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Post by chuck » Mon December 29th, 2008, 3:38 am

1900, Carrie Nation attacks a saloon in Kansas....imagine having a friendly brew and a female/females with axe's and mauls enter the bar room and and atart smashing the bar and empty tables......
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Post by annis » Mon January 5th, 2009, 11:21 pm

January 6, 1540 Henry VIII of England married Anne of Cleves, a short-lived venture into matrimony for the lady, though she did survive the experience. Thomas Cromwell, however, did not.
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Post by chuck » Wed January 7th, 2009, 3:23 pm

January 7th, 1789....First presidential election, George Washington was elected by the newly formed Electoral College....Only White males with property could vote......

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Post by annis » Mon January 12th, 2009, 10:56 pm

13 January 1842: The single survivor of a four thousand plus Anglo-Indian army reaches safety having been ambushed in the Khyber Pass in the first Anglo-Afghan war.

This caught my attention because I've been reading Thalassa Ali's novel. "A Singular Hostage", which predates this event by a few years, and features the great Durbar set up between Lord Auckland, British Governor General of India, where he met with the fabled Ranjit Singh, Maharajah of the Punjab at Firozpur in an attempt to gain support for the British Army's proposed Afghanistani Expedition. (Ironically, the British Army is still stuck in Aghanistan, all these years later)

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Post by Leyland » Tue January 27th, 2009, 3:31 pm

1343 – Pope Clement VI issued the papal bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences.

We all know how well that worked out for the Catholic Church!
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Post by Carine » Tue January 27th, 2009, 6:09 pm

Going back a couple of days : on January 25th 1759 : Robert Burns, Scottish poet was born.

January 27th 1756 : Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.

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Post by annis » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 6:50 am

Today, February 3, is the 200th anniversary of German composer Felix Mendelssohn's birthday.

to celebrate, Anne Akiko Meyers playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=p08izmpPy ... re=related

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Post by chuck » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 3:44 pm

Breaking the thread rule, but...."The Day The Music Died"....Feb.3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and their pilot perished on a Iowa cornfield.....A sad note....These musicians were so underpaid on these barnstorming tours....they all road school buses to their shows....The story goes Buddy, Richie, and the Bopper...were so frustrated they pooled their money and hired a small airplane to fly them to their next concert......Check out Buddy, Richie, the Bopper tributes on utube and other sites....Their music still lives....Rave On....

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Post by Leyland » Thu February 5th, 2009, 3:05 am

Oh, great. Wiki has let us know that on Feb 5, 1958, a hydrogen bomb was jettisoned off the coast near Tybee Island GA and has never been recovered. I like going to the lighthouse there every now and then. Maybe some day the place will really get lit up! I think I'd rather not see that light show up close and personal.

"In 2001, the United States Air Force conducted a study to determine whether the bomb posed a threat to residents of the surrounding area. The study[4] concluded that the bomb does not pose a significant threat because it is missing the nuclear capsule. The bomber pilot maintains that the weapon did not have the nuclear capsule when he took off. The Air Force says with certainty that the bomb contains conventional explosives and highly enriched uranium, which could pose an environmental or proliferation threat. The Air Force determined that it was prudent to leave the bomb entombed in mud at the bottom of the sea floor rather than disturb it and risk the potential of detonation or contamination."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee ... B-47_crash
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Post by annis » Fri February 6th, 2009, 5:43 am

Posted by Leyland
Oh, great. Wiki has let us know that on Feb 5, 1958, a hydrogen bomb was jettisoned off the coast near Tybee Island GA and has never been recovered.
Just imagine accidentally hauling up that baby in your fishing net!

Today, February 6, is a signicant one in New Zealand history. it's the day that British officials (in the name of good old Queen Vic) signed the Treaty of Waitangi with the Maori chiefs of this country, creating a covenant which is the cornerstone of our constitution. In its honour, we celebrate Feb 6 as an annual holiday, known as Waitangi Day.

On an different note, today marks the birthday in 1945 of Bob Marley. Bob is also significant to NZ. He visited here and reggae was picked up by NZ musicians. It's still a thread in most popular NZ music.

[url=tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonYFxHHvaM&feature=related]"One Love"[/url] performed by Bob Marley
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