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Jetée · 06-29-2007, 01:47 AM

This Day in History...

During a performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII on this day in 1613, the Globe Theatre was destroyed within an hour after its thatch was accidentally set aflame by a cannon marking the king's entrance onstage.

Historic Events:

French mariner Jacques Cartier discovered Prince Edward Island off the coast of what is now Canada. (1534)
Townshend Acts: British imposed import duties on paper, tea and other items shipped to America; led to Boston Massacre (1767)
Following a year of war with the Ottoman Empire, members of the victorious Balkan League quarreled over the division of the conquered territories, resulting in the Second Balkan War when Bulgaria attacked Greek and Serbian forces in Macedonia this night. (1913)
The Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" prompting some states to revise their laws. (1972)
Atlantis: space shuttle docked with Russian space station Mir, forming largest man-made satellite to orbit Earth (1995)

Today's Birthday:

Born this day in 1945 was Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, a member of a prominent Sri Lankan political family who became prime minister and then president in 1994—the first woman to serve as the country's president.

Other Notables:

Helen Hokinson: cartoonist of middle-aged matrons for The New Yorker. (1893)
Richard Lewis (60):Standup comedians are famous for their neuroses, but Richard Lewis takes anxiety to a new level. On-stage, he energetically frets and overanalyses the most personal aspects of his life and wallows in his low self-esteem until the audience convulses with sympathetic laughter.
Robert Evans (77): renowned film producer. He is known for works like Rosemary's Baby , Chinatown , The Godfather and many more.

uncle phil · 06-30-2007, 02:52 AM

On June 30, 1870, Ada H. Kepley of Effingham, IL, became America's first female law school graduate...

uncle phil · 07-01-2007, 04:20 AM

On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain...

uncle phil · 07-02-2007, 12:47 PM

On July 2, 1926. the U. S. Army Air Corps was created...

Push-Pull · 07-03-2007, 06:59 AM

Jul 3 1989

Television actor Jim Backus, known to millions as Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's island, dies in Los Angeles of Parkinson's disease.

uncle phil · 07-04-2007, 03:09 AM

On July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, which went into effect the following year...

Baraka_Guru · 07-04-2007, 03:51 AM

On July 4, 1865, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland under the pen name Lewis Carroll.

Push-Pull · 07-04-2007, 07:47 AM

Jul 4 1054

A supernova suddenly appears in the constellation Taurus. It is so bright that for the first 23 days it is visible during the day. Then it gradually fades away, finally disappearing after a year or so. Today the remnants of this star are the Crab Nebula.

uncle phil · 07-05-2007, 02:38 AM

On July 5, 1946, the bikini bathing suit, designed by Louis Reard, made its debut during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris...

uncle phil · 07-06-2007, 02:41 AM

On July 6, 1535, Sir Thomas More was executed in England for treason...

uncle phil · 07-07-2007, 03:52 AM

On July 7, 1807, Napoleon I of France and Czar Alexander I of Russia signed a treaty at Tilset ending war between their empires...

uncle phil · 07-08-2007, 06:21 AM

On July 8, 1889, The Wall Street Journal was first published...

Jetée · 07-09-2007, 04:39 AM

boxer Mike Tyson was banned from ring and fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear (1997)

uncle phil · 07-10-2007, 02:28 AM

On July 10, 1962, the Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL...

uncle phil · 07-11-2007, 02:43 AM

On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, NJ...

uncle phil · 07-12-2007, 02:45 AM

On July 12, 100 BC, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was born...

QuasiMondo · 07-12-2007, 04:07 AM

On July 12, 1967, a six-day riot erupted in Newark, NJ leaving 23 people dead causing $10 million in property damage, and scarred the city in ways it has yet to recover from.

tecoyah · 07-12-2007, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uncle phil

On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, NJ...

Yeah....my great, great, great,great Grandfather....uh....wasn't so great....heh

Oh ,and:

War of 1812: The United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario on July 12th

uncle phil · 07-13-2007, 02:41 AM

On July 13, 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area...

uncle phil · 07-14-2007, 03:13 AM

On July 14, 1966, eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory...

Jetée · 07-15-2007, 12:05 AM

This Day in History...

Mariner 4, an unmanned space probe launched by NASA in 1964, flew by Mars and returned close-up pictures of its surface on this day in 1965, the pictures proving that the planet's rumoured canals were actually illusions.

Craters in southern Amazonis Planitia on Mars

Historic Events:

Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries. (1869)
Circus performer Charles Stratton, known to the world as Tom Thumb, died. (1883)
The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I. (1918)
John J. Pershing, whose leadership in World War I earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died in Washington, DC. (1948)
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performed in England before 200,000 people. (1978)

Today's Birthday:
Born this day in 1606 was Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt—one of the greatest storytellers in the history of art, known for his exceptional ability to render people in their various moods and dramatic guises.

Portrait historié as Isaac and Rebecca (better known as The Jewish Bride), oil on canvas by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1667; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Other Notables:

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first US saint, canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1946. (1850)
Leon Max Lederman, who was a corecipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Physics for research on neutrinos, was born in New York City. (1922)
Jacques Derrida, an Algerian-born French deconstructionist philosopher. (1930)

uncle phil · 07-16-2007, 02:12 AM

On June 16, 1969, Apollo II blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL, on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon...

troit · 07-16-2007, 09:09 AM

A Capital City

Washington, D.C. views. Panoramic View of Washington, including U.S Capitol,
Theodor Horydczak, photographer,
circa 1920-1950.
Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959

On July 16, 1790, the Residence Act, which stipulated that the president select a site on the Potomac River as the permanent capital of the United States following a ten-year temporary residence in Philadelphia, was signed into law. In a proclamation issued on January 24, 1791, President George Washington announced the permanent location of the new capital, an area of land at the confluence of the Potomac and Eastern Branch (Anacostia) rivers that would eventually become the District of Columbia. Soon after, Washington commissioned French engineer Pierre-Charles L'Enfant to create a plan for the city.

Plan of the City Intended for the Permanent Seat of the Government,
by Pierre Charles L'Enfant,
Manuscript map on paper, 1791.
American Treasures of the Library of Congress

L'Enfant arrived in Georgetown on March 9, 1791, and submitted his report and plan to the president in August. It is believed that this plan is the one preserved in the Library of Congress.

L'Enfant's plan was greatly influenced by the traditions of Baroque landscape architecture and his projections of a future city population of 800,000. Its scheme of broad radiating avenues connecting significant focal points, its open spaces, and its grid pattern of streets oriented north, south, east, and west is still the gold standard against which all modern land use proposals for the Nation's capital are considered.

The glorious vistas and dramatic landscape of today's Washington are a result of L'Enfant's careful planning. From the steps of the U.S. Capitol one can gaze down the mall to the Washington Monument and on to the Lincoln Memorial.

Jetée · 07-16-2007, 09:58 AM

Most cool factitudes, Gentlemen.

May it prosper and cater to the masses.

uncle phil · 07-17-2007, 02:41 AM

On July 17, 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States...

Jetée · 07-18-2007, 01:06 AM

This Day in History...

The first volume of Mein Kampf, the political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler that became the bible of Nazism in Germany's Third Reich, was published this day in 1925, and two years later the second volume appeared.

Historic Events:

A great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman persecution of them. (64)
The Almohads were victorious over the forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile in the Battle of Alarcos. (1195)
The English novelist Jane Austen died in Winchester, Hampshire. (1817)
The Spanish Civil War began. (1936)
14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympics and went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals. (1976)

Today's Birthday...

South African black nationalist and statesman Nelson Mandela, whose long imprisonment (1962–90) and ascension to the presidency (1994–99) symbolized the aspirations of his country's black majority, was born this day in 1918.

Other Notables:

John Glenn, Jr. (86): astronaut and senator
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), Jessamyn West (1907-1984), Clifford Odets (1906-1963): writers

Baraka_Guru · 07-18-2007, 03:44 AM

On this day in 1817, Jane Austen died, at the age of forty-one. She had been increasingly ill over the previous year and a half, probably from a hormonal disorder like Addison's Disease.

Novels:

Sense and Sensibility (published 1811)
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Mansfield Park (1814)
Emma (1816)
Persuasion (1818) posthumous
Northanger Abbey (1818) posthumous

Born: 16 December 1775
Steventon, Hampshire, England

Died: 18 July 1817 (age 41)
Winchester, Hampshire, England

"Cottage" where Jane Austen lived during the last 8 years of her life (today a museum).

uncle phil · 07-19-2007, 02:40 AM

On July 19, 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen...

uncle phil · 07-20-2007, 02:44 AM

On July 20, 1976, America's Viking I robot spacecraft made a first-ever landing on Mars...

uncle phil · 07-21-2007, 02:46 AM

On July 21, 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II...

uncle phil · 07-22-2007, 03:09 AM

On July 22, 1934, a man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater...

uncle phil · 07-23-2007, 03:12 AM

On July 23, 1952, Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser launched a successful coup against King Farouk...

uncle phil · 07-24-2007, 03:14 AM

On July 24, 1866, Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War...

BadNick · 07-24-2007, 05:21 AM

I heard the news today ...on July 24, 1965 the Beach Boys released their song "California Girls"

uncle phil · 07-25-2007, 02:40 AM

On July 25, 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States...

uncle phil · 07-26-2007, 02:44 AM

On July 26, 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

uncle phil · 07-27-2007, 03:11 AM

On July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27 - 11 to recommend President Nixon's impeachment on a charge that he had personally engaged in a "course of conduct" designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case...

Baraka_Guru · 07-27-2007, 03:37 AM

On this day in 1890, Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in a wheat field outside Auvers-sur-Oise, in France; he died two days later, at the age of thirty-seven.

uncle phil · 07-28-2007, 03:24 AM

On July 28, 1945, a U. S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 people...

uncle phil · 07-29-2007, 12:06 PM

On July 29, 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers-sur-Oise, France...

06-29-2007, 01:47 AM	#81 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	June 29 This Day in History... During a performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII on this day in 1613, the Globe Theatre was destroyed within an hour after its thatch was accidentally set aflame by a cannon marking the king's entrance onstage. Historic Events: French mariner Jacques Cartier discovered Prince Edward Island off the coast of what is now Canada. (1534) Townshend Acts: British imposed import duties on paper, tea and other items shipped to America; led to Boston Massacre (1767) Following a year of war with the Ottoman Empire, members of the victorious Balkan League quarreled over the division of the conquered territories, resulting in the Second Balkan War when Bulgaria attacked Greek and Serbian forces in Macedonia this night. (1913) The Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" prompting some states to revise their laws. (1972) Atlantis: space shuttle docked with Russian space station Mir, forming largest man-made satellite to orbit Earth (1995) Today's Birthday: Born this day in 1945 was Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, a member of a prominent Sri Lankan political family who became prime minister and then president in 1994—the first woman to serve as the country's president. Other Notables: Helen Hokinson: cartoonist of middle-aged matrons for The New Yorker. (1893) Richard Lewis (60):Standup comedians are famous for their neuroses, but Richard Lewis takes anxiety to a new level. On-stage, he energetically frets and overanalyses the most personal aspects of his life and wallows in his low self-esteem until the audience convulses with sympathetic laughter. Robert Evans (77): renowned film producer. He is known for works like Rosemary's Baby , Chinatown , The Godfather and many more. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

06-30-2007, 02:52 AM	#82 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 30, 1870, Ada H. Kepley of Effingham, IL, became America's first female law school graduate... __________________ "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.

07-01-2007, 04:20 AM	#83 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain... __________________ "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.

07-02-2007, 12:47 PM	#84 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 2, 1926. the U. S. Army Air Corps was created... __________________ "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.

07-03-2007, 06:59 AM	#85 (permalink)
Push-Pull I'll ask when I'm ready.... Location: Firmly in the middle....	Jul 3 1989 Television actor Jim Backus, known to millions as Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's island, dies in Los Angeles of Parkinson's disease. __________________ "No laws, no matter how rigidly enforced, can protect a person from their own stupidity." -Me- "Some people are like Slinkies..... They are not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." -Unknown- DAMMIT! -Jack Bauer-

07-04-2007, 03:09 AM	#86 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, which went into effect the following year... __________________ "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.

07-04-2007, 03:51 AM	#87 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	On July 4, 1865, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland under the pen name Lewis Carroll. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

07-04-2007, 07:47 AM	#88 (permalink)
Push-Pull I'll ask when I'm ready.... Location: Firmly in the middle....	Jul 4 1054 A supernova suddenly appears in the constellation Taurus. It is so bright that for the first 23 days it is visible during the day. Then it gradually fades away, finally disappearing after a year or so. Today the remnants of this star are the Crab Nebula. __________________ "No laws, no matter how rigidly enforced, can protect a person from their own stupidity." -Me- "Some people are like Slinkies..... They are not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." -Unknown- DAMMIT! -Jack Bauer-

07-05-2007, 02:38 AM	#89 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 5, 1946, the bikini bathing suit, designed by Louis Reard, made its debut during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris... __________________ "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.

07-06-2007, 02:41 AM	#90 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 6, 1535, Sir Thomas More was executed in England for treason... __________________ "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.

07-07-2007, 03:52 AM	#91 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 7, 1807, Napoleon I of France and Czar Alexander I of Russia signed a treaty at Tilset ending war between their empires... __________________ "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.

07-08-2007, 06:21 AM	#92 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 8, 1889, The Wall Street Journal was first published... __________________ "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.

07-09-2007, 04:39 AM	#93 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	July 9 boxer Mike Tyson was banned from ring and fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear (1997) __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-10-2007, 02:28 AM	#94 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 10, 1962, the Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL... __________________ "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.

07-11-2007, 02:43 AM	#95 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, NJ... __________________ "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.

07-12-2007, 02:45 AM	#96 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 12, 100 BC, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was born... __________________ "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.

07-12-2007, 04:07 AM	#97 (permalink)
QuasiMondo Wise-ass Latino Location: Pretoria (Tshwane), RSA	On July 12, 1967, a six-day riot erupted in Newark, NJ leaving 23 people dead causing $10 million in property damage, and scarred the city in ways it has yet to recover from. __________________ Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer. -From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator

07-13-2007, 02:41 AM	#99 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 13, 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area... __________________ "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.

07-14-2007, 03:13 AM	#100 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 14, 1966, eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory... __________________ "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.

07-15-2007, 12:05 AM	#101 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	July 15 This Day in History... Mariner 4, an unmanned space probe launched by NASA in 1964, flew by Mars and returned close-up pictures of its surface on this day in 1965, the pictures proving that the planet's rumoured canals were actually illusions. Craters in southern Amazonis Planitia on Mars Historic Events: Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries. (1869) Circus performer Charles Stratton, known to the world as Tom Thumb, died. (1883) The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I. (1918) John J. Pershing, whose leadership in World War I earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died in Washington, DC. (1948) American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performed in England before 200,000 people. (1978) Today's Birthday: Born this day in 1606 was Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt—one of the greatest storytellers in the history of art, known for his exceptional ability to render people in their various moods and dramatic guises. Portrait historié as Isaac and Rebecca (better known as The Jewish Bride), oil on canvas by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1667; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Other Notables: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first US saint, canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1946. (1850) Leon Max Lederman, who was a corecipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Physics for research on neutrinos, was born in New York City. (1922) Jacques Derrida, an Algerian-born French deconstructionist philosopher. (1930) __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-16-2007, 02:12 AM	#102 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 16, 1969, Apollo II blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL, on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon... __________________ "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.

07-16-2007, 09:09 AM	#103 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	July 16th A Capital City Washington, D.C. views. Panoramic View of Washington, including U.S Capitol, Theodor Horydczak, photographer, circa 1920-1950. Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959 On July 16, 1790, the Residence Act, which stipulated that the president select a site on the Potomac River as the permanent capital of the United States following a ten-year temporary residence in Philadelphia, was signed into law. In a proclamation issued on January 24, 1791, President George Washington announced the permanent location of the new capital, an area of land at the confluence of the Potomac and Eastern Branch (Anacostia) rivers that would eventually become the District of Columbia. Soon after, Washington commissioned French engineer Pierre-Charles L'Enfant to create a plan for the city. Plan of the City Intended for the Permanent Seat of the Government, by Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Manuscript map on paper, 1791. American Treasures of the Library of Congress L'Enfant arrived in Georgetown on March 9, 1791, and submitted his report and plan to the president in August. It is believed that this plan is the one preserved in the Library of Congress. L'Enfant's plan was greatly influenced by the traditions of Baroque landscape architecture and his projections of a future city population of 800,000. Its scheme of broad radiating avenues connecting significant focal points, its open spaces, and its grid pattern of streets oriented north, south, east, and west is still the gold standard against which all modern land use proposals for the Nation's capital are considered. The glorious vistas and dramatic landscape of today's Washington are a result of L'Enfant's careful planning. From the steps of the U.S. Capitol one can gaze down the mall to the Washington Monument and on to the Lincoln Memorial. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

07-16-2007, 09:58 AM	#104 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Most cool factitudes, Gentlemen. May it prosper and cater to the masses. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-17-2007, 02:41 AM	#105 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 17, 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States... __________________ "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.

07-18-2007, 01:06 AM	#106 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	July 18 This Day in History... The first volume of Mein Kampf, the political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler that became the bible of Nazism in Germany's Third Reich, was published this day in 1925, and two years later the second volume appeared. Historic Events: A great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman persecution of them. (64) The Almohads were victorious over the forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile in the Battle of Alarcos. (1195) The English novelist Jane Austen died in Winchester, Hampshire. (1817) The Spanish Civil War began. (1936) 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympics and went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals. (1976) Today's Birthday... South African black nationalist and statesman Nelson Mandela, whose long imprisonment (1962–90) and ascension to the presidency (1994–99) symbolized the aspirations of his country's black majority, was born this day in 1918. Other Notables: John Glenn, Jr. (86): astronaut and senator William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), Jessamyn West (1907-1984), Clifford Odets (1906-1963): writers __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-18-2007, 03:44 AM	#107 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	July 18 On this day in 1817, Jane Austen died, at the age of forty-one. She had been increasingly ill over the previous year and a half, probably from a hormonal disorder like Addison's Disease. Novels: Sense and Sensibility (published 1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1816) Persuasion (1818) posthumous Northanger Abbey (1818) posthumous Born: 16 December 1775 Steventon, Hampshire, England Died: 18 July 1817 (age 41) Winchester, Hampshire, England "Cottage" where Jane Austen lived during the last 8 years of her life (today a museum). __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

07-19-2007, 02:40 AM	#108 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 19, 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen... __________________ "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.

07-20-2007, 02:44 AM	#109 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 20, 1976, America's Viking I robot spacecraft made a first-ever landing on Mars... __________________ "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.

07-21-2007, 02:46 AM	#110 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 21, 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II... __________________ "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.

07-22-2007, 03:09 AM	#111 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 22, 1934, a man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater... __________________ "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.

07-23-2007, 03:12 AM	#112 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 23, 1952, Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser launched a successful coup against King Farouk... __________________ "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.

07-24-2007, 03:14 AM	#113 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 24, 1866, Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil 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.

07-24-2007, 05:21 AM	#114 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	I heard the news today ...on July 24, 1965 the Beach Boys released their song "California Girls"

07-25-2007, 02:40 AM	#115 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 25, 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States... __________________ "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.

07-26-2007, 02:44 AM	#116 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 26, 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff... __________________ "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.