Starlord Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Damn, we should've remembered that, for Fawkes sake! Hermit and Pattern Ghost 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 What sort of Guy would forget that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 1874The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine. 1916Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. 1917Vladimir Lenin's forces overthrew Alexander Kerensky's government in Russia's Bolshevik Revolution. 1944President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey. 1962Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died in New York City at age 78. 1967Carl Stokes of Cleveland became the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city. 1989L. Douglas Wilder was elected governor of Virginia. He became the nation's first elected black governor. 2000The U.S. went to the polls to choose between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The outcome wouldn't be known for more than a month because of disputed votes in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 1889 Montana became the 41st state. 1892Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive terms in the White House. 1923Adolf Hitler attempted, and failed, to seize control of the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch. 1960John F. Kennedy defeated Richard M. Nixon for the presidency of the United States. 1966Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction. 1994After a 40-year Democrat domination, the Republican Party gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as a Senate majority. 2016 Donald Trump wins more than 200 votes from the Electoral College, Hillary Clinton wins more than 300. Or, you know, my guess is wrong. aylwin13 and L. Marcus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 "9-1-1, where is the emergency?" Caller, "I don't like any of the candidates." Dispatch, "Sorry, you have the wrong number, bye." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 1888 Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly. 1938Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night—referring to broken glass on streets). 1953Author-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39. 1965A switch at a station near Niagara Falls failed. The Northeast and parts of Canada went dark for more than 13 hours. 1970Former French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79. 1989Borders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day. 2016 For the first time, the U.S. President Elect has neither government nor military experience. Nolgroth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Point of order: That switch didn't fail. It did exactly what it was designed to do. GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Point of order: That switch didn't fail. It did exactly what it was designed to do. Sounds legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 1871Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" 1928Hirohito was crowned Emperor of Japan. 1951The first long distance telephone call without operator assistance took place. 1969Sesame Street premiered on PBS TV. 1970The Great Wall of China opened to the world for tourism. 1982The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in Washington, DC. Nolgroth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pariah Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Point of order: That switch didn't fail. It did exactly what it was designed to do. Sounds legit. I show my students this video each year when we discuss the role of science and technology in our society. It gives an interesting reenactment of what happened that night. (It's the opening episode from James Burke's 1978 documentary series Connections. It runs about 48 minutes.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4tLYYXDg74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 1620The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It would provide the basis for all governments of the American colonies. 1831Former slave Nat Turner was executed. 1889Washington became the 42nd state. 1918The Allies and Germany signed an armistice ending World War I. 1921The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery. 1965Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain. 1992The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests. 2004Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, died in Paris. Mahmoud Abbas was elected to take his place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 1775U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the American Revolution.1927The world's first long, mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, opened between New York and New Jersey.1940Walt Disney's Fantasia debuted.1942The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.1946Vincent Schaefer produced artificial snow from a natural cloud for the first time at Mount Greylock in Massachusetts.1956The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on buses.1982The Vietnam War Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated in Washington, DC.2001The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the city. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 1763Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon line. 1777The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution. 1806Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak. 1939The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Roosevelt. 1969About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, DC. 2002Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Also on this day in the 60s, the earth moved the sky cracked and the waters thundered. And during this maelstrom was born a physician of destiny ! Yay, I talk of none other than Doc Democracy ! GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon line. The event, as celebrated by Mark Knopfler and James Taylor: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Last night (14/15 November) in 1942, the final stage of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended with the Americans sending a scratch force of four destroyers and two battleships to stop a shore bombardment and transport run by the Japanese. The Japanese sank three of the four US destroyers while losing one of their own, but USS Washington sank Kirishima, with 16-inch rifles laid by radar fire control and an opening range of only 8400 yards. The Japanese transports beached themselves on Guadalcanal and were destroyed by aircraft and surface gunnery the next day. The Japanese had had one of Kirishima's sister ships, Hiei, sunk in an earlier stage of the battle two nights previous. The losses, with their failure to suppress the American air forces based on Henderson Field, led the Japanese to abandon the struggle for the island. Though the Battle of Midway five months earlier had neutralized the Japanese superiority won in its initial strokes the previous December, the defeat at Guadalcanal was where the strategic initiative passed irreversibly into the Allies' hands. GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 1864General Sherman and his troops began their "March to the sea" during the Civil War. 1907Oklahoma became the 46th state. 1933The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. 1973President Nixon signed the bill authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. 2004President George W. Bush nominated Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GhostDancer Posted November 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 1558Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary. 1800Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time. 1869The Suez Canal opened in Egypt. 1917Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France. 1968Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets. 1973President Nixon said "I am not a crook." 1989The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia. 2003Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 1820Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica. 1883Standard time began in the United States. 1886Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881–1885), died in New York at 56. 1928Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie. 1976Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship. 1978Jim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot. 2003The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the right to same sex marriage was guaranteed by the state constitution. 2004The UN Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of New York headquarters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. 1910 Francisco Madero began an armed revolt against the president of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz. 1945 The war crimes trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg, Germany. 1947 The future Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Ediburgh. 1962 President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis. 1975 Spain's General Francisco Franco died. 2000 Peru's president Alberto Fujimori resigned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 1789 North Carolina became the 12th state. 1922 Georgia's Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator. 1934 Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes opened in New York City. 1969 For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth. 1973 The 18 1/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed. 1991 Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 1497Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India. 1718Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America. 1842Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted. Ash fallout reached as far as 48 miles away. 1906"S-O-S" was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin. 1943President Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan. 1963President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. 1990Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 1889The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco. 1936First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands. The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam. 1945U.S. wartime food rationing, of meat, butter, and other foods, ended. 1971People's Republic of China was seated at the UN Security Council. 2003Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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