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Subject: On this day

Posted by: Professer
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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Shiningstar7
The Beatles made their first American appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show at Radio Music Hall in New York, NY, 1964.

Reply #1081. Feb 09 14, 12:04 AM
Shiningstar7
Was wrong about the Radio Music Hall, it was The Ed Sullivan Theater, best known as the longtime home of The Ed Sullivan Show and the site of the first U.S. Beatles performance.

Reply #1082. Feb 09 14, 12:13 AM
Shiningstar7
Speaking of The Ed Sullivan Theater, this is where Late Night with David Letterman is now recorded and shown.

Reply #1083. Feb 09 14, 1:34 AM
Shiningstar7
It's International Women's Day!

Reply #1084. Mar 08 14, 11:28 PM
Shiningstar7
The RMS Titanic sunk in the Atlantic on this day 1912.

Reply #1085. Apr 15 14, 2:45 AM
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Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others.


Reply #1086. Apr 15 14, 3:38 AM
Shiningstar7
William Shakespeare died on this day, 1616.

Reply #1087. Apr 23 14, 1:58 AM
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Lee Major (The Six Million Dollar Man) turn 75 today!!

Reply #1088. Apr 23 14, 9:37 AM
Shiningstar7
Israel became an Independent State, 1948, Happy 66th Independence Day Israel!

Reply #1089. May 14 14, 8:47 PM
Shiningstar7
Rubik's Cube was born on this day in 1974.

Reply #1090. May 19 14, 2:56 AM
Shiningstar7
70 years ago, D-Day in France, 6 of June, 1944.

Reply #1091. Jun 06 14, 12:27 AM
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U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, engage German forces at Belleau Wood in France on this day in 1918. Until the Battle of Tarawa in 1943, this was the most casualties sustained by the Marine Corps.

Reply #1092. Jun 06 14, 9:53 AM
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Cathal Brugha, President of Dáil Éireann and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army, died after being gunned down by Free State soldiers in O'Connell Street, becoming the first significant casualty of what would be a long and bloody civil war. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Brugha


Reply #1093. Jul 07 14, 8:15 AM
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Metapedia daver? Wow. Pretty scary.

Reply #1094. Jul 07 14, 12:19 PM
Shiningstar7
The Beatles' "Revolver" was released on this day, Aug. 5, 1966.

Reply #1095. Aug 05 14, 6:38 PM
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The submarine USS Bullhead (SS-332) was sunk by a Japanese air attack off the coast Bali on August 6, 1945, the last U.S. Navy ship to be lost during WWII.

Reply #1096. Aug 06 14, 8:28 PM
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1964 - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is passed by the US Congress.

Reply #1097. Aug 07 14, 8:15 AM
Shiningstar7
Princess, Lady Diana, was killed in a motor crash, 1997.

Reply #1098. Aug 31 14, 8:18 PM
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On this day in 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The "official" start of WWII, although the Japanese had already been fighting for years.

Reply #1099. Sep 01 14, 11:18 AM
Shiningstar7
USA was attacked in several places on this day in 2001.

Reply #1100. Sep 11 14, 11:31 PM


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