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Lindy · 06-27-2011, 02:27 PM

Also on June 27th in 1915, Ft. Yukon, Alaska (a little above 66º North Latitude) recorded a temperature of 100º Fahrenheit. It still stands as the record high temp for the state of Alaska. Frankly, I find that a little hard to believe. But today is 64º and tomorrow forecast at 76º so who knows.

Lindy

uncle phil · 06-28-2011, 02:02 AM

On June 28, 1951, "Amos ’n’ Andy" moved to CBS-TV from radio...

Tully Mars · 06-29-2011, 03:13 AM

On June 29th in 1995, the shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

uncle phil · 06-29-2011, 01:51 PM

Also on June 29, 1767, the British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America...

uncle phil · 06-30-2011, 02:10 AM

On June 30, 1953, the first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250...

uncle phil · 07-01-2011, 02:04 AM

On July 1, 1862, the U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue...

uncle phil · 07-02-2011, 01:38 AM

On July 2, 1566, French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died...

uncle phil · 07-03-2011, 01:38 AM

On July 3, 1972, Jim Morrison died in Paris...

YouTube - ‪Light My Fire Live - The Doors‬&rlm;

Tully Mars · 07-04-2011, 01:34 AM

On July 4th in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

uncle phil · 07-04-2011, 02:55 AM

Also on July 4, 1957, the U.S. Postal Service issued the 4¢ Flag stamp...

uncle phil · 07-05-2011, 02:06 AM

On July 5, 1916, Adelina and August Van Buren started on the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City and arrived in San Diego, CA, on September 12, 1916...

lildonaka · 07-05-2011, 09:41 AM

on the 4th of july, i know it was yesterday... people invented planking

uncle phil · 07-06-2011, 02:24 AM

On July 6, 1919, a British dirigible landed in New York at Roosevelt Field. It completed the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship...

Lindy · 07-06-2011, 08:08 AM

Also on July 6th, in 1962 William Faulkner, author of As I Lay Dying, died.

uncle phil · 07-07-2011, 02:15 AM

On July 7, 1949, "Dragnet" was first heard on NBC radio...

Tully Mars · 07-07-2011, 05:06 AM

Also on July 7th in 1981, President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court.

uncle phil · 07-08-2011, 02:04 AM

On July 8, 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the U.S. Declaration of Independence to a crowd at Independence Square in Philadelphia...

uncle phil · 07-09-2011, 03:10 AM

On July 9, 1847, a 10-hour work day was established for workers in the state of New Hampshire...

uncle phil · 07-10-2011, 02:02 AM

On July 10, 1900, ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone machine...

uncle phil · 07-11-2011, 01:28 AM

On July 11, 1960, in Honolulu, HI, the first tournament held outside the continental U.S., sanctioned by the U.S. Golf Association, began...

Tully Mars · 07-12-2011, 01:47 AM

On July 12th in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced he had chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.

uncle phil · 07-12-2011, 01:51 AM

Also on July 12, 1912, the first foreign-made film to premiere in America, "Queen Elizabeth", was shown...

Tully Mars · 07-14-2011, 12:12 AM

On July 14th in 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.

uncle phil · 07-14-2011, 01:54 AM

Also on July 14, 1789, the French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside...

uncle phil · 07-15-2011, 02:32 AM

On July 15, 1870, Georgia became the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union...

Tully Mars · 07-15-2011, 04:52 AM

Also on July 15th in 1918, the Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.

ralphie250 · 07-15-2011, 07:46 AM

july 15th 1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th home run as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record

uncle phil · 07-16-2011, 02:10 AM

On July 16, 1926, the first underwater color photographs appeared in "National Geographic" magazine. The pictures had been taken near the Florida Keys...

Tully Mars · 07-16-2011, 02:55 AM

Hey Phil, what photo?

Also on July 16th in 1918, Russia’s Czar Nicholas II, his empress and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks.

uncle phil · 07-16-2011, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tully Mars

Hey Phil, what photo?

Milestones in Underwater Photography -- National Geographic

Lindy · 07-16-2011, 09:31 PM

Also on July 16th, in 1945 the first atomic bomb exploded in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

uncle phil · 07-17-2011, 02:09 AM

On July 17, 1941, Brigadier General Soervell directed Architect G. Edwin Bergstrom to have basic plans and architectural perspectives for an office building that could house 40,000 War Department employees on his desk by the following Monday morning. The building became known as the Pentagon...

Tully Mars · 07-17-2011, 03:23 AM

Also on July 17th in 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower linkup of its kind.

uncle phil · 07-18-2011, 02:16 AM

On July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne died...

Tully Mars · 07-18-2011, 02:43 AM

Also on July 18th in 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish North Africa.

uncle phil · 07-19-2011, 01:36 AM

On July 19, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt...

Tully Mars · 07-19-2011, 01:57 AM

Also on July 19th in 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his “V for Victory” campaign in Europe.

Tully Mars · 07-20-2011, 01:17 AM

On July 20th in 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon when he stepped out of the lunar module.

uncle phil · 07-20-2011, 02:36 AM

Also on July 20, 1801, a 1,235 pound cheese ball was pressed at the farm of Elisha Brown, Jr. The ball of cheese was later loaded on a horse-driven wagon and presented to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson at the White House...

Tully Mars · 07-21-2011, 01:21 AM

On July 21st in 1925, the so-called “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. The conviction was later overturned.

06-28-2011, 02:02 AM	#2602 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 28, 1951, "Amos ’n’ Andy" moved to CBS-TV from radio... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-29-2011, 03:13 AM	#2603 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On June 29th in 1995, the shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

06-29-2011, 01:51 PM	#2604 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on June 29, 1767, the British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-30-2011, 02:10 AM	#2605 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On June 30, 1953, the first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250... __________________ "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.

07-01-2011, 02:04 AM	#2606 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 1, 1862, the U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-27-2011, 02:27 PM	#2601 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	Also on June 27th in 1915, Ft. Yukon, Alaska (a little above 66º North Latitude) recorded a temperature of 100º Fahrenheit. It still stands as the record high temp for the state of Alaska. Frankly, I find that a little hard to believe. But today is 64º and tomorrow forecast at 76º so who knows. Lindy

07-02-2011, 01:38 AM	#2607 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 2, 1566, French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died... __________________ "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.

07-04-2011, 01:34 AM	#2609 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 4th in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-04-2011, 02:55 AM	#2610 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 4, 1957, the U.S. Postal Service issued the 4¢ Flag stamp... __________________ "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.

07-05-2011, 02:06 AM	#2611 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 5, 1916, Adelina and August Van Buren started on the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City and arrived in San Diego, CA, on September 12, 1916... __________________ "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.

07-05-2011, 09:41 AM	#2612 (permalink)
lildonaka Upright Location: Maryland	on the 4th of july, i know it was yesterday... people invented planking

07-06-2011, 02:24 AM	#2613 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 6, 1919, a British dirigible landed in New York at Roosevelt Field. It completed the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship... __________________ "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.

07-06-2011, 08:08 AM	#2614 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	Also on July 6th, in 1962 William Faulkner, author of As I Lay Dying, died.

07-07-2011, 02:15 AM	#2615 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 7, 1949, "Dragnet" was first heard on NBC radio... __________________ "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.

07-07-2011, 05:06 AM	#2616 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on July 7th in 1981, President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-08-2011, 02:04 AM	#2617 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 8, 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the U.S. Declaration of Independence to a crowd at Independence Square in Philadelphia... __________________ "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.

07-09-2011, 03:10 AM	#2618 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 9, 1847, a 10-hour work day was established for workers in the state of New Hampshire... __________________ "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.

07-10-2011, 02:02 AM	#2619 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 10, 1900, ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone machine... __________________ "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.

07-11-2011, 01:28 AM	#2620 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 11, 1960, in Honolulu, HI, the first tournament held outside the continental U.S., sanctioned by the U.S. Golf Association, began... __________________ "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.

07-12-2011, 01:47 AM	#2621 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 12th in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced he had chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-12-2011, 01:51 AM	#2622 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 12, 1912, the first foreign-made film to premiere in America, "Queen Elizabeth", was shown... __________________ "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.

07-14-2011, 12:12 AM	#2623 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 14th in 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-14-2011, 01:54 AM	#2624 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 14, 1789, the French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside... __________________ "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.

07-15-2011, 02:32 AM	#2625 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 15, 1870, Georgia became the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-15-2011, 04:52 AM	#2626 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on July 15th in 1918, the Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-16-2011, 02:10 AM	#2628 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 16, 1926, the first underwater color photographs appeared in "National Geographic" magazine. The pictures had been taken near the Florida Keys... __________________ "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.

07-16-2011, 02:55 AM	#2629 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Hey Phil, what photo? Also on July 16th in 1918, Russia’s Czar Nicholas II, his empress and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-16-2011, 09:31 PM	#2631 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	Also on July 16th, in 1945 the first atomic bomb exploded in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

07-17-2011, 02:09 AM	#2632 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 17, 1941, Brigadier General Soervell directed Architect G. Edwin Bergstrom to have basic plans and architectural perspectives for an office building that could house 40,000 War Department employees on his desk by the following Monday morning. The building became known as the Pentagon... __________________ "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.

07-17-2011, 03:23 AM	#2633 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on July 17th in 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower linkup of its kind. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-18-2011, 02:16 AM	#2634 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne died... __________________ "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.

07-18-2011, 02:43 AM	#2635 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on July 18th in 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish North Africa. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-19-2011, 01:36 AM	#2636 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 19, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt... __________________ "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.

07-19-2011, 01:57 AM	#2637 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on July 19th in 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his “V for Victory” campaign in Europe. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-20-2011, 01:17 AM	#2638 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 20th in 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon when he stepped out of the lunar module. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club