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Adair 14-Apr-2010 12:09 PM

Today in History...
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: April 14, 1912
The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink.
1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.

lets_ride 14-Apr-2010 01:27 PM

april 14
 
RIP to those passengers :(

1969- 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played in Montreal Canada

and its Tamil New Years/// Happy new years to all the Tamils out there! Cheers

rick10 14-Apr-2010 01:30 PM

RIP to the passengers

Adair 15-Apr-2010 03:00 AM

April 15th
 
:nerd: On this date in history...

April 15th, 1865
Abraham Lincoln died on this day in 1865.
He was the 16th President of the USA, and was 56 years old when he was assassinated.

http://www.unsv.com/voanews/speciale...inting_150.jpg

lets_ride 15-Apr-2010 03:01 AM

wat a great president...RIP

D.T.P 15-Apr-2010 03:42 AM

In 1927 was the first Volvo car premiered in Gothenburg, Sweden.
I <3 Wiki lol

Polkaroo Killa 15-Apr-2010 07:01 AM


Originally Posted by Sha (Post 1451862)
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: April 14, 1912
The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink.
1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.

Seeing how the sinking Raptors resembled the Titanic, it was only fitting that they got booted from the playoffs on this day (April 14th). :)

Adair 16-Apr-2010 01:09 AM

April 16th
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

April 16, 1928
Henry Birks dies. A Canadian businessman and founder of a chain of high-end Canadian jewellery stores.

Henry Birks served as a prototype to many Canadian entrepreneurs of the 19th century. As soon as the circumstances would permit, he started his own company, which prospered and ultimately became a Canada-wide commercial empire.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bR_ejBscJt...s400/birks.jpg

1999blksi 19-Apr-2010 02:16 PM

April 19 1961
Cuba : Bay of Pigs Victory Day

1999blksi 19-Apr-2010 02:17 PM


Originally Posted by Sha (Post 1451862)
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: April 14, 1912
The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink.
1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.

1912? Sharona...the titanic sank in 1997 ... how ironic that they had a film crew on board to tape the whole thing!

Xscorpio 19-Apr-2010 04:04 PM

^lol high on protein shake hahaha

miss_jess 19-Apr-2010 05:00 PM


Originally Posted by 1999blksi (Post 1452957)
1912? Sharona...the titanic sank in 1997 ... how ironic that they had a film crew on board to tape the whole thing!

:lol: ohhh you are the funny one today!!

BLACKANESEMAN 20-Apr-2010 07:40 PM

Isnt today hitlers bday?

bruce fee 20-Apr-2010 11:17 PM


Originally Posted by BLACKANESEMAN (Post 1453311)
Isnt today hitlers bday?

happy birthday hitler?

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Page...olf-hitler.jpg

Adair 21-Apr-2010 12:09 AM

April 21st
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: April 21, 1918
German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," was shot down and killed during World War I.


http://www.scientificamerican.com/me...F64E43E6_1.jpg

Adair 22-Apr-2010 12:20 PM

April 22nd
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: April 22, 2010
Earth Day.
(It's not really history yet, but will be tomorrow.)

http://www.altavistagardens.org/asse...ay-300x300.jpg

Adair 23-Apr-2010 03:36 AM

:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: April 23, 1616
William Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
An English poet and playwright, Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

http://www.independent.co.uk/multime...are_21756t.jpg

BLACKANESEMAN 07-May-2010 07:50 AM

iphone has an app like this dont they??

miss_jess 07-May-2010 09:21 AM

^ ohhh probably! They have an app for everything it seems :rolleyes:

Hey Sha, what happened to you updating this? :confused: I read it everyday..

Adair 07-May-2010 12:56 PM


Originally Posted by miss_jess (Post 1455815)
^ ohhh probably! They have an app for everything it seems :rolleyes:

Hey Sha, what happened to you updating this? :confused: I read it everyday..

You're sweet for noticing, Jess.
Haven't been able this past week, will get back into it, though. I love history.
Feel free to contribute anytime.

Thanks, Jessica. :happy:


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