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Topic: On this day

Posted by: Professer

Subject: On this day
Date: Jan 18 08

Heres novel idea of what happened on this day back in time.

Remember that todays 18th January tomorrow is 19th and so on.



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howdyitsme

in 1971 I was eating an icecream cone

Reply #501. Mar 21 10, 3:51 PM

tnrees I am interested in how you know you were eating an ice cream

Reply #502. Mar 23 10, 7:48 AM

howdyitsme

I remember the day well it was bright and sunny and i had just had my tonsils out and mom gave me an icecream cone

Reply #503. Mar 24 10, 12:40 PM

Lochalsh I was preparing the memorial service which would honor my partner.

Reply #504. Mar 24 10, 1:11 PM

fado72

In this day in 1506,Christopher Columbus died in Spain.

Reply #505. May 20 10, 9:48 AM

REDVIKING57


On this day,1927,Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris and became the first man to fly the Atlantic Ocean solo.

Also on this day in 1932,Amelia Earhart landed in Northern Ireland to be the first woman to complete a Trans-Atlantic flight. Trail-blazers indeed!

Reply #506. May 21 10, 7:32 AM

fado72

On this day,in 1881,Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
Also in 2004,explorers in the former Soviet republic of Georgia reported finding rich gold deposit linked to the legend of the Golden Fleece near Supsa on the shore of the Black Sea.

Reply #507. May 21 10, 9:47 AM

REDVIKING57


On this day,1455,the First Battle of St.Albans was fought, between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The result was a decisive victory for Richard,Duke of York. This is generally considered to be the beginning of The Wars of The Roses,which lasted another 30 years,and ended at The Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

Reply #508. May 22 10, 5:56 AM

fado72

On this day in 1972,Richard Nixon became the first U.S president to visit Moscow.

Reply #509. May 22 10, 11:43 AM

fado72

On this day in 1994,the body of former U.S.first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was laid to rest next to her first husband,President John F. Kennedy,in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Reply #510. May 23 10, 4:53 AM

Jabberwok

On this day, Joan of Arc was captured and sold to the English,
Bonnie and Clyde were shot dead, Adolf Eichmann was captured in Argentina and apparently in Ancient Rome this day was sacred to Vulcan, God of metalworkers. It was a day for cleaning your trumpets or tubilustrium. :D

And as a note to any stray pirates, Captain Kidd was hanged.

Reply #511. May 23 10, 5:58 AM

REDVIKING57


On this day,1945,Heinrich Himmler committed suicide,aged 44. Shame it wasn't aged 14!

Just off to polish my trumpet,and buff up my gladius................:))

Reply #512. May 23 10, 6:05 AM

fado72

On this day,1830,Sarah Hale published the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Reply #513. May 24 10, 12:13 PM

REDVIKING57


Todat is Victoria Day,or Fete de la Reine, in Canada.

Reply #514. May 24 10, 5:01 PM

fado72

On this day in 1787,the first regular session of the Constitutional Convention convened at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

Reply #515. May 25 10, 12:11 PM

REDVIKING57


On this day in 1967,Glasgow Celtic become the first British football club to win the European Champions Cup.

And in 1968,The Rolling Stones release Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Reply #516. May 25 10, 5:51 PM

lesley153 On a dark and stormy night in 1803, Edward Bulwer-Lytton was born.
Gustav Holst died in 1934, and Desmond Dekker in 2006.

Reply #517. May 25 10, 7:30 PM

fado72

On this day,1897,Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" went on sale in London.

Reply #518. May 26 10, 10:18 AM

fado72

On My 27th,1883,Alexander III was crowned Tsar of Russia.
Also in 1703, Czar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as the new capital of Russia.

Reply #519. May 27 10, 1:41 AM

fado72

On May 28th,1588,the Spanish Armada began to set sail for the English Channel.

Reply #520. May 28 10, 7:25 AM

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