This Day In History

Shadow_Ferret · Jan 15, 2009

January 15, 1994: Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%).

:Wha:

Also same year: Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist.

1967: Superbowl I: Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 in LA Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB.

1919: 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21.

1863: 1st U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal.

1831: 1st U.S. railroad honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Pierson, Charleston, SC.

Don · Jan 15, 2009

Great idea for a daily column, Ed. I particularly liked the 1919 event. I wonder how many pancakes it would have taken to save the town?

*Walks off, scratching numbers on the back of an envelope, muttering to himself.*

alleycat · Jan 15, 2009

1777- The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence. Six months later it was renamed Vermont.

Shadow_Ferret · Jan 16, 2009

January 16th

2005: Adriana Iliescu becomes the oldest woman in the world to give birth at 66.

1989: U.S.S.R. announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars. (The world is still waiting.)

1985: "Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds.

1984: Paul and Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis.

1981: Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth.

1980: Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession.

1938: Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing.

1919: Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th.

1581: English parliament passes laws against Catholicism.

1493: Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip.

cray · Jan 16, 2009

great thread idea, ed!

Wayne K · Jan 16, 2009

Shadow_Ferret said:
1919: Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th. .

A sad chapter in our history.

Beach Bunny · Jan 16, 2009

Shadow_Ferret said:
2005: Adriana Iliescu becomes the oldest woman in the world to give birth at 66.

1989: U.S.S.R. announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars. (The world is still waiting.)

1985: "Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds.

1984: Paul and Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis.

1981: Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth.

1980: Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession.

1938: Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing.

1919: Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th.

1581: English parliament passes laws against Catholicism.

1493: Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip.

The really important events of the last century.

Shadow_Ferret · Jan 21, 2009

January 21st

I apologize for going lax.

1998: News of the Lewinsky/Clinton affair is published, President Clinton vigorously denies all allegations (BJs no longer regarded as sex).

1994: Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20).

1994: Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane of chopping off spouse's penis.

1988: US accept immigration of 30,000 U.S. - Vietnamese children.

1987: BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi.

1986: 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana.

1978: Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks.

1968: U.S. B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland.

1949: 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman).

1846: 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News."

Shadow_Ferret · Sep 2, 2010

September 2nd

Happy Birthday to: William Somervile, English poet (1675); Caroline von Schelling, German author (1763); Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (1805); Lucretia Hale, American novelist and writer of children's books (1820); Giovanni Verga, Italian novelist, short story writer and playwright (1840); Paul Bourget, French novelist (1852); Peter Mansfield, writer (1928); Chris Kuzneski, American bestselling author (1969).

1666: The Great Fire of London broke out. It destroyed nearly 400 acres, including some 13,000 houses and the old St. Paul's Cathedral.

1901: Vice President Theodore Roosevelt gave his "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" speech, regarding foreign policy, at the Minnesota State Fair.

1944: Navy pilot George H.W. Bush was shot down by Japanese forces as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands.

1969: North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh died.

kayleamay · Sep 2, 2010

Shadow_Ferret said:
January 15, 1994: Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%).

Pfft. Just this past weekend I had a guy blow a .58% who was brought in by police after they followed him for 20 miles down a winding country road trying to get him to pull his motorcycle over. Of course, he wasn't wearing a helmet either.

I would like to add to this day in history:

2010: The ER where I work had so few patients that I got off work an hour early without begging. Now, that's a record for ya.

Fun thread.

This Day In History

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Don

All Living is Local

alleycat

Still around

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

cray

Superior Life form

Wayne K

Beach Bunny

The Provocative One

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

kayleamay

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