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Tully Mars · 03-20-2010, 03:15 AM

Also on March 20, 1995, in Tokyo, 12 people were killed, more than 5,500 others sickened when packages containing the poisonous gas sarin leaked on five separate subway trains.

uncle phil · 03-21-2010, 01:54 AM

On March 21, 1987, ZZ Top played the last show on the 14 month "Afterburner" tour in Honolulu, HI...

uncle phil · 03-22-2010, 01:45 AM

On March 22, 1963, the Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in the U.K...

Tully Mars · 03-22-2010, 02:11 AM

Also on March 22nd, 1933 During Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.

uncle phil · 03-23-2010, 02:06 AM

On March 23, 1969, Anita Bryant and the Letterman appeared at a "Rally For Decency" in Miami following Jim Morrison's indecent exposure onstage there...

Tully Mars · 03-23-2010, 02:13 AM

Also on March 23, 1965, America's first two-person space flight began as Gemini 3 blasted off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard.

Jetée · 03-23-2010, 03:30 PM

An Indian village boy runs through a parched field on World Water Day in
Berhampur, Orissa state, India, Monday, March 22, 2010. 'Clean Water for a
Healthy World' is the theme for World Water Day 2010.
-- (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

Tully Mars · 03-24-2010, 01:56 AM

On March 24, 1989, the nation's worst oil spill occurred as the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude.

uncle phil · 03-24-2010, 02:29 AM

Also on March 24, 1973, Lou Reed was bitten on his rear end by a fan during a concert in Buffalo, NY. The male fan was ejected from the show...

uncle phil · 03-25-2010, 02:45 AM

On March 25, 1947, Elton John was born...

uncle phil · 03-26-2010, 01:55 AM

On March 26th, 1780, the first British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)...

Tully Mars · 03-26-2010, 04:49 AM

Also on March 26, 1979, the Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.

uncle phil · 03-27-2010, 01:21 AM

On March 27, 1981, AC/DC released "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" in the U.S. It had been released in Australia in 1976...

Tully Mars · 03-27-2010, 03:29 AM

Also on March 27th, 1939- Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball tournament with a 46-33 victory over Ohio State in Evanston, Ill.

uncle phil · 03-28-2010, 01:51 AM

On March 28, 1979, Eric Clapton and Patti "Layla" Boyd were married. Patti was George Harrison's ex-wife...

Tully Mars · 03-28-2010, 04:19 AM

Also on March 28th, 1979, America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa

uncle phil · 03-29-2010, 01:49 AM

On March 29, 1973, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone..."

uncle phil · 03-30-2010, 01:59 AM

On March 30, 1966, 85 people were arrested for rioting after a Rolling Stones concert in Paris...

Tully Mars · 03-31-2010, 01:32 AM

On March 31, 1968- President Johnson stunned the country by announcing he would not run for another term of office.

uncle phil · 03-31-2010, 02:00 AM

Also on March 31, 1967, Jimi Hendrix began his first British tour with Cat Stevens...

uncle phil · 04-01-2010, 01:53 AM

On April 1, 1976, Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" was released...

Tully Mars · 04-01-2010, 02:16 AM

Also on April 1, 1945, American forces invaded Okinawa during World War II.

On a side note- I was looking at a few "on this day in history" pages the other day and a friend asked "what is that link?' "It's a link to their obituary" "Oh, why isn't their a link to a story about their birth?" Ummm... ok.

Tully Mars · 04-02-2010, 02:10 AM

On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy."

uncle phil · 04-02-2010, 02:11 AM

Also on April 2, 1967, the Beatles finished recording the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band..."

uncle phil · 04-03-2010, 01:27 AM

On April 3, 1969, Jim Morrison was arrested by the FBI for interstate flight, which stemmed from obscenity charges after a Miami concert...

Tully Mars · 04-03-2010, 03:30 AM

Also on April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which allocated more than $5 billion in aid for 16 European countries.

uncle phil · 04-04-2010, 01:45 AM

On April 4, 1970 , Janis Joplin held a reunion concert with Big Brother & the Holding Company in San Francisco, CA...

Tully Mars · 04-04-2010, 06:40 AM

Also on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn.

Tully Mars · 04-05-2010, 01:20 AM

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.

uncle phil · 04-05-2010, 01:57 AM

Also on April 5, 1983, the Beach Boys were banned from the Fourth of July concert at the White House...

Tully Mars · 04-06-2010, 01:00 AM

On April 6, 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation

uncle phil · 04-06-2010, 01:50 AM

Also on April 6, 1968, Pink Floyd announced founder Syd Barrett has officially left the group due to his suffering from psychiatric disorders compounded by drug use...

Tully Mars · 04-07-2010, 01:15 AM

On April 7, 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.

uncle phil · 04-07-2010, 02:03 AM

Also on April 7, 1985, Wham! became the first Western act to play in China...

uncle phil · 04-08-2010, 01:52 AM

On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain was found dead at the age of 27. He had committed suicide three days before...

Tully Mars · 04-08-2010, 02:50 AM

Also on April 8th, 1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.

uncle phil · 04-09-2010, 02:09 AM

On April 9, 1973, Queen had its debut performance at the Marquee Theater in London...

Tully Mars · 04-09-2010, 04:50 AM

Also on April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

silent_jay · 04-09-2010, 11:22 AM

Also on April 9, 1917, the Battle of Vimy Ridge commenced, the Canadian Corps suffered 10,602 casualties: 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded. Also today is End of an Era day, with the passing last month of Mr. John "Jack" Babcock who was the last surviving Canadian veteran of WW1.

Tully Mars · 04-10-2010, 01:18 AM

On April 10, 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey announced he had purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals.

03-20-2010, 03:15 AM	#1721 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on March 20, 1995, in Tokyo, 12 people were killed, more than 5,500 others sickened when packages containing the poisonous gas sarin leaked on five separate subway trains. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-21-2010, 01:54 AM	#1722 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 21, 1987, ZZ Top played the last show on the 14 month "Afterburner" tour in Honolulu, HI... __________________ "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.

03-22-2010, 01:45 AM	#1723 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 22, 1963, the Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in the U.K... __________________ "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.

03-22-2010, 02:11 AM	#1724 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on March 22nd, 1933 During Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-23-2010, 02:06 AM	#1725 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 23, 1969, Anita Bryant and the Letterman appeared at a "Rally For Decency" in Miami following Jim Morrison's indecent exposure onstage there... __________________ "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.

03-23-2010, 02:13 AM	#1726 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on March 23, 1965, America's first two-person space flight began as Gemini 3 blasted off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-23-2010, 03:30 PM	#1727 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	An Indian village boy runs through a parched field on World Water Day in Berhampur, Orissa state, India, Monday, March 22, 2010. 'Clean Water for a Healthy World' is the theme for World Water Day 2010. -- (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout) __________________ 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

03-24-2010, 01:56 AM	#1728 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 24, 1989, the nation's worst oil spill occurred as the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-24-2010, 02:29 AM	#1729 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on March 24, 1973, Lou Reed was bitten on his rear end by a fan during a concert in Buffalo, NY. The male fan was ejected from the 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.

03-25-2010, 02:45 AM	#1730 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 25, 1947, Elton John was born... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

03-26-2010, 01:55 AM	#1731 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 26th, 1780, the first British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)... __________________ "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.

03-26-2010, 04:49 AM	#1732 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on March 26, 1979, the Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-27-2010, 01:21 AM	#1733 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 27, 1981, AC/DC released "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" in the U.S. It had been released in Australia in 1976... __________________ "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.

03-27-2010, 03:29 AM	#1734 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on March 27th, 1939- Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball tournament with a 46-33 victory over Ohio State in Evanston, Ill. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-28-2010, 01:51 AM	#1735 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 28, 1979, Eric Clapton and Patti "Layla" Boyd were married. Patti was George Harrison's ex-wife... __________________ "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.

03-28-2010, 04:19 AM	#1736 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on March 28th, 1979, America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-29-2010, 01:49 AM	#1737 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 29, 1973, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone..." __________________ "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.

03-30-2010, 01:59 AM	#1738 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 30, 1966, 85 people were arrested for rioting after a Rolling Stones concert in Paris... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

03-31-2010, 01:32 AM	#1739 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 31, 1968- President Johnson stunned the country by announcing he would not run for another term of office. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-31-2010, 02:00 AM	#1740 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on March 31, 1967, Jimi Hendrix began his first British tour with Cat Stevens... __________________ "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.

04-01-2010, 01:53 AM	#1741 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 1, 1976, Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" was released... __________________ "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.

04-01-2010, 02:16 AM	#1742 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on April 1, 1945, American forces invaded Okinawa during World War II. On a side note- I was looking at a few "on this day in history" pages the other day and a friend asked "what is that link?' "It's a link to their obituary" "Oh, why isn't their a link to a story about their birth?" Ummm... ok. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club Last edited by Tully Mars; 04-01-2010 at 02:23 AM..

04-02-2010, 02:10 AM	#1743 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy." __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-02-2010, 02:11 AM	#1744 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 2, 1967, the Beatles finished recording the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band..." __________________ "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.

04-03-2010, 01:27 AM	#1745 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 3, 1969, Jim Morrison was arrested by the FBI for interstate flight, which stemmed from obscenity charges after a Miami concert... __________________ "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.

04-03-2010, 03:30 AM	#1746 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which allocated more than $5 billion in aid for 16 European countries. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-04-2010, 01:45 AM	#1747 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 4, 1970 , Janis Joplin held a reunion concert with Big Brother & the Holding Company in San Francisco, CA... __________________ "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.

04-04-2010, 06:40 AM	#1748 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-05-2010, 01:20 AM	#1749 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-05-2010, 01:57 AM	#1750 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 5, 1983, the Beach Boys were banned from the Fourth of July concert at the White House... __________________ "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.

04-06-2010, 01:00 AM	#1751 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On April 6, 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-06-2010, 01:50 AM	#1752 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 6, 1968, Pink Floyd announced founder Syd Barrett has officially left the group due to his suffering from psychiatric disorders compounded by drug use... __________________ "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.

04-07-2010, 01:15 AM	#1753 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On April 7, 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-07-2010, 02:03 AM	#1754 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 7, 1985, Wham! became the first Western act to play in China... __________________ "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.

04-08-2010, 01:52 AM	#1755 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain was found dead at the age of 27. He had committed suicide three days before... __________________ "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.