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07-09-2008, 07:46 AM
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July 9th
1896 ~ William Jennings Bryan delivered his “Cross of Gold” speech.
1879 ~ Birthday of Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Pines of Rome, Ancient Airs and Dances).
1900 ~ Queen Victoria gave royal assent to an act creating the Commonwealth of Australia, uniting separate colonies under one federal government.
1911 ~ Birthday of John A. Wheeler, American physicist (coined the terms black hole and wormhole).
1916 ~ Birthday of Edward Heath, P.M. of the UK
1974 ~ Death of Earl Warren, Governor of California, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1989 ~ Two bombs exploded in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.
1995 ~ The Grateful Dead played their last concert, at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1997 ~ Mike Tyson's boxing license was suspended and he was fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a televised match.
2001 ~ The Big Bang Theory of the origin of the universe received substantial support.
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07-11-2008, 06:34 AM
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July 11th
1798 ~ The U.S. Marine Corps was re-created by an act of Congress.
1859 ~ Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" was published.
1899 ~ Birthday of E. B. White, American Writer. (Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan.)
1914 ~ Babe Ruth made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox.
1920 ~ Birthday of Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor.
1937 ~ Death of George Gershwin, American Composer.
1994 ~ Death of Savannah, Porn Star.
1979 ~ Skylab deorbited.
1989 ~ Death of Sir Laurence Olivier, Actor.
1995 ~ Bosnian Serbs capture the city of Srebrenica.
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07-11-2008, 08:43 AM
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"Deorbited". Yeah, there's a good euphamism.
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07-12-2008, 02:26 PM
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"Deorbited". Yeah, there's a good euphamism.
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It wasn't your country they chose to deorbit it onto.
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07-12-2008, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldfart
It wasn't your country they chose to deorbit it onto.
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Sorry about that, chief, but Oz was the choice of the fates, not NASA...steering was very much kaput by then...
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July 13th
100 BC ~ Birthday of Julius Caesar, Soldier & Politician.
1793 ~ French revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.
1837 ~ Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham Palace – the first monarch to live there.
1908 ~ Women first included in modern Olympic competition.
1923 ~ The first Hollywood Sign was dedicated. It read "HOLLYWOODLAND".
1940 ~ Birthday of Patrick Stewart, English actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
1955 ~ Ruth Ellis became the last woman in England to be executed.
1960 ~ John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Los Angeles.
1977 ~ A 25-hour blackout hit New York City.
1985 ~ Live Aid, an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, Australia, was held to raise money for Africa's starving people.
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07-13-2008, 07:17 AM
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Sorry about that, chief, but Oz was the choice of the fates, not NASA...steering was very much kaput by then...
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Are you saying that they had lost Control?
Carelessness to the Max.
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07-14-2008, 06:25 AM
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July 14th
1789 ~ Citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille. Generally recognized as the beginning of the French Revolution.
1798 ~ The Sedition Act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.
1862 ~ Birthday of Gustav Klimt, Austrian Painter & Graphic Artist.
1881 ~ Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett.
1887 ~ Death of Alfred Krupp, German munitions manufacturer.
1912 ~ Birthday of Woody Guthrie, American folk singer.
1913 ~ Birthday of Gerald Ford, U.S. President.
1933 ~ Gleichschaltung: All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.
1965 ~ Mariner 4 flyby of Mars took the first close-up photos of another planet.
2000 ~ A Florida jury ordered five major tobacco companies to pay smokers $145 billion in punitive damages. (The verdict was later overturned by the Florida Supreme Court.).
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07-14-2008, 08:34 AM
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Ah, yes, Bastille Day. When the French peasantry said "We mad as hell and we're not gonna take it...we done fucked up."
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