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Tully Mars · 03-27-2011, 08:07 AM

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

uncle phil · 03-28-2011, 02:05 AM

On March 28, 1933, in Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools...

Tully Mars · 03-28-2011, 04:04 AM

On May 28, 1984, President Reagan led a state funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for an unidentified American soldier killed in the Vietnam War.

uncle phil · 03-29-2011, 02:23 AM

On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing for one day due to an ice jam...

uncle phil · 03-30-2011, 02:20 AM

On March 30, 1822, Florida became a U.S. territory...

uncle phil · 03-31-2011, 02:15 AM

On March 31, 1932, he Ford Motor Co. debuted its V-8 engine...

uncle phil · 04-01-2011, 02:42 AM

On April 1, 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for high treason in relation to the "Beer Hall Putsch..."

Lindy · 04-01-2011, 10:18 AM

Also on April 1st, in 1970 American Motors introduced the Gremlin.
Google Image Result for http://www.cartype.com/pics/1158/full/gremlin_rs_70.jpg
I had a Gremlin in the mid-nineties when I was in college.

Lindy

uncle phil · 04-02-2011, 01:39 AM

On April 2, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore...

uncle phil · 04-03-2011, 02:12 AM

Are you ready for this? On April 3, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before...

uncle phil · 04-04-2011, 02:13 AM

On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied side...

Tully Mars · 04-04-2011, 04:41 AM

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

uncle phil · 04-05-2011, 02:10 AM

On April 5, 1985, John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis..."

Tully Mars · 04-05-2011, 03:14 AM

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

Lindy · 04-05-2011, 10:15 AM

Also on April 5, in 1792, George Washington exercised the first presidential veto, returning the Apportionment Act to Congress. Presidents have used the veto 2563 times since then.

Tully Mars · 04-06-2011, 12:48 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 · 04-06-2011, 02:17 AM

Also on April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in Seneca, NY...

uncle phil · 04-07-2011, 02:11 AM

On April 7, 1864, the first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California...

Tully Mars · 04-07-2011, 05:41 AM

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

uncle phil · 04-08-2011, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uncle phil

On April 2, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore...

Quote:

Originally Posted by uncle phil

Are you ready for this? On April 3, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before...

And, on April 8, 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain...

Tully Mars · 04-08-2011, 02:28 AM

Also on April 8th in 1987- Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigned after saying on ABC's "Nightline" that blacks may lack some of the "necessities" for becoming baseball managers.

uncle phil · 04-09-2011, 01:41 AM

On April 9, 1833, Peterborough, NH, opened the first municipally supported public library in the United States...

Tully Mars · 04-09-2011, 03:58 AM

Also on April 9th, 1959- NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.

uncle phil · 04-10-2011, 02:06 AM

On April 10, 1866, the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was incorporated...

Tully Mars · 04-10-2011, 03:41 AM

Also on April 10th in 1912- The luxury liner Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.

Tully Mars · 04-11-2011, 02:04 AM

On April 11th, 1945- American soldiers liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

uncle phil · 04-11-2011, 02:08 AM

Also on April 11, 1921, the first live sports event on radio took place this day on KDKA Radio. The event was a boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee...

Tully Mars · 04-12-2011, 01:59 AM

On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63. Vice President Harry S Truman became president.

uncle phil · 04-12-2011, 02:02 AM

Also on April 12, 1864, Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops there...

Tully Mars · 04-13-2011, 01:51 AM

On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.)

uncle phil · 04-13-2011, 02:13 AM

Also on April 13, 1849, the Hungarian Republic was proclaimed...

uncle phil · 04-14-2011, 02:23 AM

On April 14, 1925, WGN became the first radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-2...

Tully Mars · 04-14-2011, 03:35 AM

Also on April 14th, 1902- J.C. Penney opened his first store, in Kemmerer, Wyo.

Tully Mars · 04-15-2011, 02:17 AM

OnApril 15th in 1808- A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.

ralphie250 · 04-15-2011, 02:26 AM

april 15, 1947,
Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in baseball playing for the brooklyn dodgers

uncle phil · 04-15-2011, 02:42 AM

Also on April 15, 1784, he first balloon was flown in Ireland...

Lindy · 04-15-2011, 07:54 AM

And to help out aerophobes like me, Rand-McNally, on April 15, 1924, introduced the first Road Atlas.

uncle phil · 04-16-2011, 01:51 AM

On April 16, 1705, Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton...

Tully Mars · 04-16-2011, 02:54 AM

Also on April 17, 1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.

uncle phil · 04-17-2011, 01:33 AM

On April 17, 1524, New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano...

03-27-2011, 08:07 AM	#2441 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on March 27th in 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

03-28-2011, 02:05 AM	#2442 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 28, 1933, in Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools... __________________ "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.

03-28-2011, 04:04 AM	#2443 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On May 28, 1984, President Reagan led a state funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for an unidentified American soldier killed in the Vietnam War. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

03-29-2011, 02:23 AM	#2444 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing for one day due to an ice jam... __________________ "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.

03-30-2011, 02:20 AM	#2445 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 30, 1822, Florida became a U.S. territory... __________________ "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.

03-31-2011, 02:15 AM	#2446 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On March 31, 1932, he Ford Motor Co. debuted its V-8 engine... __________________ "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.

04-01-2011, 02:42 AM	#2447 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 1, 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for high treason in relation to the "Beer Hall Putsch..." __________________ "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.

04-01-2011, 10:18 AM	#2448 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	Also on April 1st, in 1970 American Motors introduced the Gremlin. Google Image Result for http://www.cartype.com/pics/1158/full/gremlin_rs_70.jpg I had a Gremlin in the mid-nineties when I was in college. Lindy

04-02-2011, 01:39 AM	#2449 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 2, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore... __________________ "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.

04-03-2011, 02:12 AM	#2450 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Are you ready for this? On April 3, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day 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.

04-04-2011, 02:13 AM	#2451 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied side... __________________ "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.

04-04-2011, 04:41 AM	#2452 (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

04-05-2011, 02:10 AM	#2453 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 5, 1985, John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis..." __________________ "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.

04-05-2011, 03:14 AM	#2454 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also 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

04-05-2011, 10:15 AM	#2455 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	Also on April 5, in 1792, George Washington exercised the first presidential veto, returning the Apportionment Act to Congress. Presidents have used the veto 2563 times since then.

04-06-2011, 12:48 AM	#2456 (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

04-06-2011, 02:17 AM	#2457 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in Seneca, NY... __________________ "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.

04-07-2011, 02:11 AM	#2458 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 7, 1864, the first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California... __________________ "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.

04-07-2011, 05:41 AM	#2459 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on April 7, in 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

04-08-2011, 02:28 AM	#2461 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on April 8th in 1987- Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigned after saying on ABC's "Nightline" that blacks may lack some of the "necessities" for becoming baseball managers. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-09-2011, 01:41 AM	#2462 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 9, 1833, Peterborough, NH, opened the first municipally supported public library in 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.

04-09-2011, 03:58 AM	#2463 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on April 9th, 1959- NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-10-2011, 02:06 AM	#2464 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 10, 1866, the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was incorporated... __________________ "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.

04-10-2011, 03:41 AM	#2465 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on April 10th in 1912- The luxury liner Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-11-2011, 02:04 AM	#2466 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On April 11th, 1945- American soldiers liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-11-2011, 02:08 AM	#2467 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 11, 1921, the first live sports event on radio took place this day on KDKA Radio. The event was a boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee... __________________ "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.

04-12-2011, 01:59 AM	#2468 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63. Vice President Harry S Truman became president. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-12-2011, 02:02 AM	#2469 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 12, 1864, Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops 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.

04-13-2011, 01:51 AM	#2470 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.) __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-13-2011, 02:13 AM	#2471 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 13, 1849, the Hungarian Republic was proclaimed... __________________ "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.

04-14-2011, 02:23 AM	#2472 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 14, 1925, WGN became the first radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-2... __________________ "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.

04-14-2011, 03:35 AM	#2473 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on April 14th, 1902- J.C. Penney opened his first store, in Kemmerer, Wyo. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-15-2011, 02:17 AM	#2474 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	OnApril 15th in 1808- A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

04-15-2011, 02:42 AM	#2476 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on April 15, 1784, he first balloon was flown in Ireland... __________________ "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.

04-15-2011, 07:54 AM	#2477 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	And to help out aerophobes like me, Rand-McNally, on April 15, 1924, introduced the first Road Atlas.