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Telluride · 06-05-2007, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by World's King

If by American Icon you mean Racist...

By "American icon" I mean American icon. Thanks for participating.

uncle phil · 06-06-2007, 02:24 AM

On June 6, 1925, Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation...

little_tippler · 06-06-2007, 05:21 AM

The 6th of June 1944, was D-Day for the Battle of Normandy, commencing the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II.

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Allied invasion of northwest Europe, which began on June 6, 1944, and ended on August 19, 1944, when the Allies crossed the River Seine. Over sixty years later, the Normandy invasion still remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy.

uncle phil · 06-07-2007, 02:19 AM

On June 7, 1967, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic opened in San Francisco...

uncle phil · 06-08-2007, 02:24 AM

On June 8, 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union...

Charlatan · 06-08-2007, 04:51 AM

John Wayne... greatest American actor?

Wow.
He was competent but nowhere near greatest American actor.

Jetée · 06-08-2007, 10:07 AM

We celebrate the oceans today on World Ocean Day.
-- World Ocean Day began on 8 June, 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, it is not an officially recognized secular holiday by the United Nations as of yet.

World Ocean Day is an opportunity every year to honor the oceans and products they provide, such as seafood, as well as marine lives themselves for aquariums and pets. The oceans also provide sea-lanes for international trade. Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have resulted in drastically dwindling population of the majority of species.

uncle phil · 06-09-2007, 03:28 AM

On June 9, 68, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide...

uncle phil · 06-10-2007, 03:34 PM

On June 10, 1793, the Jardin des Plantes zoo opened in Paris. It was the first public zoo...

Telluride · 06-11-2007, 04:02 PM

On June 11th, 1979, John Wayne (an American icon and the greatest actor of all time) died of cancer. RIP, Duke.

uncle phil · 06-11-2007, 04:09 PM

On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain...

Baraka_Guru · 06-11-2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlatan

John Wayne... greatest American actor?

Wow.
He was competent but nowhere near greatest American actor.

I think he meant to say "Humphrey Bogart."

uncle phil · 06-12-2007, 02:09 AM

On June 12, 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown...

Jetée · 06-13-2007, 01:38 AM

This Day in History:

Boxer Rebellion: erupted in China (1900) - for you phil
In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world. (1935)
The U.S. Supreme Court set forth in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must advise suspects of their rights upon taking them into custody.
Thurgood Marshall: became first black man nominated to be Supreme Court justice; he served for 24 years (1967)

Today's Birthdays:
William Butler Yeats, considered one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century, was born on this date in 1865. Yeats once wrote, "Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses." Poet, playwright, publisher, collector of anthologies and writer of fairy tales, Yeats received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. He was a founder of the Abbey Theatre and integral in the Irish literary renaissance.

Quote: "I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe it is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swing his lantern higher." — William Butler Yeats

Environmental sculptor Christo, born this day in 1935 in Bulgaria, along with his dear wife Jean Claude, born same date in Casablanca, Morocco, are noted for their controversial outdoor sculptures and displays, which have included the wrapping of Berlin's Reichstag in metallic silver fabric in 1995.

The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979–2005 by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005.

troit · 06-13-2007, 11:28 AM

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
MIRANDA DAY

When reading this description of this day in history, you have the right to remain silent...

On this day in 1966, the Miranda Decision was handed down by the United States Supreme Court. The 5-4 decision regarded the rights of individuals to remain silent because “...anything you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law.” It held that the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States “required warnings before valid statements could be taken by police.”

If you are held for questioning, you will hear police read you your rights or read you the Miranda, the more common reference to the Miranda Decision. The card imprinted with the Miranda Decision, and carried by the police, put some money in the pockets of then, 23-year-old Ernesto Miranda. The subject of Miranda vs. Arizona, he signed the cards, selling his autograph. Some ten years later, a man, suspected of stabbing Miranda to death during a card game, was released after being read his Miranda rights. A warrant was later issued for his arrest; but he was never seen again.

Without notifying suspects of their Miranda Rights, law enforcement in the U.S. has little basis for prosecution. What a criminal defendant says if not informed, before being questioned, that he/she has the right to remain silent and speak with an attorney or other legal counsel present, will not be admitted in court.

Book ’em, Danno ... and read ’em their rights.

Miranda v. Arizona (1966) was one of Chief Justice Earl Warren's (1891-1974) best-known opinions. Warren's handwritten notes contain his initial considerations about the decision that required police to warn an arrested suspect that the government could use any information provided as evidence and that the suspect had a right to remain silent and the right to counsel. Warren sent his notes to Justice William E. Brennan, Jr., for comment. Brennan's response advocated more flexibility and a far greater role for Congress and the States. Warren incorporated many important elements suggested by Brennan before he circulated the opinion to the other justices.

uncle phil · 06-14-2007, 02:22 AM

On June 14, 1940, in German-occupied Poland, the Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz; the same day, German troops entered Paris...

uncle phil · 06-15-2007, 02:59 AM

On June 15, 1967, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed a bill liberalizing his state's abortion law...

BadNick · 06-15-2007, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by uncle phil

On June 15, 1967, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed a bill liberalizing his state's abortion law...

On the same day and year that Ronnie RayGun signed the above mentioned bill, BadNick graduated from high school.

uncle phil · 06-16-2007, 04:00 AM

On June 16, 1897, the U. S. government signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii...

uncle phil · 06-17-2007, 04:48 AM

On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere...

Jetée · 06-17-2007, 02:35 PM

This Day in History...

Thirty-five years ago today, five burglars were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters located in Washington, DC's Watergate complex. Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein thought there was more to the story and, with the help of an informant known as "Deep Throat," they unraveled the Watergate scandal, which led to the downfall of Richard Nixon's presidency.

Quote: "This is not about a third rate burglary of the Watergate. This is about undermining the security of America and it is about misleading the American people." — Howard Dean

Historic Events:

Battle of Bunker Hill: first great battle of the Revolutionary War began (1775)
Republican National Convention: first met, in Philadelphia; General John C. Frémont was nominated for president (1856)
Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman. (1928)
The Republic of Iceland was established. (1944) - for abaya, I think...

Today's Birthdays:

Composer Igor Stravinsky, whose work had a revolutionary impact on the musical world just before and after World War I and whose compositions remain a touchstone of modernism, was born in Russia this day in 1882.
The Rite of Spring, famous composed work

James Weldon Johnson—a poet, diplomat, and anthologist of African American culture—was born. (1871)
Barry Manilow (61): singer of "Copacabana"
Venus Williams (27): Olympic tennis champion

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uncle phil · 06-18-2007, 02:26 AM

On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated the French in Belgium...

uncle phil · 06-19-2007, 02:34 AM

On June 19, 1862, slavery was outlawed in U. S. territories...

uncle phil · 06-20-2007, 03:02 AM

On June 20, 1893, a jury in New Bedford, MA, found Lizzie Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother...

Jetée · 06-21-2007, 02:43 AM

This Day in History...

Japanese defenses destroyed on Okinawa
Japanese resistance on Okinawa was finally crushed this day in 1945, less than three months after U.S. troops had landed there—their last stepping-stone before the assault on Japan's main islands in World War II.

Shurei Gate, destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in 1958, Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

Historic Events:

Italian statesman, diplomat, and author of “The Prince,” Niccolo Machiavelli died. (1577)
The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify it. (1788)
Miller v. California: the US Supreme Court ruled that states could ban materials found obscene by local standards (1973)
John Hinckley, Jr., was ruled to be innocent by reason of insanity in the shooting of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. (1982)
polio: the World Health Organization declared Europe polio-free (2002)

Today's Birthdays:

Happy birthday to Berkeley Breathed, the creator of "Bloom County." Breathed began drawing the popular comic strip in 1980 and, seven years later, he won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Breathed retired the strip in 1989 and began a new one called "Outland." Later, he began a comic strip devoted to one of his most popular characters, Opus. Breathed, 50, also writes and illustrates a series of children's books, including A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story (1991) and Goodnight Opus (1993).

Quote: "I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn't exist." — Berkeley Breathed

Other Notables:

Jean-Paul Sartre, a French novelist, playwright, and exponent of existentialism who was awarded but declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, was born. (1905)
Italian American architect Paolo Soleri was born in Turin, Italy. (1919)
Prince William (25): son of Charles and Diana

uncle phil · 06-22-2007, 02:26 AM

On June 22, 1969, singer-actress Judy Garland died in London at age 47...

Jetée · 06-23-2007, 03:02 AM

This day in History...

Banff National Park is Canada's first national park. It was made a natural reserve in 1885. On this date in 1887, Canada's parliament enacted the Rocky Mountains Park Act , based on the US Congress' Yellowstone National Park Act of 1872, establishing Banff as a national park. Located in Alberta, its 2,560 sq. miles (6641 sq. kilometers) contain mountains, forests, glaciers and ice fields. Lake Louise — named for Princess Louise — is one of the main tourist attractions of the park.

Quote: "Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art." — Robert Smithson

Historic Events:

Popular English actor John Philip Kemble retired after his last performance, in which he played Coriolanus. (1817)
Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a ''Type-Writer.'' (1868)
Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. Revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon's 1974 resignation. (1972)
Air India flight 182: crashed near Ireland, killing all 329 passengers and staff, after bomb exploded on board (1985)
Mobster John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison. (1992)

Today's Birthday...

Born this day in 1948 was Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1991, whose appointment to replace Thurgood Marshall (the court's first African American justice) gave the court a conservative cast.

Other Notables:

Edward VIII: King of England who abdicated to marry a divorced American, shocking the world (1894)
Bob Fosse: choreographer/dancer/director, Tony winner for Pippin, Oscar winner for Cabaret (1927)
Sprinter Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals in a single Olympics, was born. (1940)

uncle phil · 06-24-2007, 02:37 AM

On June 24, 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II...

Push-Pull · 06-24-2007, 07:23 AM

A day late, I apologize....

June 23, 1993

In the middle of the night, Lorena Bobbitt severs her husband John's penis and drives off, casually discarding the organ in a farm field. Surgeons successfully reattach the penis, allowing John to enter the porn industry. The media devotes 1.3 million column-inches of type to the story as both Lorena and John gain celebrity status; consequently, their last name becomes a verb.

Telluride · 06-24-2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru

I think he meant to say "Humphrey Bogart."

No, I meant to say "John Wayne". Haven't you seen his old westerns? He killed almost as many Indians as Union Carbide.

troit · 06-24-2007, 02:29 PM

Not bad for 1916

On this day in 1916, the most lucrative movie contract to the time (and for a long time to come) was signed by actress Mary Pickford. She inked the first seven-figure Hollywood deal. Pickford would get $250,000 per film with a guaranteed minimum of $10,000 a week against half of the profits, including bonuses and the right of approval of all creative aspects of her films. It cost $1,040,000 and two years of movie making for Adolph Zukor at Paramount Pictures.
Mary Pickford was the subject of many Hollywood firsts other than this million-dollar deal. She was Hollywood’s first bankable name, commanding a star-status salary of $275 a week as early as 1911, and $500 a week in 1913 when producer B.P. Schulberg named her America’s sweetheart.

Her signature curls were the first film fashion fad. (After the million-dollar deal, she had more curls added by makeup artist George Westmore, who used hair from Big Suzy’s French Whorehouse’s ladies of the evening.)

Pickford starred in the first screen play (The New York Hat) written by now-famous playwright Anita Loos. And, along with Norma and Constance Talmadge and her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary was the first to leave footprints in the cement fronting Hollywood’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. She was also one of the first women in Hollywood to gain control over her own movies, forming her own production company, United Artists, with Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin. Mary Pickford sold her stock in United Artists in 1956.

America’s sweetheart won her first Oscar for Coquette [1928-29]. In 1975 she received a special Academy Award recognizing her legacy to the world of film.

Not a bad deal for the former vaudeville and stage actress, who once appeared on Broadway with Cecil B. DeMille in The Warrens of Virginia for a measly $25 a week.

Jetée · 06-25-2007, 12:45 AM

This Day in History...

On this day in 1950, North Korea unleashed an attack southward across the 38th parallel, after which the UN Security Council (minus the Soviet delegate) passed a resolution calling on UN members to assist South Korea.

United Nations forces fighting to recapture Seoul, South Korea, from communist invaders.

Historic Events:

Virginia became the 10th state in the Union. (1788)
George Armstrong Custer made his last stand with the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. (1876)
The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky and Michel Fokine premiered at the Paris Opéra. (1910)
The first commercial color TV program was transmitted by CBS from New York to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, DC. (1951)
Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau died. (1997)

Today's Birthday:

Born this day in 1852, Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, whose distinctive style was typified by freedom of form and voluptuous colour and texture, spent much of his career building Barcelona's church of the Holy Family.

Antoni Gaudí's Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (Sagrada Família), Barcelona, Spain.

Other Notables:

Robert Erskine Childers—writer, Sinn Féin deputy, member of the Irish Republican Army, and Irish nationalist agitator—was born in London. (1870)
George Abbott: theatrical writer/director, Damn Yankees (1887)
James Meredith(76): civil rights leader; as the first black to attend the University of Mississippi, James H. Meredith scored one of the earliest important victories against segregation in Mississippi.

troit · 06-25-2007, 10:03 AM

Sitting Bull (detail),
David Frances Barry, photographer, copyright 1885.
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

George Armstrong Custer, Officer of the Federal Army,
Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, between 1860 and 1865.
Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865

On June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer and the 265 men under his command lost their lives in the Battle of Little Big Horn, often referred to as Custer's Last Stand.

Educated at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Custer proved his brilliance and daring as a cavalry officer of the Union Army in the Civil War. Major General George McClellan appointed the twenty-three-year-old Custer as brigadier general in charge of a Michigan cavalry brigade. By 1864, Custer was leading the Third Cavalry Division in General Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign. Throughout the fall, the Union Army moved across the valley—burning homes, mills, and fields of crops.

Baraka_Guru · 06-25-2007, 02:39 PM

Happy Birthday, Georgie!

104 years young!

uncle phil · 06-26-2007, 02:26 AM

On June 26, 1959, President Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway...

troit · 06-26-2007, 06:01 AM

On the Boardwalk

Rolling Chairs on the Boardwalk,
Atlantic City, New Jersey,
between 1905 and 1920.
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920

On June 26, 1870, the first section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk opened along the New Jersey beach. Dr. Jonathan Pitney and civil engineer Richard Osborne began developing the area on Absecon Island in the early 1850s. Long before this time, members of the Lenni-Lenape tribe were the first seasonal visitors to enjoy the summer splendor of the island.

Beautiful beaches, fresh sea air, luxurious hotels, fine restaurants, alluring shops, and a connecting railroad line from Camden, New Jersey, drew visitors from all over the world. Atlantic City soon became a popular summer resort and winter health spa.

Alexander Boardman, a railroad conductor, and Jacob Keim, a hotelier, conceived of the idea of constructing a boardwalk as a means of keeping sand out of the railroad cars and hotels. The city used its tax revenues to build an eight-foot-wide temporary wooden walkway from the beach into town that could be dismantled during the winter.

In the Good Old Summertime,
Atlantic City, New Jersey,
copyright 1905.
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920

The rolling chair, introduced in 1884, was the only vehicle allowed on the boardwalk. The boardwalk was soon extended by an enormous amusement pier, the Steel Pier, visible in the background of the photograph above.

Any consideration of the boardwalk demands at least a nod to salt water taffy, a favorite beachside treat. Taffy, a candy made of corn syrup and white sugar is boiled; the confection is pulled and folded, then rolled into a long strip from which shorter (about two-inch-long) strips are cut, wrapped in stick resistant paper, and sold. Along the Atlantic City Boardwalk folks have purchased the product since at least the early 1880s. In 1925, the Supreme Court ruled that the term "salt water taffy" could not be trademarked, a decision which saved candy manufacturers from paying millions of dollars to John R. Edmiston of Wildwood, New Jersey, who claimed to be the originator of the candy and had applied for registration of the term with the U.S. Patent Office.

Bathing Beauties,
Atlantic City, New Jersey,
between 1890 and 1910.
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920

Early bathers wore bathing dresses of wool flannel with stockings, canvas shoes, and large straw hats. The more daring bloomer suits and stockings worn by these bathing beauties did not catch on until 1907. Censors roamed the beaches monitoring bathers' self-exposure and looking for offenders who showed more flesh than the local code allowed.

Inter-city Beauties, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic Foto Service, copyright 1926.
Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991

Originally titled "Atlantic City's Inter-City Beauty Contest," and traditionally held in Atlantic City since 1921, the Miss America pageant moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2006. This photograph captures the 1926 contestants vying for the Golden Mermaid trophy.

uncle phil · 06-27-2007, 02:35 AM

On June 27, 1893, the New York stock market crashed...

uncle phil · 06-28-2007, 02:41 AM

On June 28, 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth took place in New Jersey; it was from this battle that the legend of "Molly Pitcher" arose, although her actual existence is a matter of historical debate...

mandy · 06-28-2007, 03:29 AM

on June 28 1491, King Henry viii was born. He is most famously known for his six wives

Baraka_Guru · 06-28-2007, 04:03 AM

On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke (and heir) of Austria, was assassinated, sparking what would become known as World War I.

06-06-2007, 02:24 AM	#42 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 6, 1925, Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation... __________________ "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.

06-06-2007, 05:21 AM	#43 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	The 6th of June 1944, was D-Day for the Battle of Normandy, commencing the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. Operation Overlord was the codename for the Allied invasion of northwest Europe, which began on June 6, 1944, and ended on August 19, 1944, when the Allies crossed the River Seine. Over sixty years later, the Normandy invasion still remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

06-07-2007, 02:19 AM	#44 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 7, 1967, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic opened in San Francisco... __________________ "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.

06-08-2007, 02:24 AM	#45 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 8, 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union... __________________ "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.

06-08-2007, 04:51 AM	#46 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	John Wayne... greatest American actor? Wow. He was competent but nowhere near greatest American actor. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke Last edited by Charlatan; 06-08-2007 at 04:54 AM..

06-08-2007, 10:07 AM	#47 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	June 8 We celebrate the oceans today on World Ocean Day. -- World Ocean Day began on 8 June, 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, it is not an officially recognized secular holiday by the United Nations as of yet. World Ocean Day is an opportunity every year to honor the oceans and products they provide, such as seafood, as well as marine lives themselves for aquariums and pets. The oceans also provide sea-lanes for international trade. Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have resulted in drastically dwindling population of the majority of species. __________________ 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

06-09-2007, 03:28 AM	#48 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 9, 68, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide... __________________ "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.

06-10-2007, 03:34 PM	#49 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 10, 1793, the Jardin des Plantes zoo opened in Paris. It was the first public zoo... __________________ "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.

06-11-2007, 04:02 PM	#50 (permalink)
Telluride Browncoat Location: California	On June 11th, 1979, John Wayne (an American icon and the greatest actor of all time) died of cancer. RIP, Duke. __________________ "I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice." - Friedrich Hayek

06-11-2007, 04:09 PM	#51 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from 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.

06-12-2007, 02:09 AM	#53 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 12, 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown... __________________ "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.

06-13-2007, 01:38 AM	#54 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	June 13 This Day in History: Boxer Rebellion: erupted in China (1900) - for you phil In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world. (1935) The U.S. Supreme Court set forth in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must advise suspects of their rights upon taking them into custody. Thurgood Marshall: became first black man nominated to be Supreme Court justice; he served for 24 years (1967) Today's Birthdays: William Butler Yeats, considered one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century, was born on this date in 1865. Yeats once wrote, "Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses." Poet, playwright, publisher, collector of anthologies and writer of fairy tales, Yeats received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. He was a founder of the Abbey Theatre and integral in the Irish literary renaissance. Quote: "I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe it is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swing his lantern higher." — William Butler Yeats Environmental sculptor Christo, born this day in 1935 in Bulgaria, along with his dear wife Jean Claude, born same date in Casablanca, Morocco, are noted for their controversial outdoor sculptures and displays, which have included the wrapping of Berlin's Reichstag in metallic silver fabric in 1995. The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979–2005 by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005. __________________ 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

06-13-2007, 11:28 AM	#55 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	Wednesday, June 13, 2007 MIRANDA DAY When reading this description of this day in history, you have the right to remain silent... On this day in 1966, the Miranda Decision was handed down by the United States Supreme Court. The 5-4 decision regarded the rights of individuals to remain silent because “...anything you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law.” It held that the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States “required warnings before valid statements could be taken by police.” If you are held for questioning, you will hear police read you your rights or read you the Miranda, the more common reference to the Miranda Decision. The card imprinted with the Miranda Decision, and carried by the police, put some money in the pockets of then, 23-year-old Ernesto Miranda. The subject of Miranda vs. Arizona, he signed the cards, selling his autograph. Some ten years later, a man, suspected of stabbing Miranda to death during a card game, was released after being read his Miranda rights. A warrant was later issued for his arrest; but he was never seen again. Without notifying suspects of their Miranda Rights, law enforcement in the U.S. has little basis for prosecution. What a criminal defendant says if not informed, before being questioned, that he/she has the right to remain silent and speak with an attorney or other legal counsel present, will not be admitted in court. Book ’em, Danno ... and read ’em their rights. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) was one of Chief Justice Earl Warren's (1891-1974) best-known opinions. Warren's handwritten notes contain his initial considerations about the decision that required police to warn an arrested suspect that the government could use any information provided as evidence and that the suspect had a right to remain silent and the right to counsel. Warren sent his notes to Justice William E. Brennan, Jr., for comment. Brennan's response advocated more flexibility and a far greater role for Congress and the States. Warren incorporated many important elements suggested by Brennan before he circulated the opinion to the other justices. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

06-14-2007, 02:22 AM	#56 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 14, 1940, in German-occupied Poland, the Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz; the same day, German troops entered 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.

06-15-2007, 02:59 AM	#57 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 15, 1967, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed a bill liberalizing his state's abortion law... __________________ "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.

06-16-2007, 04:00 AM	#59 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 16, 1897, the U. S. government signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii... __________________ "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.

06-17-2007, 04:48 AM	#60 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere... __________________ "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.

06-17-2007, 02:35 PM	#61 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	June 17 This Day in History... Thirty-five years ago today, five burglars were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters located in Washington, DC's Watergate complex. Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein thought there was more to the story and, with the help of an informant known as "Deep Throat," they unraveled the Watergate scandal, which led to the downfall of Richard Nixon's presidency. Quote: "This is not about a third rate burglary of the Watergate. This is about undermining the security of America and it is about misleading the American people." — Howard Dean Historic Events: Battle of Bunker Hill: first great battle of the Revolutionary War began (1775) Republican National Convention: first met, in Philadelphia; General John C. Frémont was nominated for president (1856) Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman. (1928) The Republic of Iceland was established. (1944) - for abaya, I think... Today's Birthdays: Composer Igor Stravinsky, whose work had a revolutionary impact on the musical world just before and after World War I and whose compositions remain a touchstone of modernism, was born in Russia this day in 1882. The Rite of Spring, famous composed work James Weldon Johnson—a poet, diplomat, and anthologist of African American culture—was born. (1871) Barry Manilow (61): singer of "Copacabana" Venus Williams (27): Olympic tennis champion A thought click to show I think this thread would be perfect for The Get Tilted forum in how it would be the first place all visit everyday for factoids. Whaddaya think? __________________ 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 Last edited by Jetée; 06-17-2007 at 02:37 PM..

06-18-2007, 02:26 AM	#62 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated the French in Belgium... __________________ "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.

06-19-2007, 02:34 AM	#63 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 19, 1862, slavery was outlawed in U. S. territories... __________________ "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.

06-20-2007, 03:02 AM	#64 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 20, 1893, a jury in New Bedford, MA, found Lizzie Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother... __________________ "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.

06-21-2007, 02:43 AM	#65 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	June 21 This Day in History... Japanese defenses destroyed on Okinawa Japanese resistance on Okinawa was finally crushed this day in 1945, less than three months after U.S. troops had landed there—their last stepping-stone before the assault on Japan's main islands in World War II. Shurei Gate, destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in 1958, Naha, Okinawa, Japan. Historic Events: Italian statesman, diplomat, and author of “The Prince,” Niccolo Machiavelli died. (1577) The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify it. (1788) Miller v. California: the US Supreme Court ruled that states could ban materials found obscene by local standards (1973) John Hinckley, Jr., was ruled to be innocent by reason of insanity in the shooting of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. (1982) polio: the World Health Organization declared Europe polio-free (2002) Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Berkeley Breathed, the creator of "Bloom County." Breathed began drawing the popular comic strip in 1980 and, seven years later, he won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Breathed retired the strip in 1989 and began a new one called "Outland." Later, he began a comic strip devoted to one of his most popular characters, Opus. Breathed, 50, also writes and illustrates a series of children's books, including A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story (1991) and Goodnight Opus (1993). Quote: "I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn't exist." — Berkeley Breathed Other Notables: Jean-Paul Sartre, a French novelist, playwright, and exponent of existentialism who was awarded but declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, was born. (1905) Italian American architect Paolo Soleri was born in Turin, Italy. (1919) Prince William (25): son of Charles and Diana __________________ 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

06-22-2007, 02:26 AM	#66 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 22, 1969, singer-actress Judy Garland died in London at age 47... __________________ "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.

06-23-2007, 03:02 AM	#67 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	June 23 This day in History... Banff National Park is Canada's first national park. It was made a natural reserve in 1885. On this date in 1887, Canada's parliament enacted the Rocky Mountains Park Act , based on the US Congress' Yellowstone National Park Act of 1872, establishing Banff as a national park. Located in Alberta, its 2,560 sq. miles (6641 sq. kilometers) contain mountains, forests, glaciers and ice fields. Lake Louise — named for Princess Louise — is one of the main tourist attractions of the park. Quote: "Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art." — Robert Smithson Historic Events: Popular English actor John Philip Kemble retired after his last performance, in which he played Coriolanus. (1817) Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a ''Type-Writer.'' (1868) Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. Revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon's 1974 resignation. (1972) Air India flight 182: crashed near Ireland, killing all 329 passengers and staff, after bomb exploded on board (1985) Mobster John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison. (1992) Today's Birthday... Born this day in 1948 was Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1991, whose appointment to replace Thurgood Marshall (the court's first African American justice) gave the court a conservative cast. Other Notables: Edward VIII: King of England who abdicated to marry a divorced American, shocking the world (1894) Bob Fosse: choreographer/dancer/director, Tony winner for Pippin, Oscar winner for Cabaret (1927) Sprinter Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals in a single Olympics, was born. (1940) __________________ 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 Last edited by Jetée; 06-23-2007 at 03:16 AM..

06-24-2007, 02:37 AM	#68 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 24, 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy 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.

06-24-2007, 07:23 AM	#69 (permalink)
Push-Pull I'll ask when I'm ready.... Location: Firmly in the middle....	A day late, I apologize.... June 23, 1993 In the middle of the night, Lorena Bobbitt severs her husband John's penis and drives off, casually discarding the organ in a farm field. Surgeons successfully reattach the penis, allowing John to enter the porn industry. The media devotes 1.3 million column-inches of type to the story as both Lorena and John gain celebrity status; consequently, their last name becomes a verb. __________________ "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-

06-24-2007, 02:29 PM	#71 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	June 24th Not bad for 1916 On this day in 1916, the most lucrative movie contract to the time (and for a long time to come) was signed by actress Mary Pickford. She inked the first seven-figure Hollywood deal. Pickford would get $250,000 per film with a guaranteed minimum of $10,000 a week against half of the profits, including bonuses and the right of approval of all creative aspects of her films. It cost $1,040,000 and two years of movie making for Adolph Zukor at Paramount Pictures. Mary Pickford was the subject of many Hollywood firsts other than this million-dollar deal. She was Hollywood’s first bankable name, commanding a star-status salary of $275 a week as early as 1911, and $500 a week in 1913 when producer B.P. Schulberg named her America’s sweetheart. Her signature curls were the first film fashion fad. (After the million-dollar deal, she had more curls added by makeup artist George Westmore, who used hair from Big Suzy’s French Whorehouse’s ladies of the evening.) Pickford starred in the first screen play (The New York Hat) written by now-famous playwright Anita Loos. And, along with Norma and Constance Talmadge and her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary was the first to leave footprints in the cement fronting Hollywood’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. She was also one of the first women in Hollywood to gain control over her own movies, forming her own production company, United Artists, with Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin. Mary Pickford sold her stock in United Artists in 1956. America’s sweetheart won her first Oscar for Coquette [1928-29]. In 1975 she received a special Academy Award recognizing her legacy to the world of film. Not a bad deal for the former vaudeville and stage actress, who once appeared on Broadway with Cecil B. DeMille in The Warrens of Virginia for a measly $25 a week. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

06-25-2007, 12:45 AM	#72 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	June 25 This Day in History... On this day in 1950, North Korea unleashed an attack southward across the 38th parallel, after which the UN Security Council (minus the Soviet delegate) passed a resolution calling on UN members to assist South Korea. United Nations forces fighting to recapture Seoul, South Korea, from communist invaders. Historic Events: Virginia became the 10th state in the Union. (1788) George Armstrong Custer made his last stand with the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. (1876) The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky and Michel Fokine premiered at the Paris Opéra. (1910) The first commercial color TV program was transmitted by CBS from New York to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, DC. (1951) Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau died. (1997) Today's Birthday: Born this day in 1852, Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, whose distinctive style was typified by freedom of form and voluptuous colour and texture, spent much of his career building Barcelona's church of the Holy Family. Antoni Gaudí's Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (Sagrada Família), Barcelona, Spain. Other Notables: Robert Erskine Childers—writer, Sinn Féin deputy, member of the Irish Republican Army, and Irish nationalist agitator—was born in London. (1870) George Abbott: theatrical writer/director, Damn Yankees (1887) James Meredith(76): civil rights leader; as the first black to attend the University of Mississippi, James H. Meredith scored one of the earliest important victories against segregation in Mississippi. __________________ 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

06-25-2007, 10:03 AM	#73 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	Custer's Last Stand Sitting Bull (detail), David Frances Barry, photographer, copyright 1885. Prints and Photographs Online Catalog George Armstrong Custer, Officer of the Federal Army, Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, between 1860 and 1865. Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865 On June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer and the 265 men under his command lost their lives in the Battle of Little Big Horn, often referred to as Custer's Last Stand. Educated at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Custer proved his brilliance and daring as a cavalry officer of the Union Army in the Civil War. Major General George McClellan appointed the twenty-three-year-old Custer as brigadier general in charge of a Michigan cavalry brigade. By 1864, Custer was leading the Third Cavalry Division in General Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign. Throughout the fall, the Union Army moved across the valley—burning homes, mills, and fields of crops. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

06-25-2007, 02:39 PM	#74 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Happy Birthday, Georgie! 104 years young! __________________ 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

06-26-2007, 02:26 AM	#75 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 26, 1959, President Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway... __________________ "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.

06-26-2007, 06:01 AM	#76 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	June 26th On the Boardwalk Rolling Chairs on the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, between 1905 and 1920. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920 On June 26, 1870, the first section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk opened along the New Jersey beach. Dr. Jonathan Pitney and civil engineer Richard Osborne began developing the area on Absecon Island in the early 1850s. Long before this time, members of the Lenni-Lenape tribe were the first seasonal visitors to enjoy the summer splendor of the island. Beautiful beaches, fresh sea air, luxurious hotels, fine restaurants, alluring shops, and a connecting railroad line from Camden, New Jersey, drew visitors from all over the world. Atlantic City soon became a popular summer resort and winter health spa. Alexander Boardman, a railroad conductor, and Jacob Keim, a hotelier, conceived of the idea of constructing a boardwalk as a means of keeping sand out of the railroad cars and hotels. The city used its tax revenues to build an eight-foot-wide temporary wooden walkway from the beach into town that could be dismantled during the winter. In the Good Old Summertime, Atlantic City, New Jersey, copyright 1905. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920 The rolling chair, introduced in 1884, was the only vehicle allowed on the boardwalk. The boardwalk was soon extended by an enormous amusement pier, the Steel Pier, visible in the background of the photograph above. Any consideration of the boardwalk demands at least a nod to salt water taffy, a favorite beachside treat. Taffy, a candy made of corn syrup and white sugar is boiled; the confection is pulled and folded, then rolled into a long strip from which shorter (about two-inch-long) strips are cut, wrapped in stick resistant paper, and sold. Along the Atlantic City Boardwalk folks have purchased the product since at least the early 1880s. In 1925, the Supreme Court ruled that the term "salt water taffy" could not be trademarked, a decision which saved candy manufacturers from paying millions of dollars to John R. Edmiston of Wildwood, New Jersey, who claimed to be the originator of the candy and had applied for registration of the term with the U.S. Patent Office. Bathing Beauties, Atlantic City, New Jersey, between 1890 and 1910. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920 Early bathers wore bathing dresses of wool flannel with stockings, canvas shoes, and large straw hats. The more daring bloomer suits and stockings worn by these bathing beauties did not catch on until 1907. Censors roamed the beaches monitoring bathers' self-exposure and looking for offenders who showed more flesh than the local code allowed. Inter-city Beauties, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic Foto Service, copyright 1926. Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991 Originally titled "Atlantic City's Inter-City Beauty Contest," and traditionally held in Atlantic City since 1921, the Miss America pageant moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2006. This photograph captures the 1926 contestants vying for the Golden Mermaid trophy. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

06-27-2007, 02:35 AM	#77 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 27, 1893, the New York stock market crashed... __________________ "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.

06-28-2007, 02:41 AM	#78 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 28, 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth took place in New Jersey; it was from this battle that the legend of "Molly Pitcher" arose, although her actual existence is a matter of historical debate... __________________ "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.

06-28-2007, 03:29 AM	#79 (permalink)
mandy Addict Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa	on June 28 1491, King Henry viii was born. He is most famously known for his six wives __________________ The Imagination equips us to see a reality we have yet to create