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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 24, 2009 14:17:52 GMT
In 1956 the International Air Transport Association finalized a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
3 February
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Post by pitzel on Jan 24, 2009 20:58:44 GMT
The crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie, Big Bopper and their pilot happened on February 3, 1959 in Albert Juhl’s corn field about fifteen miles northwest of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
December 17
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 24, 2009 23:56:03 GMT
In 2007, the Republic of Lakotah asserted its independence from the United States.
24 May
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Post by peach on Jan 25, 2009 1:01:07 GMT
24 May, 0015 Julius Caesar Germanicus Roman commandant born.
15 September
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 25, 2009 17:29:22 GMT
In 1835 the ship HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reached the Galápagos Islands.
11 August
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Post by peach on Jan 25, 2009 19:52:57 GMT
11 August, 1866 World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport, RI) (this one's for you DGD !!!)
9 March
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 25, 2009 23:13:18 GMT
1959 - the debut of the Barbie doll
3 June
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Post by peach on Jan 26, 2009 0:51:53 GMT
3 June 1976 Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold
9 May
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 26, 2009 18:59:22 GMT
aww glad you are thinkin of me Peach!  1941 - World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages. Probably what the movie "U-571" was based on. April 7 |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 26, 2009 20:28:13 GMT
In 1906 Mount Vesuvius erupted and devastated Naples.
11 Feb
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Post by peach on Jan 27, 2009 2:17:02 GMT
11 February 1963, Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album, including "Please, Please Me" and the rest is history.
4 May
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 27, 2009 20:43:43 GMT
1979 - Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the UK
9 September
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Post by peach on Jan 28, 2009 0:51:18 GMT
9 September 1971 John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear on the Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 28, 2009 11:05:41 GMT
Next date, Peach?
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Post by peach on Jan 29, 2009 0:20:33 GMT
Sorry,
1 December
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