 6-146 for South Africa, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390
1933 Another Christmas Day five-wicket haul by Clarrie Grimmett
1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey & smuggled back to Scotland
1950 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
1955 Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music & popular music
1958 Alan Freed's Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular opens
1959 Richard Starkey receives his 1st drum set
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/25/06 at 8:27 am
0000-Jesus Was Born
Nope, we just celebrate it on this day. They aren't sure of the day, or the year, but the celebration coincides with the Saturnalian holidays of the pagans. During Saturnalia drinking and debauchery rained supreme. Let's hear it for the strict constructionists ;D
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/25/06 at 8:29 am
Nope, we just celebrate it on this day. They aren't sure of the day, or the year, but the celebration coincides with the Saturnalian holidays of the pagans. During Saturnalia drinking and debauchery rained supreme. Let's hear it for the strict constructionists ;D
So what's the 0 part? ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/25/06 at 4:16 pm
So what's the 0 part? ???
They say he was born in 0 A.D.....but there's no way to really prove it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/26/06 at 2:06 am
1620 - Pilgrim Fathers land at what becomes New Plymouth in Massachusetts.
1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
1908 - Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia.
1933 - FM radio is patented.
1944 - The play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is first publicly performed.
1966 - The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
1982 - TIME magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human, the personal computer.
2004 - An earthquake measuring 9.3 on the Richter magnitude scale creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, The Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing more than 300,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/06 at 4:52 am
December 26, Comet Kohoutek reaches perihelion but is not such a display as expected.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/26/06 at 6:11 pm
They say he was born in 0 A.D.....but there's no way to really prove it.
Until you look it up.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/26/06 at 6:18 pm
Until you look it up.
Right..........................
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/26/06 at 6:30 pm
Right..........................
A web site must say when he was born. ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: FaultyDog on 12/26/06 at 6:35 pm
A web site must say when he was born. ???
Again, there's no proof of Jesus' date of birth. There's plenty of studies, research and theories, but no proof.
Modified to add:
And besides, you can't pinpoint a day in a time when calendars were different from ours.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/26/06 at 6:43 pm
10th Anniversary of JonBenet Ramsey
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/06 at 8:35 am
December 27, 1831 - Aboard the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin left Plymouth, England on what became an historic expedition to South America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/27/06 at 2:42 pm
1904 - James Barrie's play Peter Pan premieres in London.
1932 - The Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens.
1947 - Howdy Doody, a children's television program, makes its debut on the National Broadcasting Company.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/06 at 3:03 pm
December 27, 1945 - The World Bank is created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/28/06 at 1:57 am
1065 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1867 - U.S. claims Midway Island, first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
1895 - The Lumi
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/06 at 1:58 am
December 28, 1948 - The DC-3 airliner NC16002, en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, Florida, inexplicably disappeared in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/06 at 1:59 pm
December 29: 1845 - The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the state of Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/29/06 at 4:51 pm
1851 - The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
1890 - United States soldiers massacre more than 400 men, women and children of the Great Sioux Nation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
1934 - The first college basketball game at New York City's Madison Square Garden is played between the University of Notre Dame and New York University.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/29/06 at 6:13 pm
And in my life... on this day in 2000 (which was also a Friday December 29th)...my family and I passed by our old mobile home on the freeway and saw that the new people had moved in!!! :D
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/30/06 at 12:01 am
2006 - Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, is executed by hanging at 6:05 A.M. local time.
Only thing of any real importance.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/06 at 3:26 am
December 30, 1965 - Ferdinand Marcos became President of the Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/31/06 at 12:16 am
1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time.
1904 - The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square, then known as Longacre Square, in New York, New York.
1929 - Guy Lombardo performs Auld Lang Syne at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City for the first time.
1946 - President Harry Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
1991 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is officially dissolved.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/31/06 at 12:36 am
2006 - Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, is executed by hanging at 6:05 A.M. local time.
Only thing of any real importance.
Yes, that will be something to look back on in the future.
I heard about it Friday night at 7:27 PM my time (due to the time difference)...right as the Final Jeopardy round was on. ::)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/06 at 7:35 am
December 31, 1600 - The British East India Company was founded by a Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 12/31/06 at 8:26 am
1985 Rick Nelson singer, dies at 45 :\'(
http://www.ricknelson.com/images/120488ada.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/31/06 at 9:11 am
1985 Rick Nelson singer, dies at 45 :\'(
http://www.ricknelson.com/images/120488ada.jpg
21 years ago,Wow.How old would be today? ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/06 at 9:11 am
21 years ago,Wow.How old would be today? ???
45 +21 = 65
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/31/06 at 9:13 am
45 +21 = 65
66,you were off by one. ;)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/31/06 at 9:15 am
Just testing!
I thought you made a mistake. ;D
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/06 at 9:16 am
I thought you made a mistake. ;D
Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/31/06 at 10:09 am
Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/31/06 at 3:07 pm
45 +21 = 65
No, it's 66.
So he'd be 66 Next Year.
He'd be 66 this year. He checked out at age 45.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/06 at 10:21 pm
January 01, 1818 - Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley was first published in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 01/01/07 at 12:46 am
1673 - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
1772 - The first traveller's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London for the first time.
1797 - Albany replaces New York City as the capital of New York.
1801 - The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom.
1808 - The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
1863 - American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
1890 - The first Tournament of Roses is held in Pasadena, California.
1898 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
1908 - For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a U.S. federal prison.
1939 - William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
1946 - The first civil flight from Heathrow Airport occurs.
1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
1999 - The Euro currency is introduced.
2000 - As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug'.
Quite a lot going on today!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/07 at 5:07 am
1673 - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
1772 - The first traveller's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London for the first time.
1797 - Albany replaces New York City as the capital of New York.
1801 - The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom.
1808 - The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
1863 - American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
1890 - The first Tournament of Roses is held in Pasadena, California.
1898 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
1908 - For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a U.S. federal prison.
1939 - William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
1946 - The first civil flight from Heathrow Airport occurs.
1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
1999 - The Euro currency is introduced.
2000 - As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug'.
Quite a lot going on today!
Amazing when you all have a heavy head from celebrating the night before?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/01/07 at 10:40 am
1962 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: KKay on 01/01/07 at 12:09 pm
one year ago it turned to 2006 ::)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/02/07 at 10:54 am
one year ago it turned to 2006 ::)
And what a year it was.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/07 at 1:44 pm
January 02, 1959 - Luna 1 the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, was launched by the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/07 at 2:10 pm
Today is my wedding anniversary! http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/liefde.gif
Congrats, how many years together?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/02/07 at 2:56 pm
On this date (Jan. 2, 1951) my parents eloped in Las Vegas (and I sincerely doubt they got married by an Elvis impersonator. :D ;D ;D ) Alas, the marriage went belly-up in the early 70s.
Cat
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/02/07 at 4:58 pm
1920 Isaac Asimov Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/07 at 4:59 pm
January 02, 1957 - The San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange and Los Angeles Oil Exchange merge.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/03/07 at 6:32 pm
Birthdates which occurred on January 03:
1883 Clement Richard Attlee (L) British PM (1945-51)
1897 Marion Davies , Brooklyn NY, actress (Operator 13)
1897 Pola Negri , Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)
1898 ZaSu Pitts Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/03/07 at 6:34 pm
Deaths which occurred on January 03:
1946 William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason
1967 Jack Ruby assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/03/07 at 6:37 pm
1910 British miners strike for 8 hour working day (Bless them)
1987 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/07 at 2:33 am
January 04, 1936 - Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 01/06/07 at 1:44 am
1838 - Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph.
1912 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.
1994 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding.
2005 - Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.
2006 - Tropical Storm Zeta (2005) dissipates, ending the notorious 2005 hurricane season.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/07 at 2:52 am
January 06, 1995 - A suspicious fire in a Manila flat led to the foiling of Oplan Bojinka, a precursor to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/07 at 8:44 am
January 07, 1610 - Galileo Galilei first observed the Jovian satellites Io, Europa and Callisto through his telescope.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/07/07 at 9:00 am
1939 US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/07 at 9:10 am
January 07, 1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries became the first to cross the English Channel by balloon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 01/08/07 at 2:43 am
1790 - George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.
1867 - African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.
1962 - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time (National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.).
1973 - Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/07 at 2:48 am
January 08, 1889 - Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electric tabulating machine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 01/08/07 at 5:21 pm
72 years ago, Elvis Parsley---I mean Presley---was born, in Tupelo, MS.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/08/07 at 5:25 pm
72 years ago, Elvis Parsley---I mean Presley---was born, in Tupelo, MS.
1935 Jesse Garon Presley stillborn twin brother of Elvis
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 01/08/07 at 5:26 pm
1935 Jesse Garon Presley stillborn twin brother of Elvis
Wow, I didn't know he had a twin. :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/08/07 at 5:27 pm
Wow, I didn't know he had a twin. :o
Yes, very sad though :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/08/07 at 5:30 pm
1941 Graham Chapman England, comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
1941 Robby Krieger rocker (Doors)
1942 Stephen Hawking English physicist (Black Holes & Baby Universes)
1947 Terry Sylvester rocker (Hollies-The Air that I Breathe)
1947 David Bowie , London, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 01/08/07 at 5:33 pm
1947 David Bowie , London, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust)
Actually, i think the first of his songs was called "Space Oddity" (which he mentioned the name Major Tom). ;) Years later, it was Peter Schilling who recorded a song called "Major Tom" (which was inspired by Space Oddity; it basically retold the story).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/08/07 at 6:01 pm
72 years ago, Elvis Parsley---I mean Presley---was born, in Tupelo, MS.
I wonder where he would be today? ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 01/08/07 at 6:03 pm
I wonder where he would be today? ???
It's anyone's guess. This summer will mark 30 years since his demise. :-\\
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/08/07 at 6:05 pm
It's anyone's guess. This summer will mark 30 years since his demise. :-\\
He'd be retired by now.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 01/08/07 at 6:07 pm
He'd probably still be living in Graceland, eating crap.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 01/09/07 at 12:03 am
1929 - The Seeing Eye is established in Nashville, Tennessee, with the mission to train dogs for assisting the blind.
1951 - United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/07 at 2:10 am
January 09, 1916 - World War I: In Gallipoli, the Ottoman Empire was victorious in the Battle of
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/07 at 2:11 am
1941 Graham Chapman England, comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
Sadly no longer with us :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/09/07 at 4:40 pm
1965 "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/09/07 at 5:26 pm
1965 "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
I remember they also had an album entitled #1's.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/07 at 2:26 pm
January 10, 1927 - The film Metropolis was released. It was the most expensive silent film of the time, costing approximately 7 million Reichsmark to make.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 01/11/07 at 4:15 am
1759 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
1787 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1922 - First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1963 - The Whisky a Go Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. (where we get Go-Go boots from!)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/11/07 at 4:24 pm
January 10, 1927 - The film Metropolis was released. It was the most expensive silent film of the time, costing approximately 7 million Reichsmark to make.
I love that movie!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/11/07 at 4:36 pm
Deaths which occurred on January 11:
1902 Johnny Briggs cricketer (118 wickets for England), dies in an asylum
1914 Ambrose Bierce writer, dies at 71
1928 Thomas Hardy novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies at his home near Dorchester at 87
Birthdates which occurred on January 11:
1903 Alan Paton South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)
1942 Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
1971 Mary J Blige singer
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/07 at 4:56 pm
Birthdates which occurred on January 11:
1903 Alan Paton South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)
1942 Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
1971 Mary J Blige singer
Please include sportsmen with birthdays today:
1952 - Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
1957 - Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 01/12/07 at 12:45 am
1915 - The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
1915 - United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote.
1969 - Led Zeppelin's debut album released.
1969 - Joe Namath and the New York Jets defeat the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III, becoming the first team from the American Football League to win American Football's top championship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/07 at 2:07 am
January 12, 1971 - The American situation comedy All in the Family, starring Carroll O'Connor, was first broadcast on the CBS television network. It became the first show to depict controversial issues previously deemed unsuitable for network television comedy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/12/07 at 5:17 am
Birthdates which occurred on January 12
1737 John Hancock patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)
1904 Mississippi Fred McDowell jazz artist
1944 Joe Frazier Beaufort SC, heavyweight champion boxer (Olympics-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73)
1967 Marco Boogers Dutch soccer player (RKC, Sparta, West Ham United)
1974 Melanie Jayne Chisholm "Sporty Spice", Widnes, vocalist (Spice Girls)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/12/07 at 5:40 pm
January 12, 1971 - The American situation comedy All in the Family, starring Carroll O'Connor, was first broadcast on the CBS television network. It became the first show to depict controversial issues previously deemed unsuitable for network television comedy.
36 years ago? :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Sister Morphine on 01/12/07 at 5:40 pm
36 years ago? :o
Yeah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/07 at 3:06 am
January 13, 1968 - American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California.