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1860 First pony express service began, although the Mongols set up the same system six centuries earlier. 1882 Outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back by Bob Ford, one of his own gang members, reportedly for a $10,000 reward. 1885 one of our important newspaper cartoonists entered our world. Bud Fisher, creator of Mutt & Jeff, was born. 1930 Ras Tafari became Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. 1936 Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. 1948 President Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which would foster the recovery of war-torn Europe. 1974 "Super Tornado Outbreak" strikes 13 U.S. states. 1996 U.S. commerce secretary Ronald Brown died in plane crash in Croatia. 2004 A suspect in Madrid's March bombings blew up himself and three others.
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I choose to call this game, see above, "The Silk Road," and not to recast Hundred Eyes as the opposition leader. He and Marco will be pregens. I've completed Marco, already, and a Mongol shaman; Bo. I've barely started more pregens; the Abyssian bard; Asra, and the Buddhist Warrior Nun; Azalea. I intend to put together more pregens, such as a Mongol warrior and a Lin Kuei ("Forest Demon," Chinese precursor to the ninja). What other pregens would be good?
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1789 Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first Speaker of the House of Representatives. 1893 An important step in the development of The Sunday Funnies was achieved. Before The Yellow Kid could become a regular feature, there had to be color printing, and The New York Recorder printed the first full-color newspaper page in America. 1933The Nazi persecution of Jews began in Germany with a boycott of Jewish businesses. 1945American forces landed on Okinawa during World War II. 1960The first U.S. weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral. 1970President Nixon signed a bill into law banning cigarette ads from radio and television. 1976Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer. 1979Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 2001Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic arrested on corruption charges. 2003Pvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued by U.S. commandos in a raid on an Iraqi hospital. 2004President Bush signed the "Laci Peterson" bill making it a separate federal crime to harm a fetus during an attack on the mother. 2009 Sweden becomes the fifth European country to legalize same-sex marriage. The other countries with the same rights are The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Spain.
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1492 Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain expelled Jews who would not accept Christianity. 1889 The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened. 1917 The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands. 1918 Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States. 1930 Floyd Gottfredson took over the artwork on the Mickey Mouse daily comic strip, which had formerly been done by Walt Disney himself. 1949 Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province. 1959 The Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese repression of an uprising in Tibet, arrived at the Indian border and was granted political asylum. 1968 President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not run for re-election. 1995 Major League Baseball players agreed to end the sport’s longest strike in history after a judge ordered a preliminary injunction against team owners. 2005 Terry Schiavo died 13 days after her feeding tube was removed.
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1842Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation. 1856The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War. 1867A treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million, approximately two cents an acre, was submitted to the U.S. Senate. 1870The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race. 1902 One of George Herriman's eccentric pre-Krazy characters was first seen in the papers, Professor Otto & His Auto. 1964The game show Jeopardy debuted on television. 1981President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a Washington hotel. 2002The Queen Mother Elizabeth of England died at the age of 101.
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Re: above...
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1966 the comics reached "The Great White Way" yet again. It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! opened at Broadway's Alvin Theatre
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1848For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. An ice jam in the Niagara River above the rim of the falls caused the water to stop. 1867The North America Act was passed by the British parliament, creating the dominion of Canada. 1951Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of passing atomic secrets to the Russians and were sentenced to death. 1971Lt. William Calley was convicted of murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre. 1973The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam. 1999The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time, at 10,006.78. 2002Israel declared Yasir Arafat an enemy.
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1797Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine. 1930The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. Pictured above is the Blue Mosque of Instanbul. 1939 The Spanish Civil War ended. 1941Author Virginia Woolf drowned herself. 1979Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 2000Supreme Court rules unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person.
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1794Congress authorizes the construction of six frigates, including the Constitution (Old Ironsides), for the U.S. Navy. 1866President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill which later became the 14th amendment. 1884The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York. 1917The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup. 1958Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier and first secretary of the Communist Party. 1964A 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 117 and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles. 1977Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s collided on a runway in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The 542 people killed is the highest ever for an aviation disaster. 2001A federal judge ruled that the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy was invalid, a ruling that later would be reversed in an appeal. Later yet, the Supreme Court upheld the Michigan ban on considering race in college admissions.
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The entirety of 18 March was missed!
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1603 Queen Elizabeth I died at age 69 after ruling England for more than 40 years. 1882 Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus. 1949 Laurence Olivier's Hamlet became the first British film to win an Oscar. 1958 Rock 'n' roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. army for two years. 1989 In one of worst oil spills in recent history, the tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground and released 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound. 1999 NATO begins launching air strikes in an attempt to force Serbia to cease hostilities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. 2002 Halle Berry became the first African-American actress to win a best actress Oscar and Denzel Washington became the second African-American actor to get the best actor award. 2004 The notorious Bird family's more than half-century stronghold on the nation of Antigua and Barbudacame to an end when Baldwin Spencer won the post of prime minister in the general election.
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1775Patrick Henry declared "Give me liberty, or give me death." 1806Lewis and Clark began their return journey east. 1919Benito Mussolini founded his own party in Italy, the Fasci di Combattimento. 1983U.S. President Ronald Reagan proposed a space-based missile defense system called the Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars.” 1998The motion picture epic “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards, tying it with “Ben-Hur” for the most ever. 2001Russia's Mir space station ended its 15-year orbit of the Earth, splashing down in the South Pacific. 2003A U.S. Army convoy was ambushed in Iraq with 11 killed and seven captured, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch. 2010President Barack Obama signed a health-care overhaul bill, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into law.
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1765The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain. 1820U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron. 1894The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals. 1895Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris. 1945The Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. 1972Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it. 1997Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397. 2012Amadou Toumani Touré, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d'état.
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Fletch, playing The Mighty Thor, "I'm going to use my Thunderclap." Will "Suffice" Geiger, playing Black Panther, "There's no cure for that, but there is a treatment diet. Pizza and pancakes, we can slide that under your door."
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MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See?
GhostDancer replied to Steve Long's topic in HERO System Discussion
Just found seven library copies of Walther Heissig's The Religions of Mongolia in Michigan, put a hold on one. Thanks, Matt the Bruins! -
1556 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, was burned at the stake as a heretic. 1804 The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was officially put forth. 1871 Journalist Henry M. Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. 1960 Police fired on demonstrators in Sharpeville, South Africa, after which the African National Congress was banned. 25 years later, a march marking the anniversary was also disrupted by police fire. 1963 Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, a harsh maximum security jail which once housed gangster Al Capone, closed. 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. 2010 The House of Representatives passes a bill that will overhaul the American health-care system. The bill, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will be sent to President Obama to sign into law.
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1602 The Dutch East India Company was established. During its 196-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies. 1727 English physicist/astronomer Sir Isaac Newton died in London at age 84. 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published. 1969 John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. 1985 Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod. 1990 Namibia becomes an independent nation. 1995 Two members of the Japanese cult Aum Sinrikyo released poisonous gas in a Tokyo subway stop during rush hour, killing 12 people and sending over 5,000 to the hospital for treatment. 1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first to fly a hot-air balloon nonstop around the world. 2003 Ground troops entered Iraq and a second round of air strikes against Baghdad was launched.
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1762 The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City. 1776 British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War. 1870 Wellesley Female Seminary (later Wellesley College) received its charter from the Massachusetts legislature. 1942 Gen. Douglas MacArthur became supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II. 1963 Mount Agung on Bali erupted, killing 1,184 people. 1969 Golda Meir was sworn in as prime minister of Israel. 2003 President Bush delivered an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an attack.
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1743 The first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall. 1794 The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney. 1939 The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, soon to be occupied by the Nazis. 1950 The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list made its debut. 1958 Perry Como's single "Catch a Falling Star" became the first RIAA gold record. 1964 Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. 1990 The Soviet Congress voted Mikhail Gorbachev into the newly-created and powerful position of president.
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Savage.
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1639 Cambridge College was renamed Harvard University. 1781 The German-born English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Georgium Sidus, later known as Uranus. 1852 "Uncle Sam" cartoon appeared for the first time in N.Y. Lantern weekly. 1868 The Senate began President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. 1906 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died. 1925 Tennessee passed a bill prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools. 1930 Clyde W. Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto. 1972 Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years; Britain withdrew its consulate from Taiwan. 1996 A man shot dead 16 children and a woman teacher in a school in Dunblane, Scotland. He then shot himself. 2012 The Encyclopaedia Britannica discontinued its print edition after 244 years.
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When Chuck Norris bites a zombie, it becomes Chuck Norris.
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Fact check - his birthday was the day before yesterday, but since it's him, we celebrate all month.
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Fact check - his birthday was the day before yesterday, but since it's him, we celebrate all month. Re: Bruce Lee - there are no Bruce Lee jokes, because Bruce Lee is no joke. However, did those two ever legitimately fight? Taking a fall for a movie role does not count.
