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uncle phil · 11-26-2007, 03:24 AM

On November 26, 1789, U.S. President Washington set aside this day to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States...

uncle phil · 11-27-2007, 03:51 AM

On November 28, 1973, The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew...

uncle phil · 11-28-2007, 03:42 AM

On November 28, 1977, Larry Bird was introduced as "College Basketball's Secret Weapon" with a cover story in Sports Illustrated...

uncle phil · 11-29-2007, 03:32 AM

On November 29, 1947, The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution that called for the division of Palestine between Arabs and Jews...

dlish · 11-29-2007, 05:35 AM

i was gona say that the name was microsoft was invented today by bill gates. i love this thread. keep em coming uncle phil!

uncle phil · 11-30-2007, 03:12 AM

On November 30, 1897, Thomas Edison's own motion picture projector had its first commercial exhibition...

uncle phil · 12-01-2007, 03:09 AM

On December 1, 1835, Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales...

uncle phil · 12-02-2007, 03:03 AM

On December 2, 1954, the U.S. Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy for what it called "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." The censure was related to McCarthy's controversial investigation of suspected communists in the U.S. government, military and civilian society...

uncle phil · 12-03-2007, 03:11 AM

On December 3, 1964, police arrested about 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley. The arrest took place one day after the students staged a massive sit-in inside an administration building...

uncle phil · 12-04-2007, 03:24 AM

On December 4, 1943, baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players...

uncle phil · 12-05-2007, 03:19 AM

1933 - Prohibition came to an end when Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

uncle phil · 12-06-2007, 03:11 AM

On December 6, 1884, construction of the Washington Monument was completed by Army engineers. The project took 34 years...

uncle phil · 12-07-2007, 03:14 AM

On December 7, 1982, Charlie Brooks Jr., a convicted murderer, became the first prisoner in the U.S. to be executed by injection, at a prison in Huntsville, TX...

Plan9 · 12-07-2007, 03:50 AM

*note to self: start thread about guillotine and lack of use in the US*

Ustwo · 12-07-2007, 09:17 AM

December 7th 1941, Pear Harbor is attacked by surprise by Japanese Imperial forces, bringing war to the United States.

uncle phil · 12-08-2007, 03:04 AM

On December 8, 1982, Norman D. Mayer demanding an end to nuclear weapons held the Washington Monument hostage. He threatened to blow it up with explosives he claimed were inside a van. 10 hours later he was shot to death by police...

uncle phil · 12-09-2007, 03:01 AM

On December 9, 1926, the United States Golf Association legalized the use of steel-shafted golf clubs...

uncle phil · 12-10-2007, 03:06 AM

On December 10, 19XX, Uncle Phil jumped kicking and screaming into the new world...

uncle phil · 12-11-2007, 03:11 AM

On December 11, 1844, Dr. Horace Wells became the first person to have a tooth extracted after receiving an anesthetic for the dental procedure. Nitrous Oxide, or laughing gas, was the anesthetic...

uncle phil · 12-12-2007, 03:20 AM

On December 12, 1899, George Grant patented the wooden golf tee...

Jetée · 12-13-2007, 01:47 AM

1769: Dartmouth College (pictured) in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire, USA was established by a Royal Charter from British King George III and became the last university founded in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution.

uncle phil · 12-14-2007, 03:14 AM

On December 14, 1503, physician, astrologer and clairvoyant Nostradamus was born at St. Remy, Provence, France...

uncle phil · 12-15-2007, 03:17 AM

On December 15, 1964, Canada's House of Commons approved a newly designed flag thereby dropping the Canadian "Red Ensign" flag...

uncle phil · 12-16-2007, 03:25 AM

On December 16, 1850, the first immigrant ship, the Charlotte Jane, arrived at Lyttleton, New Zealand...

uncle phil · 12-17-2007, 04:04 AM

On December 17, 1953, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to approve RCA’s color television specifications...

uncle phil · 12-18-2007, 04:03 AM

On December 18, 1917,the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress...

uncle phil · 12-19-2007, 04:05 AM

On December 19, 1973, Johnny Carson started a fake toilet-paper scare on the "Tonight Show..."

uncle phil · 12-20-2007, 03:17 AM

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the American Union...

uncle phil · 12-21-2007, 03:13 AM

On December 21, 1978, police in Des Plaines, IL, arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys that Gacy was later convicted of killing...

uncle phil · 12-22-2007, 03:11 AM

On December 22, 1894, the United States Golf Association was formed in New York City...

uncle phil · 12-23-2007, 03:11 AM

On December 23, 1968, eighty-two crewmembers of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured...

uncle phil · 12-24-2007, 03:38 AM

On December 24, 1906, Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, MA.

uncle phil · 12-25-2007, 04:21 AM

On December 25, 1946, W.C. Fields died at the age of 66...

uncle phil · 12-26-2007, 03:27 AM

On December 26, 1947, heavy snow blanketed the Northeast United States, burying New York City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours. The severe weather was blamed for about 80 deaths...

uncle phil · 12-27-2007, 03:14 AM

On December 27, 1831, Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin's discoveries during the voyage helped him form the basis of his theories on evolution...

uncle phil · 12-28-2007, 03:29 AM

On December 28, 1956, after five years on television, the last "Ding Dong School" was aired on NBC-TV...

uncle phil · 12-29-2007, 03:22 AM

On December 29, 1934, the first regular-season, college basketball game was played at Madison Square Garden in New York City. New York University defeated Notre Dame 25-18...

uncle phil · 12-30-2007, 03:15 AM

On December 30, 1961, Jack Nicklaus lost his first attempt at pro golf to Gary Player in an exhibition match in Miami, FL...

uncle phil · 12-31-2007, 03:17 AM

On December 31, 1929, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne" as a New Year's Eve song for the first time...

uncle phil · 01-01-2008, 03:20 AM

On January 1, 0404, the last gladiator competition was held in Rome...

11-26-2007, 03:24 AM	#241 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On November 26, 1789, U.S. President Washington set aside this day to observe the adoption of the Constitution 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.

11-27-2007, 03:51 AM	#242 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On November 28, 1973, The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew... __________________ "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.

11-28-2007, 03:42 AM	#243 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On November 28, 1977, Larry Bird was introduced as "College Basketball's Secret Weapon" with a cover story in Sports Illustrated... __________________ "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.

11-29-2007, 03:32 AM	#244 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On November 29, 1947, The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution that called for the division of Palestine between Arabs and Jews... __________________ "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.

11-29-2007, 05:35 AM	#245 (permalink)
dlish Currently sour but formerly Dlishs Super Moderator Location: Australia/UAE	i was gona say that the name was microsoft was invented today by bill gates. i love this thread. keep em coming uncle phil! __________________ An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay? - Filthy

11-30-2007, 03:12 AM	#246 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On November 30, 1897, Thomas Edison's own motion picture projector had its first commercial exhibition... __________________ "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.

12-01-2007, 03:09 AM	#247 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 1, 1835, Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales... __________________ "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.

12-02-2007, 03:03 AM	#248 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 2, 1954, the U.S. Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy for what it called "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." The censure was related to McCarthy's controversial investigation of suspected communists in the U.S. government, military and civilian society... __________________ "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.

12-03-2007, 03:11 AM	#249 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 3, 1964, police arrested about 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley. The arrest took place one day after the students staged a massive sit-in inside an administration building... __________________ "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.

12-04-2007, 03:24 AM	#250 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 4, 1943, baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players... __________________ "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.

12-05-2007, 03:19 AM	#251 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	1933 - Prohibition came to an end when Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

12-06-2007, 03:11 AM	#252 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 6, 1884, construction of the Washington Monument was completed by Army engineers. The project took 34 years... __________________ "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.

12-07-2007, 03:14 AM	#253 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 7, 1982, Charlie Brooks Jr., a convicted murderer, became the first prisoner in the U.S. to be executed by injection, at a prison in Huntsville, TX... __________________ "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.

12-07-2007, 03:50 AM	#254 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	*note to self: start thread about guillotine and lack of use in the US* __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-07-2007, 09:17 AM	#255 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	December 7th 1941, Pear Harbor is attacked by surprise by Japanese Imperial forces, bringing war to the United States. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

12-08-2007, 03:04 AM	#256 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 8, 1982, Norman D. Mayer demanding an end to nuclear weapons held the Washington Monument hostage. He threatened to blow it up with explosives he claimed were inside a van. 10 hours later he was shot to death by police... __________________ "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.

12-09-2007, 03:01 AM	#257 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 9, 1926, the United States Golf Association legalized the use of steel-shafted golf clubs... __________________ "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.

12-10-2007, 03:06 AM	#258 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 10, 19XX, Uncle Phil jumped kicking and screaming into the new world... __________________ "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.

12-11-2007, 03:11 AM	#259 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 11, 1844, Dr. Horace Wells became the first person to have a tooth extracted after receiving an anesthetic for the dental procedure. Nitrous Oxide, or laughing gas, was the anesthetic... __________________ "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.

12-12-2007, 03:20 AM	#260 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 12, 1899, George Grant patented the wooden golf tee... __________________ "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.

12-13-2007, 01:47 AM	#261 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	December 13 1769: Dartmouth College (pictured) in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire, USA was established by a Royal Charter from British King George III and became the last university founded in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution. __________________ 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

12-14-2007, 03:14 AM	#262 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 14, 1503, physician, astrologer and clairvoyant Nostradamus was born at St. Remy, Provence, France... __________________ "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.

12-15-2007, 03:17 AM	#263 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 15, 1964, Canada's House of Commons approved a newly designed flag thereby dropping the Canadian "Red Ensign" flag... __________________ "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.

12-16-2007, 03:25 AM	#264 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 16, 1850, the first immigrant ship, the Charlotte Jane, arrived at Lyttleton, New Zealand... __________________ "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.

12-17-2007, 04:04 AM	#265 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 17, 1953, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to approve RCA’s color television specifications... __________________ "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.

12-18-2007, 04:03 AM	#266 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 18, 1917,the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress... __________________ "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.

12-19-2007, 04:05 AM	#267 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 19, 1973, Johnny Carson started a fake toilet-paper scare on the "Tonight Show..." __________________ "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.

12-20-2007, 03:17 AM	#268 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the American 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.

12-21-2007, 03:13 AM	#269 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 21, 1978, police in Des Plaines, IL, arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys that Gacy was later convicted of killing... __________________ "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.

12-22-2007, 03:11 AM	#270 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 22, 1894, the United States Golf Association was formed in New York City... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

12-23-2007, 03:11 AM	#271 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 23, 1968, eighty-two crewmembers of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured... __________________ "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.

12-24-2007, 03:38 AM	#272 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 24, 1906, Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, MA. __________________ "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.

12-25-2007, 04:21 AM	#273 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 25, 1946, W.C. Fields died at the age of 66... __________________ "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.

12-26-2007, 03:27 AM	#274 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 26, 1947, heavy snow blanketed the Northeast United States, burying New York City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours. The severe weather was blamed for about 80 deaths... __________________ "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.

12-27-2007, 03:14 AM	#275 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 27, 1831, Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin's discoveries during the voyage helped him form the basis of his theories on evolution... __________________ "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.