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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:

Adair 08-May-2010 01:25 PM

:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: May 8, 1902
Mont Pelée on Martinique erupted and killed almost 30,000 people instantly and destroyed the town of St. Pierre, a coastal town, about 4 miles downslope to the south. During the eruption, a burning cloud of hot ash and gases swept into the town at a speed of 100 miles per hour.

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volc...pyroflow_L.jpg

miss_jess 11-May-2010 10:56 AM

Date: May 11, 1924

Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...enz.jpg/250px-

Adair 11-May-2010 01:38 PM


Originally Posted by miss_jess (Post 1456216)
Date: May 11, 1924

Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...enz.jpg/250px-

Is that a 1936?
What a beauty, wow. :happy: Wouldn't mind having one of those parked in the driveway...

...or the 1937 Roadster...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S-RZc53KRz...nz_540Kars.jpg

Good post, Jess. ;)

Adair 18-May-2010 03:35 AM

May 18th
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: May 18, 1980

Mount St. Helens, an active volcano located in the state of Washington, erupted at 8:32 a.m. It was considered the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the U.S. According to reports, 57 people were killed and 200 homes, 27 bridges, 24 km of railways and 300 km of highway were destroyed.

http://www.foxnews.com/images/139437..._st_helens.jpg

Sumol15 18-May-2010 06:14 AM

It didn't erupt as much as it exploded. The top blew right off, due to the intense pressure build up, that's why so much destruction. I believe it lost like 500m of height or something.

Adair 21-May-2010 02:23 AM

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

Date: May 21, 1980

"The Empire Strikes Back" was released on May 21, 1980, and has becoming one of the most popular chapters in the Star Wars saga. It earned more than US $538 million worldwide over the original run and several re-releases, making it the highest grossing film of 1980. When adjusted for inflation, it's actually the 12th highest grossing film of all time.

http://www.posters.ws/images/96409/s...rikes_back.jpg

Climax_R 21-May-2010 02:38 PM

Today is Pac-Man's 30th Bday!!!!!!

you can go to google... and play it right on the home page... at first i was like WTF then i pressed the arrows on my keyboard and pacman started moving =0

good fun lol!

Happy Birthday Pac Man!

miss_jess 21-May-2010 02:46 PM


Originally Posted by Climax_R (Post 1458035)
Today is Pac-Man's 30th Bday!!!!!!

you can go to google... and play it right on the home page... at first i was like WTF then i pressed the arrows on my keyboard and pacman started moving =0

good fun lol!

Happy Birthday Pac Man!

Happy Birthay Pac-Man.... what an amazing game! :D

Adair 26-May-2010 12:21 AM

May 26th
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: May 26, 1994

Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley in the Dominican Republic.
The two divorced after 18 months on January 18, 1996 on grounds of irreconcilable differences.

http://www.onlineseats.com/upload/co...e-Presley2.jpg

Adair 17-Jun-2010 02:12 AM

June 17th
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: June 17, 1994

A low-speed freeway chase in a white Ford Bronco...just a leisurely fugitive manhunt for the former football star, O.J. Simpson, who was suspected of murdering his wife and a friend.

Thousands of spectators and on-lookers packed overpasses along the procession's journey, waiting for the white Ford Bronco. Over twenty helicopters were rumoured to be following this chase, maybe more. It was televised by local as well as national news outlets, with approximately 95 million viewers tuning in. The event was covered live by ABC News, which achieved some of their highest-ever ratings that week.

http://image.automk.com/media/2009/0....jpg.thumb.jpg

stev 17-Jun-2010 09:14 AM

i don't care, i still maintain he didn't do it...

"if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit..."

Adair 05-Dec-2010 02:43 PM

December 5th
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

Date: December 5, 1791

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an Austrian composer, keyboard player, violinist, violist and conductor, died on this day in 1791 at the age of 35...his death officially attributed to rheumatic fever. Mozart was a child prodigy; at 6 years old he began composing music, and by the time Mozart was 13, he had written symphonies, concertos and sonatas, and was known throughout the world of music. By the time of his death at age 35, he had produced more than 600 works.

http://www.ipl.org/div/images/mushist/mozart.gif

Adair 13-Dec-2012 01:02 PM

December 13th
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

December 13, 2003

The capture of Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

"Operation Red Dawn" was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.



Apparently, the 'spider hole' (the tiny underground bunker) from which Saddam was eventually found, now sits at the base of a palm tree covered by a concrete cap.

venus 13-Jun-2013 06:57 AM

Nice sharing.Interesting.

Adair 26-Jun-2013 12:58 PM

June 26th
 
:nerd: On this day in history...

June 26, 1974

This day welcomed us to the era of the bar code.
On June 26, 1974 at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, the Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time.
The product sold? A ten-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum.

http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/wp-cont...cy-fruit11.jpg

What happened to that ten-pack of Wrigley's gum? The historic pack, unchewed, is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.


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