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| Topic Started: Apr 9 2012, 01:57 AM (5,131 Views) | |
| Basil Fawlty | Dec 4 2017, 12:40 AM Post #301 |
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The first heart transplant. (1967) |
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| Petar | Dec 4 2017, 12:53 AM Post #302 |
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Truly a great achievement. To think how far we went in transplantation techniques and technology since the early days... |
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| Basil Fawlty | Dec 10 2017, 12:11 AM Post #303 |
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On this day in 1917, Jerusalem was captured by the British. Funny that it took 100 years for anyone to acknowledge it changed hands, if you get my meaning. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Dec 10 2017, 12:40 PM Post #304 |
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Mississippi becomes the 20th state. (1817) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Dec 14 2017, 10:03 AM Post #305 |
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First unmanned test flight of a hot-air balloon by the Montgolfier Brothers (1782). First attempted heavier-than-air flight by the Wright Brothers in the Flyer I (1903). First spacecraft flyby of Venus (1962). Last EVA moonwalk and ascent from the Lunar surface (1972). |
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| Basil Fawlty | Dec 17 2017, 09:49 PM Post #306 |
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The mysterious disappearance of Harold Holt (1967). |
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| Basil Fawlty | Dec 23 2017, 12:51 AM Post #307 |
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The Embargo Act became law (1807). |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jan 1 2018, 03:08 AM Post #308 |
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Ottawa was selected as the capital of Canada (Dec. 31, 1857) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jan 3 2018, 01:07 AM Post #309 |
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Apparently on this day 50 years ago, Ronald Reagan became Governor of California. What's an actor know about politics? |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jan 9 2018, 08:14 PM Post #310 |
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January 8, 1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. |
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| Petar | Jan 9 2018, 09:12 PM Post #311 |
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The ruin of Europe. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jan 14 2018, 02:16 PM Post #312 |
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1953 – Josip Broz Tito was inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia. |
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| Petar | Jan 15 2018, 12:37 PM Post #313 |
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1998 - Peaceful reintegration of Eastern Slavonia into the Republic of Croatia. This probably won't be commemorated today; in reactionary Croatia of today, victories made in peace have no importance. Edited by Petar, Jan 15 2018, 12:42 PM.
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| Basil Fawlty | Jan 31 2018, 08:04 AM Post #314 |
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Tet Offensive and the beginning of the siege of the U.S. embassy at Saigon. (January 30/31, 1968) |
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| Petar | Feb 2 2018, 03:55 PM Post #315 |
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End of the battle of Stalingrad (75 years). Also, my mother's 55th birthday! |
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| Simon Darkshade | Feb 5 2018, 09:42 AM Post #316 |
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Today, the Berlin Wall has been down for the same number of days that it was up. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Feb 9 2018, 01:39 AM Post #317 |
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9 February 1943 - End of the Battle of Guadalcanal |
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| Petar | Feb 16 2018, 07:02 AM Post #318 |
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The unsealing of the chamber of Tuthankamun (95 years)
Edited by Petar, Feb 16 2018, 07:27 AM.
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| Petar | Feb 17 2018, 11:34 AM Post #319 |
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10 years of independence of Kosovo. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Feb 24 2018, 09:47 AM Post #320 |
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Battle of Kasserine Pass (1943) The House of Representatives voted to impeach Andrew Johnson. (1868) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Mar 4 2018, 04:52 PM Post #321 |
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The first documented case of the 1918 flu pandemic. (March 4, 1918) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Mar 6 2018, 02:37 AM Post #322 |
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Death of Stalin (1953, 65 years) "No man, no problem." |
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| Petar | Mar 6 2018, 06:23 PM Post #323 |
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"Erm, yeah, he's feeling unwell. Clearly." |
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| Basil Fawlty | Mar 19 2018, 09:52 PM Post #324 |
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1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time. Still a silly idea. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Mar 31 2018, 02:01 AM Post #325 |
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Some missed anniversaries in March: Signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending Russia's involvement in the Great War (March 3, 1918) Spring Offensive, Western Front (March 21, 1918) Ronald Reagan announces the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative (March 23, 1983) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Apr 2 2018, 06:02 AM Post #326 |
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100th anniversary of the creation of the RAF (April 1, 1918) |
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| Lewington | Apr 4 2018, 09:10 PM Post #327 |
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MLK, Jr. is assassinated (50 years). |
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| Petar | Apr 5 2018, 12:40 AM Post #328 |
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You've got to be fooling me, a centenary already!?
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| Basil Fawlty | Apr 22 2018, 05:02 AM Post #329 |
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April 18, 1943 (75 years) - Admiral Yamamoto is shot down over Bougainville in Operation Vengeance. Probably the P-38's greatest single accomplishment. April 21, 1918 (100 years) - Manfred von Richthofen is shot down over France. Although others have surpassed him in raw quantity, he is still probably the most legendary ace. |
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| Basil Fawlty | May 2 2018, 01:34 AM Post #330 |
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The Battle of Manila Bay, the first engagement of the Spanish American War of 1898 (120 years) |
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| Petar | May 16 2018, 03:53 PM Post #331 |
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Battle of the Sutjeska, one of the largest and bloodiest battles on the Yugoslav Front in WWII (75 years) |
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| Basil Fawlty | May 21 2018, 12:27 PM Post #332 |
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May 20, 1918 – The small town of Codell, Kansas is hit for the third year in a row, on the same date, by a tornado. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jun 1 2018, 04:21 PM Post #333 |
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Battle of Belleau Wood (1918) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jun 2 2018, 12:15 PM Post #334 |
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (1953) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jun 12 2018, 05:49 PM Post #335 |
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June 12, 1918 - Grand Duke Michael of Russia is murdered, thereby becoming the first of the Romanovs to be murdered by the Bolsheviks. - The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit in France is carried out. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jun 24 2018, 02:01 PM Post #336 |
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Beginning of the Berlin Blockade (1948) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jul 1 2018, 06:34 PM Post #337 |
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Battle of San Juan Hill (July 1, 1898) |
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| Petar | Jul 3 2018, 08:12 PM Post #338 |
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Five years since we joined the EU (July 1, 2013) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jul 9 2018, 10:01 AM Post #339 |
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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. (1868) The Allied invasion of Sicily began. (1943) |
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