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Amnorix · 01-01-2009, 10:36 PM

Today...

Hydrae · 08-06-2010, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Wrong!

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Amnorix · 08-06-2010, 09:36 PM

August 7

1606. First documented performance of MacBeth.

1782. George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit, to honor those wounded in combat. It is later renamed to the purple heart.

1942. American Marines land at the islands of Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands, beginning the Battle of Guadalcanal.

1959. The Lincoln Memorial design of the US penny goes into circulation, replacing the shaves of wheat design. It is still in use today.

1964. The US Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Johnson broad powers in Vietnam.

Amnorix · 08-09-2010, 06:55 AM

August 8

1942. Six would-be German saboteurs are executed in Washington DC, the culmination of a comically inept plan by Nazi Germany to insert agents into the United States via submarine to conduct economic sabotage. The saboteurs targets included hydroelectric plants at Niagara Falls, and a number of key manufacturing facilities and railroad-related targets.

1945. Two days after America drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the Soviet Union declares war on Japan, and attacks Japanese positions in Manchuria. America would come to regret their prior insistence, indeed begging, the Soviet Union to join the war against Japan -- when the atomic bomb was nothing more than a concept on paper.

1945. The United States signs the UN Charter, becoming the third nation to join.

1973. Vice President Spiro Agnew appears on television to denounce accusations that he had taken kickbacks while governor of Maryland. Within two months, however, exemplifying the corruption that was endemic in the Nixon Administration, he will plead no contest to charges relating to the kickbacks, with the condition that he resign as Vice President. Upon his resignation, Nixon will appoint Gerry Ford as Vice President.

1974. President Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day. Gerry Ford thereupon becomes President of the United States -- the only person to ever hold that office who had not been elected as either President or Vice President.

Amnorix · 08-09-2010, 07:13 AM

August 9

48 BC. The Battle of Pharsalus. In Greece, the outnumbered but veteran forces of Julius Caesar defeat the forces of Pompey, who was backed (and accompanied by) a majority of the Roman Senate. Pompey flees to Greece.

378. The Battle of Adrianople. The forces of Roman Emperor Valens are crushed by the Goths. The battle as long term implications since, as a result fo the defat, the Goths, who had retreated from the Huns into the territory of the Roman Empire (permitted by Rome at the time) are allowed to continue to remain within Roman territory, becoming a chronic issue for the Romans and contributing heavily to the fall of the Western Roman Empire less than 100 years later.

1483. Opening of the Sistine Chapel.

1854. Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden.

1944. Smokey Bear makes his first appearance in US Forest Service posters.

1945. America drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The initial target was actually the city of Kokura, but upon arrival the American B-29 SuperFortress Bockscar found the city covered in clouds. After three runs over the city carrying the first plutonium bomb to be used in anger, Fat Man, the commander switched to the secondary target, Nagasaki. (the actual photos, in deference to Donger's sensitivities

Amnorix · 08-10-2010, 06:30 AM

August 10

610. The traditional date of Laylat al-Qadr (also known as the Night of Power, Night of Decree, or Night of Measures) -- when the archangel Gabriel started revealing the Koran to the Prophet Muhammed, according to the Islamic religion.

1519. Ferdinand Magellan takes five ships out of Seville seeking to circumnavigate the globe. Two will return, but without Magellan, who will die in the Phillipines during the journey.

1821. Just for you guys -- Missouri is admitted as the 24th US state.

1846. The Smithsonian Institute is chartered by the US Congress, after James Smithson donates $500,000 for such a purpose. Interestingly, Smithson wasn't even an American. He was a British chemist and mineralogist. Unfortunately, not much is known about Smithson's life to any great degree as his entire works, research, diaries and correspondence were lost in a fire at the Smithsonian Institute in 1865.

1948. Candid Camera makes its debut on television after having been on radio for the last year as Candid Microphone (anyone under, say, 35 years of age will probably have no idea what I'm talking about).

1988. President Reagan signs legislation paying $20,000 to Japanese Americans who were interned or relocated during WWII.

Hydrae · 08-10-2010, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

August 7

1959. The Lincoln Memorial design of the US penny goes into circulation, replacing the shaves of wheat design. It is still in use today.

I hate it but this is the obverse side now:

Sofa King · 08-10-2010, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

August 10

1848. Candid Camera makes its debut on television after having been on radio for the last year as Candid Microphone (anyone under, say, 35 years of age will probably have no idea what I'm talking about).

Candid Camera was surely ahead of it's time... making it's debut on television many many years before television is even invented....

Amnorix · 08-10-2010, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sofa King

Candid Camera was surely ahead of it's time... making it's debut on television many many years before television is even invented....

. The fat finger strikes again!

Amnorix · 08-11-2010, 06:19 AM

August 11

3114 BC. The start date of the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar. Used by pre-Columbian tribes in the Americas, this date is the mythological date of creation and the starting point for the calendar. Many monuments are inscribed with dates referencing the calendar.

1972. The last American ground combat units leave Vietnam.

Oucho Cinco · 08-11-2010, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

August 11

3114 BC. The start date of the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar. Used by pre-Columbian tribes in the Americas, this date is the mythological date of creation and the starting point for the calendar. Many monuments are inscribed with dates referencing the calendar.

1972. The last American ground combat units leave Vietnam.

Not counting POW's.

Amnorix · 08-12-2010, 08:58 AM

August 12

30 BC. Cleopatra dies by suicide, reportedly by the bite of an asp.

1281. The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching Japan.

1833. Chicago is founded.

1914. The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary in the ongoing fall of the dominoes.

1977. First free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.

1981. The IBM Personal Computer is released.

1985. The worst single airplane accident in history -- Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into a ridge, killing all 520 people on board.

Amnorix · 08-13-2010, 06:52 AM

August 13

1521. Herman Cortes captures Tenochtitlan (Mexico City).

1831. Slave Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believe is a sign from God. A week later he will lead a slave uprising that will result in the deaths of 55 whites in Virginia.

1918. Women enlist in the US Marine Corps for the first time.

1937. The Battle of Shanghai, between China and Japan, and involving nearly 1,000,000 troops and nearly a quarter-million casualties. Eventually, the Chinese are routed.

1961. The GDR (East Germany) closes the border between Eastern and Western Berlin to prevent the flight of its citizens to the West.

1969. After returning from the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three week quarantine and attend a ticker tape parade in New York, and a dinner in Los Angeles where President Nixon gives them all a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Sofa King · 08-13-2010, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

August 12

30 BC. Cleopatra dies by suicide, reportedly by the bite of an asp.

I see sometimes on the History channel, and other places, they will take all kinds of eveidence "clothing, pictures, paintings" and try to peice together what someone looks like. I remember seeing them do it to George Washington.

My question is, has anyone ever done this for her? If so, where can i find a clip. I've always been curious as to what she really looked like.

Amnorix · 08-22-2010, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sofa King

I see sometimes on the History channel, and other places, they will take all kinds of eveidence "clothing, pictures, paintings" and try to peice together what someone looks like. I remember seeing them do it to George Washington.

My question is, has anyone ever done this for her? If so, where can i find a clip. I've always been curious as to what she really looked like.

This time period isn't my specialty, but my understanding is that the general consensus is that Cleopatra wasn't particularly physically attractive. Rather, it was her intellect, wit, etc. that made her an unusual and attractive woman.

If the coins with her image were at all accurate...

Amnorix · 08-22-2010, 07:00 PM

August 14.

Pretty light day.

1945. Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender.

1947. Pakistan gains independence from the British Indian Empire.

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Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 7 1606. First documented performance of MacBeth. 1782. George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit, to honor those wounded in combat. It is later renamed to the purple heart. 1942. American Marines land at the islands of Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands, beginning the Battle of Guadalcanal. 1959. The Lincoln Memorial design of the US penny goes into circulation, replacing the shaves of wheat design. It is still in use today. 1964. The US Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Johnson broad powers in Vietnam.
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Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 8 1942. Six would-be German saboteurs are executed in Washington DC, the culmination of a comically inept plan by Nazi Germany to insert agents into the United States via submarine to conduct economic sabotage. The saboteurs targets included hydroelectric plants at Niagara Falls, and a number of key manufacturing facilities and railroad-related targets. 1945. Two days after America drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the Soviet Union declares war on Japan, and attacks Japanese positions in Manchuria. America would come to regret their prior insistence, indeed begging, the Soviet Union to join the war against Japan -- when the atomic bomb was nothing more than a concept on paper. 1945. The United States signs the UN Charter, becoming the third nation to join. 1973. Vice President Spiro Agnew appears on television to denounce accusations that he had taken kickbacks while governor of Maryland. Within two months, however, exemplifying the corruption that was endemic in the Nixon Administration, he will plead no contest to charges relating to the kickbacks, with the condition that he resign as Vice President. Upon his resignation, Nixon will appoint Gerry Ford as Vice President. 1974. President Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day. Gerry Ford thereupon becomes President of the United States -- the only person to ever hold that office who had not been elected as either President or Vice President.
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08-09-2010, 07:13 AM	#604
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 9 48 BC. The Battle of Pharsalus. In Greece, the outnumbered but veteran forces of Julius Caesar defeat the forces of Pompey, who was backed (and accompanied by) a majority of the Roman Senate. Pompey flees to Greece. 378. The Battle of Adrianople. The forces of Roman Emperor Valens are crushed by the Goths. The battle as long term implications since, as a result fo the defat, the Goths, who had retreated from the Huns into the territory of the Roman Empire (permitted by Rome at the time) are allowed to continue to remain within Roman territory, becoming a chronic issue for the Romans and contributing heavily to the fall of the Western Roman Empire less than 100 years later. 1483. Opening of the Sistine Chapel. 1854. Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden. 1944. Smokey Bear makes his first appearance in US Forest Service posters. 1945. America drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The initial target was actually the city of Kokura, but upon arrival the American B-29 SuperFortress Bockscar found the city covered in clouds. After three runs over the city carrying the first plutonium bomb to be used in anger, Fat Man, the commander switched to the secondary target, Nagasaki. (the actual photos, in deference to Donger's sensitivities
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08-10-2010, 06:30 AM	#605
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 10 610. The traditional date of Laylat al-Qadr (also known as the Night of Power, Night of Decree, or Night of Measures) -- when the archangel Gabriel started revealing the Koran to the Prophet Muhammed, according to the Islamic religion. 1519. Ferdinand Magellan takes five ships out of Seville seeking to circumnavigate the globe. Two will return, but without Magellan, who will die in the Phillipines during the journey. 1821. Just for you guys -- Missouri is admitted as the 24th US state. 1846. The Smithsonian Institute is chartered by the US Congress, after James Smithson donates $500,000 for such a purpose. Interestingly, Smithson wasn't even an American. He was a British chemist and mineralogist. Unfortunately, not much is known about Smithson's life to any great degree as his entire works, research, diaries and correspondence were lost in a fire at the Smithsonian Institute in 1865. 1948. Candid Camera makes its debut on television after having been on radio for the last year as Candid Microphone (anyone under, say, 35 years of age will probably have no idea what I'm talking about). 1988. President Reagan signs legislation paying $20,000 to Japanese Americans who were interned or relocated during WWII. Last edited by Amnorix; 08-10-2010 at 08:04 AM..
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08-11-2010, 06:19 AM	#609
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 11 3114 BC. The start date of the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar. Used by pre-Columbian tribes in the Americas, this date is the mythological date of creation and the starting point for the calendar. Many monuments are inscribed with dates referencing the calendar. 1972. The last American ground combat units leave Vietnam.
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08-12-2010, 08:58 AM	#611
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 12 30 BC. Cleopatra dies by suicide, reportedly by the bite of an asp. 1281. The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching Japan. 1833. Chicago is founded. 1914. The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary in the ongoing fall of the dominoes. 1977. First free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. 1981. The IBM Personal Computer is released. 1985. The worst single airplane accident in history -- Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into a ridge, killing all 520 people on board.
Posts: 43,125

08-13-2010, 06:52 AM	#612
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 13 1521. Herman Cortes captures Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). 1831. Slave Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believe is a sign from God. A week later he will lead a slave uprising that will result in the deaths of 55 whites in Virginia. 1918. Women enlist in the US Marine Corps for the first time. 1937. The Battle of Shanghai, between China and Japan, and involving nearly 1,000,000 troops and nearly a quarter-million casualties. Eventually, the Chinese are routed. 1961. The GDR (East Germany) closes the border between Eastern and Western Berlin to prevent the flight of its citizens to the West. 1969. After returning from the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three week quarantine and attend a ticker tape parade in New York, and a dinner in Los Angeles where President Nixon gives them all a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Posts: 43,125

08-22-2010, 07:00 PM	#615
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 14. Pretty light day. 1945. Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender. 1947. Pakistan gains independence from the British Indian Empire.
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