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uncle phil · 06-22-2008, 03:19 AM

On June 22, 1933, Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis...

uncle phil · 06-23-2008, 02:21 AM

On June 23, 1757, Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won control of Bengal...

uncle phil · 06-24-2008, 02:20 AM

On June 24, 1844, Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber...

uncle phil · 06-25-2008, 02:12 AM

On June 25, 1867, Lucien B. Smith patented the first barbed wire...

uncle phil · 06-26-2008, 02:23 AM

On June 26, 1819, the bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr...

uncle phil · 06-27-2008, 02:19 AM

On June 27, 1693, "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page."

uncle phil · 06-28-2008, 02:58 AM

On June 28, 1911, Samuel J. Battle became the first African-American policeman in New York City....

uncle phil · 06-29-2008, 02:13 AM

On June 29, 1804, Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50...

uncle phil · 06-30-2008, 02:19 AM

On June 30, 1913, fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War...

uncle phil · 07-01-2008, 02:37 AM

On July 1, 1862, the U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue...

uncle phil · 07-02-2008, 02:24 AM

On July 2, 1566, French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died...

uncle phil · 07-03-2008, 02:10 AM

On July 3, 1790, in Paris, the marquis of Condorcet proposed granting civil rights to women...

uncle phil · 07-04-2008, 03:30 AM

On July 4, 1802, the U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY...

uncle phil · 07-05-2008, 03:22 AM

On July 5, 1814, U.S. troops under Jacob Brown defeated a superior British force at Chippewa, Canada...

uncle phil · 07-06-2008, 03:01 AM

On July 6, 1917, during World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks...

uncle phil · 07-07-2008, 02:25 AM

On July 7, 1920, a device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, VA...

Cynthetiq · 07-07-2008, 10:46 AM

July 7, 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.

uncle phil · 07-08-2008, 02:13 AM

On July 8, 1693, uniforms for police in New York City were authorized...

uncle phil · 07-09-2008, 02:01 AM

On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago...

uncle phil · 07-10-2008, 02:36 AM

On July 10, 1747, Persian ruler Nadir Shah was assassinated at Fathabad in Persia...

Poppinjay · 07-10-2008, 03:04 AM

This is also the anniversary of the first day of the Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925. As well as the introduction of the bikini.

uncle phil · 07-11-2008, 02:22 AM

On July 11, 1786, Morocco agreed to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000...

uncle phil · 07-12-2008, 02:54 AM

On July 12, 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr...

uncle phil · 07-13-2008, 02:53 AM

On July 13, 1099, the Crusaders launched their final assault on Muslims in Jerusalem...

uncle phil · 07-14-2008, 12:45 AM

On July 14, 1430, Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais...

uncle phil · 07-15-2008, 02:06 PM

On July 15, 1685, the Duke of Monmouth was executed in Tower Hill in England, after his army was defeated at Sedgemore...

uncle phil · 07-16-2008, 01:52 AM

On July 16, 1791, Louis XVI was suspended from office until he agreed to ratify the constitution...

uncle phil · 07-17-2008, 01:42 AM

On July 17, 1762, Peter III of Russia was murdered. Catherine II the Great took the throne...

uncle phil · 07-18-2008, 01:30 AM

On July 18, 1830, Uruguay adopted a liberal constitution...

Also, on July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, held in honor of the "Boiler Room Girls." This affectionate name was given to the six young women who had been vital to the late Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign and who had subsequently closed up his files and campaign office after his assassination. Besides Kopechne, the other women, all single, were Susan Tannenbaum, Maryellen Lyons, Ann Lyons, Rosemary (Cricket) Keough, and Esther Newberg. The men in attendance, all married but present without their wives, were Ted Kennedy, Joe Gargan, U.S. Attorney Paul Markham, Charles Tretter, Raymond La Rosa, and John Crimmins. The festivity was held at Lawrence Cottage, rented for the occasion by Gargan, Kennedy's cousin and lawyer. The 12 attendees gathered at the cottage after two Kennedy boats raced in the Edgartown Regatta earlier in the day.

Kopechne left the party at 11:15 p.m. with Kennedy after he allegedly offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to the Katama Shores Motor Inn in Edgartown where she was staying. She drowned after the car she was riding in left a bridge and plunged into the waters of Poucha Pond.

uncle phil · 07-19-2008, 02:00 AM

On July 19, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt...

uncle phil · 07-20-2008, 02:09 AM

On July 20, 1871, British Columbia joined Confederation as a Canadian province...

uncle phil · 07-21-2008, 02:05 AM

On July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established...

Tully Mars · 07-21-2008, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by uncle phil

On July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established...

And all vets everywhere have been cared for every since.

uncle phil · 07-22-2008, 01:44 AM

On July 22, 1587, a second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances...

uncle phil · 07-24-2008, 02:22 AM

On July 24, 1849, Georgetown University in Washington, DC. presented its first Doctor of Music Degree. It was given to Professor Henry Dielman...

uncle phil · 07-25-2008, 02:37 AM

On July 25, 1587, Japanese strong-man Hideyoshi banned Christianity in Japan and ordered all Christians to leave...

uncle phil · 07-26-2008, 02:54 AM

On July 26, 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order that created an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI...

uncle phil · 07-27-2008, 02:42 AM

On July 27, 1663, the British Parliament passed a second Navigation Act, which required all goods bound for the colonies be sent in British ships from British ports...

uncle phil · 07-28-2008, 02:28 AM

On July 28, 1865, the American Dental Association proposed its first code of ethics...

uncle phil · 07-29-2008, 02:31 AM

On July 29, 1588, the English defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines...

06-22-2008, 03:19 AM	#521 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 22, 1933, Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-23-2008, 02:21 AM	#522 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 23, 1757, Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won control of Bengal... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-24-2008, 02:20 AM	#523 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 24, 1844, Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-25-2008, 02:12 AM	#524 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 25, 1867, Lucien B. Smith patented the first barbed wire... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-26-2008, 02:23 AM	#525 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 26, 1819, the bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-27-2008, 02:19 AM	#526 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 27, 1693, "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-28-2008, 02:58 AM	#527 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 28, 1911, Samuel J. Battle became the first African-American policeman in New York City.... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-29-2008, 02:13 AM	#528 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 29, 1804, Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-30-2008, 02:19 AM	#529 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 30, 1913, fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-01-2008, 02:37 AM	#530 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 1, 1862, the U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-02-2008, 02:24 AM	#531 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 2, 1566, French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-03-2008, 02:10 AM	#532 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 3, 1790, in Paris, the marquis of Condorcet proposed granting civil rights to women... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-04-2008, 03:30 AM	#533 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 4, 1802, the U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-05-2008, 03:22 AM	#534 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 5, 1814, U.S. troops under Jacob Brown defeated a superior British force at Chippewa, Canada... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-06-2008, 03:01 AM	#535 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 6, 1917, during World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-07-2008, 10:46 AM	#537 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	July 7, 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

07-10-2008, 03:04 AM	#541 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	This is also the anniversary of the first day of the Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925. As well as the introduction of the bikini. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet

07-07-2008, 02:25 AM	#536 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 7, 1920, a device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, VA... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-08-2008, 02:13 AM	#538 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 8, 1693, uniforms for police in New York City were authorized... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-09-2008, 02:01 AM	#539 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-10-2008, 02:36 AM	#540 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 10, 1747, Persian ruler Nadir Shah was assassinated at Fathabad in Persia... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-11-2008, 02:22 AM	#542 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 11, 1786, Morocco agreed to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-12-2008, 02:54 AM	#543 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 12, 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-13-2008, 02:53 AM	#544 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 13, 1099, the Crusaders launched their final assault on Muslims in Jerusalem... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-14-2008, 12:45 AM	#545 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 14, 1430, Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-15-2008, 02:06 PM	#546 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 15, 1685, the Duke of Monmouth was executed in Tower Hill in England, after his army was defeated at Sedgemore... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-16-2008, 01:52 AM	#547 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 16, 1791, Louis XVI was suspended from office until he agreed to ratify the constitution... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-17-2008, 01:42 AM	#548 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 17, 1762, Peter III of Russia was murdered. Catherine II the Great took the throne... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-18-2008, 01:30 AM	#549 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 18, 1830, Uruguay adopted a liberal constitution... Also, on July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, held in honor of the "Boiler Room Girls." This affectionate name was given to the six young women who had been vital to the late Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign and who had subsequently closed up his files and campaign office after his assassination. Besides Kopechne, the other women, all single, were Susan Tannenbaum, Maryellen Lyons, Ann Lyons, Rosemary (Cricket) Keough, and Esther Newberg. The men in attendance, all married but present without their wives, were Ted Kennedy, Joe Gargan, U.S. Attorney Paul Markham, Charles Tretter, Raymond La Rosa, and John Crimmins. The festivity was held at Lawrence Cottage, rented for the occasion by Gargan, Kennedy's cousin and lawyer. The 12 attendees gathered at the cottage after two Kennedy boats raced in the Edgartown Regatta earlier in the day. Kopechne left the party at 11:15 p.m. with Kennedy after he allegedly offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to the Katama Shores Motor Inn in Edgartown where she was staying. She drowned after the car she was riding in left a bridge and plunged into the waters of Poucha Pond. __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 07-18-2008 at 09:45 AM..

07-19-2008, 02:00 AM	#550 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 19, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-20-2008, 02:09 AM	#551 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 20, 1871, British Columbia joined Confederation as a Canadian province... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-21-2008, 02:05 AM	#552 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-22-2008, 01:44 AM	#554 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 22, 1587, a second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 07-24-2008 at 02:23 AM..

07-24-2008, 02:22 AM	#555 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 24, 1849, Georgetown University in Washington, DC. presented its first Doctor of Music Degree. It was given to Professor Henry Dielman... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-25-2008, 02:37 AM	#556 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 25, 1587, Japanese strong-man Hideyoshi banned Christianity in Japan and ordered all Christians to leave... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-26-2008, 02:54 AM	#557 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 26, 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order that created an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-27-2008, 02:42 AM	#558 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 27, 1663, the British Parliament passed a second Navigation Act, which required all goods bound for the colonies be sent in British ships from British ports... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.