GhostDancer Posted April 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 1904, Longacre Square in midtown Manhattan was renamed Times Square after The New York Times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted April 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 1911, American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo, one of the earliest animated films Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 BOAC Flight 712 returned to Heathrow after losing an engine in flight. The plane successfully landed but a fire broke out leading to 5 deaths. 122 people survived with 38 of those injured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_712 GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Fifty years ago today: the event best recognized through the misquote, "Houston, we have a problem" Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 1241. The Battle of Mohi takes place resulting in victory for the Mongols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mohi The battle of Legnica took place two days previously but also deserves to be mentioned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Legnica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 It is the 10th anniversary of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Today is the anniversary of Columbine. GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 It is the 60th anniversary of Brasilia becoming Brazil's capital. April 21st 1960 GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted April 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 1876, the first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball. Smash-and-Blast-Baseball-2.webp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 In 1967, the movie Gappa opened in Japan. Hey...it's the little things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 April 22nd 1915 Start of the second battle of Ypres and the Germans unleash chlorine gas causing thousands of casualties aming French troops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 This day in 1990, Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. I cannot possibly do justice to all it has done for science in the last thirty years. GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 The Gambia became a republic April 24th 1970 so it is 50 years old today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted April 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington rode forty miles through the night to warn militiamen under her father Henry's command that British troops were planning to invade Danbury, Connecticut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 April 27th 2005. The Airbus A380 made its maiden flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted April 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY National Superhero Day is observed annually on April 28. This is a day to honor superheroes, both real and fictional. Batman, Superman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, Hulk and Spiderman are just some of the superheroes whose names we recognize. Even though they are fictional, these superheroes are great role models for our children. They serve and protect while fighting evil. Our real-life superheroes may not have super powers or wear capes, but they are also great role models who serve and protect while fighting evil. Military and medical personnel, police officers, firefighters, EMS, 9-1-1 dispatchers and service workers are just a few of the heroes who protect us on a daily basis. HOW TO OBSERVE Send your favorite superhero lunch and say thank you for all they do. Post photos on social media using #NationalSuperheroDay. HISTORY National Superhero Day was created in 1995 by Marvel Comics employees. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxYwE8KQc0euGT0bzs_nEy4Gy_0OXFo0/view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted April 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 1429, Joan of Arc arrived to relieve the Siege of Orléans. 2017, Shannon Longstreth (now Geiger) married me. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Congratulations! GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Akira Takarada, male lead of the original 1954 Godzilla (among many other films) born on this date in 1934. GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Today is the 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's suicide 1945. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler It is also the 100th birthday of Captain Tom Moore who was born today April 30th 1920. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 When I am provoked appropriately, occasionally I show this to my students and then ask them harshly, "How many of you are just like Hitler now?!?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Today May 5th is the 40th anniversary of the SAS ending the Iranian Embassy Siege in London. This was caught on live TV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 May 7th 1960. The Russians announce that they have Francis Gary Powers after they shot down his U2 spyplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 May 8th 1970. the Hard Hat riot. 50th anniversary today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hat_Riot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted May 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Today is the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (United Kingdom) or V-E Day (US), is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe. VE Day is celebrated across Western European states on 8 May, with several countries observing public holidays on the day each year, variously called Victory Over Fascism Day, Liberation Day or simply Victory Day. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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