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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 4, 2009 18:54:00 GMT
Ge2, I can explain, when JFK made that speach at the Brandenberg Gate ........he was trying to say that he was a Berliner too, but Ich Bin Ein Bernliner, translated from German means that he was actually saying that he was a jelly donut, a berliner is a sweet dessert or jelly donut) Every time I hear that I get a chuckle. (Ah, now I understand! Thanks for that explanation, Peach! *memo to self: study US history* 8 August, 1974 - President Richard Nixon announced his resignation (effective the next day) 3 July
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Post by susan on Jan 4, 2009 20:06:32 GMT
3rd July 1971...Jim Morrison lead singer with the band The Doors,dies in Paris aged 27years.
December 1st
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Post by peach on Jan 4, 2009 21:46:59 GMT
GE2, (just a little footnote to our history that rarely gets a mention)
December 1, 1167 The Lombard League is formed in northern Italy.
October 7
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Post by pitzel on Jan 5, 2009 0:30:09 GMT
October 7, 1944 -- Inmates in Auschwitz rebel, one crematorium is blown up.
December 22
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Post by peach on Jan 5, 2009 1:23:51 GMT
December 22, 1808 In a mammoth concert at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, a Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy.
September 20
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 5, 2009 20:17:18 GMT
On September 20, 1853, Chulalongkorn, reformist king of Siam (1853-1910) was born.
May 6
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 5, 2009 20:57:08 GMT
In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.
29 February
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Post by peach on Jan 7, 2009 2:03:38 GMT
In 1692, Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, are accused of witchcraft, in Salem MA
April 9
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 7, 2009 11:10:16 GMT
In 2005 - Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles (postponed a day due to the funeral of Pope John Paul II), on the anniversary of the funeral of his beloved grandmother, the Queen Mother.
18 September
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 7, 2009 15:30:36 GMT
18 September 1975 - Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
December 7
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 7, 2009 22:13:38 GMT
In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
1 March
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 7, 2009 23:07:46 GMT
March 1, 2004 - Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
February 13
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 7, 2009 23:15:07 GMT
In 1960, France tested its first atomic bomb.
22 August
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 7, 2009 23:17:24 GMT
1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
April 9
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 7, 2009 23:46:19 GMT
2002 - the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey.
19 December
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