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Warhammer: 3025 Freelance Captain, AFFC (Ret.)
Joined: 29-Jan-2005 00:00 Posts: 1856
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Posted: 10-Aug-2005 18:25 Post subject: On this day... |
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August 10th commemorates several important events:
*1519: Ferdinand Magellan's 5 ships set sail to circumnavigate the globe.
*1792: King Louis XVI is arrested, after the Tuileries Palace is stormed by rebels during the French Revolution.
*1821: Missouri is admitted as the 24th US State.
*1846: The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the US Congress
*1893: Rudolf Diesel's prime model runs on its' own power for the first time.
*1920: Treaty of Sevres is signed, which breaks up the Ottoman empire between the Allies.
*1944: American forces defeat the last Japanese forces on Guam.
*1949: President Harry Truman signs the National Security Bill, consolidating the defense agencies of the US, and replacing the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
*1977: David Berkowitz is arrested for a string of murders in Yonkers, New York. He was given the nickname, "Son of Sam" by the media.
1990: The Magellan Space Probe reaches Venus.
_________________ Evil is like a bowl of oranges. Only one, instead, is an orange of DOOM. That orange has a fate to rule over the other oranges with an iron fist. That orange is me.
Because sometimes, there are many guards in the castle.
Ya Rl'yeh!
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Warhammer: 3025 Freelance Captain, AFFC (Ret.)
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Posted: 11-Aug-2005 22:03 Post subject: RE: On this day... |
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August 11th
1492: Alexander VI is elected Pope
1918: World War I - Battle of Amiens ends.
1920: The Latvia-Soviet Russia treaty is signed. The treaty blocks all Soviet authority over, and claims to, the nation of Latvia and its' territories. The treaty was broken in 1940, when the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Latvia.
1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player in history to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1934: Alcatraz federal penitentiary is opened.
1965: Watts riots begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
1972: The last US ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
1991: Three original cartoons, Doug, Rugrats, and The Ren & Stimpy Show make their debuts on Nickelodeon. They have become some of the most popular cartoons in America.
_________________ Evil is like a bowl of oranges. Only one, instead, is an orange of DOOM. That orange has a fate to rule over the other oranges with an iron fist. That orange is me.
Because sometimes, there are many guards in the castle.
Ya Rl'yeh!
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Talen Capellan Confederation Sang-shao
Joined: 05-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 1269 Location: United States
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Posted: 12-Aug-2005 00:54 Post subject: RE: On this day... |
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Is this going to be a daily thing?
_________________ "Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the future as well." - Leto II
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Warhammer: 3025 Freelance Captain, AFFC (Ret.)
Joined: 29-Jan-2005 00:00 Posts: 1856
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Posted: 12-Aug-2005 01:13 Post subject: RE: On this day... |
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Depends on if I feel like it and if any moderators tell me I shouldn't.
Maybe.
[ This Message was edited by: Warhammer: 3025 on 2005-08-12 01:20 ] _________________ Evil is like a bowl of oranges. Only one, instead, is an orange of DOOM. That orange has a fate to rule over the other oranges with an iron fist. That orange is me.
Because sometimes, there are many guards in the castle.
Ya Rl'yeh!
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chihawk Clan Blood Spirit Master Bartender
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 8072 Location: United States
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Posted: 12-Aug-2005 06:17 Post subject: RE: On this day... |
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On 2005-08-12 01:13, Warhammer: 3025 wrote:
Depends on if I feel like it and if any moderators tell me I shouldn't.
Maybe.
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You shouldn't.
_________________ www.210sportsblog.com
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Warhammer: 3025 Freelance Captain, AFFC (Ret.)
Joined: 29-Jan-2005 00:00 Posts: 1856
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Posted: 12-Aug-2005 16:52 Post subject: RE: On this day... |
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Aww, nuts.
_________________ Evil is like a bowl of oranges. Only one, instead, is an orange of DOOM. That orange has a fate to rule over the other oranges with an iron fist. That orange is me.
Because sometimes, there are many guards in the castle.
Ya Rl'yeh!
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