wcw43921 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 Joe Shuster was born on this day in 1914. Together with Jerry Siegel they created the world's greatest adventure strip character. You know who I mean. tkdguy and GhostDancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) It's Bastille Day ! July 14th 1865 the Matterhorn is ascended for the first time but four of the party die on the descent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_ascent_of_the_Matterhorn Pat Garrett shoots Billy the Kid dead July 14 1881 July 14th 1963 Jacques Anquetil wins the Tour de France for the 4th time July 14th 1964 Jacques Anquetil wins the Tour de France for the 5th time Edited July 16, 2023 by death tribble GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 16th July 1228 Canonisation of St Francis of Assisi 16th July 1683 naval Battle of Penghu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Penghu 16th July 1861 First Battle of Bull Run 16th July 1945 Successful detonation of a nuclear device at Alamogordo, New Mexico 16th July 1948 First commercial aircraft hijack 16th July 1961 Jacques Anquetil wins his 2nd Tour de France 16th July 1965 Mont Blanc tunnel opens 16th July 1994 Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 collides with Jupiter GhostDancer and wcw43921 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 August 9th 48 BC. Battle of Pharsalus. Caesar defeats Pompey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pharsalus August 9th 378 AD Battle of Adrianople. The Goths defeat Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople August 9th 1942. Battle of Savo Island. Japan defeats the Allies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Island August 9th 1945. Nagasaki is devastated by the second Atomic Bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki August 9th 1965 Singapore is forcibly ejected from Malaysia and becomes independent August 9th 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. Sharon Tate and her guests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate–LaBianca_murders It is also Gillian Anderson's birthday. GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 Jack Kirby was born on this day in 1917. Hail To The King. tkdguy and GhostDancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 August 28th 1963 Martin Luthor King Jnr delivers his I Have A Dream speech during the March on Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted August 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 1837: pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufacture Whatsthishere sauce, ok, ok, Worcestershire sauce for the first time. Store brand, other brands and private label versions are often inferior, because their main ingredient is water. Edited August 28, 2023 by GhostDancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted September 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2023 On this day in 1773, Benjamin Franklin wrote, "There never was a good war or bad peace." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 11, 2023 Report Share Posted September 11, 2023 Battle of Vienna 1683 September 11th. Then the Winged Hussars arrived and helped lift the siege 1697 September 11th Battle of Zenta. Decisive defeat of the Ottoman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zenta 1711 September 11th Battle of Malplaquest. Allies defeat France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malplaquet 1803 September 11th Battle of Delhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Delhi_(1803) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 11, 2023 Report Share Posted September 11, 2023 On this day, 22 years ago....the world changed. Never forget. Even if you can hardly believe it's been 22 years. I know I can't. Pariah, tkdguy and GhostDancer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted September 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 On this day in 2020, astronomers report possible sign of life on Venus, after detecting phosphene in the planet's atmosphere by telescope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted September 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 Today, The Lone Ranger drama television series debuted in 1949 on the ABC network. The American Western drama continued to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role. Jay Silverheels, a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada, played The Lone Ranger's Indian companion Tonto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/14/2023 at 2:54 AM, GhostDancer said: On this day in 2020, astronomers report possible sign of life on Venus, after detecting phosphene in the planet's atmosphere by telescope. (link) For multiple reasons, this isn't considered right any more, due to calibration problems, and the feature they identified as phosphine probably being a blend of sulfur dioxide lines instead (and SO2 is already known to be present and strong in the Venusian atmosphere). GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 26 minutes ago, Cancer said: (link) For multiple reasons, this isn't considered right any more, due to calibration problems, and the feature they identified as phosphine probably being a blend of sulfur dioxide lines instead (and SO2 is already known to be present and strong in the Venusian atmosphere). Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus - Agent Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted December 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 On this day in 2019, the deepest point on land on Earth is identified under the Denman Glacier in east Antarctica at 3.5 km (11,500 ft.) below sea level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 One of the worst mining disasters in British history occurs on this day in 1866 at the Oaks colliery in Yorkshire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_explosion Clapham Junction Rail Crash 12th December 1988. This is one of the worst rail crashes in Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 On this date in 2009 we went to a church Christmas party and Lady P was asked, "Wouldn't it be funny if you weren't in church tomorrow because you went into labor?" To which Lady P replied (as she'd been told by her doctor), "No, the baby's not coming this week." GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich McGee Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 My father died on this date two years ago, following a very short but agonizing battle with lung cancer. A small piece of history to most, but meaningful to me. GhostDancer, tkdguy, Tom Cowan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted December 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Rich McGee said: My father died on this date two years ago, following a very short but agonizing battle with lung cancer. A small piece of history to most, but meaningful to me. May his memories be a blessing, sir. Rich McGee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) Today is the 80th anniversary of the Battle of North Cape and the sinking of Scharnhorst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_North_Cape In 1806 two Napoleonic War battles between France and Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pułtusk_(1806) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Golymin Also in 1991 the Supreme Soviet dissolves the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union Lars Ulrich turns 60 today. Edited December 26, 2023 by death tribble wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 December 28th 1879. Tay Bridge Disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster 1922 Stan Lee born 1932 Nichelle Nicholls born 1999 Clayton Moore, THE Lone Ranger, dies. 2015 Lemmy of Motorhead dies. wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Jan 4th 1966 Australian general Robert Nimmo dies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nimmo 46 BC Battle of Ruspina between Julius Caeser and Titus Labienus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ruspina 1990 Deadly train accident in Pakistan leaves 307 dead and 700 injured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkur_rail_disaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 (edited) January 7th 1979 The Vietnamese army captures Phnom Penh. January 7th is now commemorated as Victory Over Genocide day. January 7th 1939 the last element to be discovered in nature rather be synthesised is identified as Francium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium Nicholas Cage turns 60 today EDIT: Would you believe that there is still about a third of the year that we have nothing for ? January, September and June are the worst months for missing dates. November and December are missing 3 dates each. Edited January 7 by death tribble Rich McGee and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich McGee Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 8 hours ago, death tribble said: EDIT: Would you believe that there is still about a third of the year that we have nothing for ? January, September and June are the worst months for missing dates. November and December are missing 3 dates each. Every day is somebody's birthday, even the fast-approaching February 29th. Whether you think it's significant or not, they certainly do. January 7th, 1610 was also the date Galileo first spotted four moons of Jupiter, as well as more stars than he'd ever thought the sky could hold. Pariah and tkdguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist of Rush, died on this date in 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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