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Tully Mars · 02-27-2011, 04:20 AM

Also on February 27th, 1997- Divorce became legal in Ireland.

uncle phil · 02-28-2011, 02:45 AM

On February 28, 1854, the Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group...

Tully Mars · 02-28-2011, 02:52 AM

Also on Feb. 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began

uncle phil · 03-01-2011, 03:21 AM

On March 1, 1692, in Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged...

Tully Mars · 03-01-2011, 03:43 AM

Also On March 1st in 1932, the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J.

Tully Mars · 03-02-2011, 02:52 AM

On March 2, 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote.

uncle phil · 03-02-2011, 03:10 AM

Also on March 2, 1807, the U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country..."

Tully Mars · 03-03-2011, 03:14 AM

On March 3, 1991, in a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.

uncle phil · 03-03-2011, 03:15 AM

On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th U.S. state...

uncle phil · 03-04-2011, 03:11 AM

On March 4, 1634 , Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, MA...

uncle phil · 03-05-2011, 02:47 AM

On March 5, 1770, "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter...

uncle phil · 03-06-2011, 03:15 AM

On March 6, 1834, the city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto...

uncle phil · 03-07-2011, 03:06 AM

On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone...

Tully Mars · 03-07-2011, 09:48 AM

It is still today, right?

Then also on March 7, in 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was broken up in Selma, Ala., by state troopers and a sheriff's posse.

Tully Mars · 03-08-2011, 02:44 AM

On March 8th, 1965- The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.

uncle phil · 03-08-2011, 03:20 AM

And on a related note, on March 8, 1954, France and Vietnam opened talks in Paris on a treaty to form the state of Indochina...

Tully Mars · 03-09-2011, 02:23 AM

On March 9, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and Virginia (formerly Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads, Va.

uncle phil · 03-09-2011, 03:16 AM

Also on March 9, 1454, Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. Matthias Ringmann, a German mapmaker, named the American continent in his honor...

Tully Mars · 03-10-2011, 02:50 AM

On March 10, 1985, Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet leader for just 13 months, died at age 73. His death was announced on March 11th. Politburo member Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed him.

uncle phil · 03-10-2011, 03:03 AM

Also on March 10, 1656, in the American colony of Virginia, suffrage was extended to all free men regardless of their religion...

uncle phil · 03-11-2011, 03:00 AM

On March 11, 1824, the U.S. War Department created the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Seneca Indian Ely Parker became the first Indian to lead the Bureau...

uncle phil · 03-12-2011, 03:06 AM

On March 12, 1609, the Bermuda Islands became an English colony...

uncle phil · 03-13-2011, 02:18 AM

On March 13, 1519, Cortez landed in Mexico...

uncle phil · 03-14-2011, 02:01 AM

On March 14, 1907, Acapulco, Mexico, was hit by an earthquake...

Lindy · 03-14-2011, 05:24 PM

Also on March 14th, in 1983, OPEC cut oil prices for the first time in 23 years.

uncle phil · 03-15-2011, 01:56 AM

On Maech 15, 44 BC, Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by high ranking Roman Senators. The day is known as the "Ides of March..."

Tully Mars · 03-16-2011, 12:54 AM

On March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out by United States troops under the command of Lt. William L. Calley Jr.

uncle phil · 03-16-2011, 02:19 AM

Also on March 16, 1964, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were reinstated to the NFL after an 11-month suspension for betting on football games...

Wise Guy · 03-16-2011, 05:54 PM

great thread

Tully Mars · 03-17-2011, 03:02 AM

On March 17, 1942, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.

Happy St. Pats day everyone!

Tully Mars · 03-18-2011, 03:51 AM

On March 18, 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 capsule and remained outside the spacecraft for 20 minutes, secured by a tether.

Tully Mars · 03-19-2011, 04:07 AM

On March 19, 1920, the United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49-35, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval.

Tully Mars · 03-24-2011, 01:39 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 · 03-24-2011, 03:50 AM

Also on March 24, 1832, Mormon Joseph Smith was beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio...

Wandrin · 03-24-2011, 07:55 AM

Also on March 24th, in 1765 England begins the Quartering Act, requiring colonists to provide housing for British soldiers.

uncle phil · 03-25-2011, 02:04 AM

On March 25, 1634, Lord Baltimore founded the Catholic colony of Maryland...

Tully Mars · 03-25-2011, 04:33 AM

Also on March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.

uncle phil · 03-26-2011, 01:59 AM

On March 26, 1804, the U.S. Congress ordered the removal of Indians east of the Mississippi to Louisiana...

Tully Mars · 03-26-2011, 03:41 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 · 03-27-2011, 02:16 AM

On March 27, 1836, in Goliad, TX, about 350 Texan prisoners, including their commander James Fannin, were executed under orders from Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna. An estimated 30 Texans escaped execution...

02-27-2011, 04:20 AM	#2401 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on February 27th, 1997- Divorce became legal in Ireland. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

02-28-2011, 02:45 AM	#2402 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On February 28, 1854, the Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group... __________________ "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.

02-28-2011, 02:52 AM	#2403 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Feb. 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-01-2011, 03:21 AM	#2404 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 1, 1692, in Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged... __________________ "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.

03-01-2011, 03:43 AM	#2405 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also On March 1st in 1932, the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-02-2011, 02:52 AM	#2406 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 2, 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-02-2011, 03:10 AM	#2407 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on March 2, 1807, the U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country..." __________________ "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.

03-03-2011, 03:14 AM	#2408 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 3, 1991, in a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-03-2011, 03:15 AM	#2409 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th U.S. state... __________________ "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.

03-04-2011, 03:11 AM	#2410 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 4, 1634 , Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, 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.

03-05-2011, 02:47 AM	#2411 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 5, 1770, "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter... __________________ "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.

03-06-2011, 03:15 AM	#2412 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 6, 1834, the city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto... __________________ "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.

03-07-2011, 03:06 AM	#2413 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone... __________________ "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.

03-07-2011, 09:48 AM	#2414 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	It is still today, right? Then also on March 7, in 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was broken up in Selma, Ala., by state troopers and a sheriff's posse. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-08-2011, 02:44 AM	#2415 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 8th, 1965- The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-16-2011, 05:54 PM	#2429 (permalink)
Wise Guy Upright Location: Chicago	great thread

03-08-2011, 03:20 AM	#2416 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	And on a related note, on March 8, 1954, France and Vietnam opened talks in Paris on a treaty to form the state of Indochina... __________________ "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.

03-09-2011, 02:23 AM	#2417 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 9, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and Virginia (formerly Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads, Va. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-09-2011, 03:16 AM	#2418 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on March 9, 1454, Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. Matthias Ringmann, a German mapmaker, named the American continent in his honor... __________________ "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.

03-10-2011, 02:50 AM	#2419 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 10, 1985, Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet leader for just 13 months, died at age 73. His death was announced on March 11th. Politburo member Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed him. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-10-2011, 03:03 AM	#2420 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on March 10, 1656, in the American colony of Virginia, suffrage was extended to all free men regardless of their religion... __________________ "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.

03-11-2011, 03:00 AM	#2421 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 11, 1824, the U.S. War Department created the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Seneca Indian Ely Parker became the first Indian to lead the Bureau... __________________ "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.

03-12-2011, 03:06 AM	#2422 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 12, 1609, the Bermuda Islands became an English colony... __________________ "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.

03-13-2011, 02:18 AM	#2423 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 13, 1519, Cortez landed in Mexico... __________________ "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.

03-14-2011, 02:01 AM	#2424 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 14, 1907, Acapulco, Mexico, was hit by an earthquake... __________________ "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.

03-14-2011, 05:24 PM	#2425 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	Also on March 14th, in 1983, OPEC cut oil prices for the first time in 23 years.

03-15-2011, 01:56 AM	#2426 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On Maech 15, 44 BC, Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by high ranking Roman Senators. The day is known as the "Ides of March..." __________________ "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.

03-16-2011, 12:54 AM	#2427 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out by United States troops under the command of Lt. William L. Calley Jr. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-16-2011, 02:19 AM	#2428 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on March 16, 1964, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were reinstated to the NFL after an 11-month suspension for betting on football games... __________________ "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.

03-17-2011, 03:02 AM	#2430 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 17, 1942, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II. Happy St. Pats day everyone! __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-18-2011, 03:51 AM	#2431 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 18, 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 capsule and remained outside the spacecraft for 20 minutes, secured by a tether. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-19-2011, 04:07 AM	#2432 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On March 19, 1920, the United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49-35, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-24-2011, 01:39 AM	#2433 (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

03-24-2011, 03:50 AM	#2434 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on March 24, 1832, Mormon Joseph Smith was beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio... __________________ "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.

03-24-2011, 07:55 AM	#2435 (permalink)
Wandrin Upright Location: today?	Also on March 24th, in 1765 England begins the Quartering Act, requiring colonists to provide housing for British soldiers. __________________ If ignorance is bliss then why are the ignorant so angry? - Shannon Wheeler

03-25-2011, 02:04 AM	#2436 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 25, 1634, Lord Baltimore founded the Catholic colony of Maryland... __________________ "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.