Month in History - February, 2002 [Archive]

The Historian

02-01-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Friday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2002. There are 333
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in
protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they'd been
refused service.
 On this date: 
In 1861, Texas voted to secede from the Union.
In 1893, inventor Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's
first motion picture studio, his ``Black Maria,'' in West Orange,
N.J.
In 1920, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came into existence.
In 1943, one of America's most highly decorated military units
of World War II, the 442d Regimental Combat Team, made up almost
entirely of Japanese-Americans, was authorized.
In 1946, Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the
first secretary-general of the United Nations (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22United%20Nations%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=United%20Nations&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
In 1968, during the Vietnam War, Saigon's police chief (Nguyen
Ngoc Loan) executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the
head in a scene captured in a famous news photograph.
In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous
welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.
In 1979, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, whose prison
sentence for bank robbery had been commuted by President Carter,
left a federal prison near San Francisco.
In 1982, 20 years ago, ``Late Night with David Letterman (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22David%20Letterman%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://ytv.yahoo.com/fc/ytv/david_letterman">Y! TV</a>)''
premiered on NBC TV.
In 1991, 35 people were killed when a US Air jetliner crashed
atop a commuter plane on a runway at Los Angeles International
Airport.
 Ten Years Ago: President George H.W. Bush and Russian President
Boris N. Yeltsin met at Camp David. Ron Carey was sworn in as the
first Teamsters president elected by the union's rank-and-file.
Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman, who sentenced Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg to death, died in New York at age 81.
 Five Years Ago: Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Alberto%20Fujimori%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/World/Peru">web sites</a>) said he
would open a ``preliminary dialogue'' with rebels holding 72
hostages in Lima, but again rejected their main demand that the
government release their jailed comrades. Pulitzer Prize-winning
columnist Herb Caen died in San Francisco at age 80.
 One Year Ago: John Ashcroft (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22John%20Ashcroft%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=John%20Ashcroft&cs=nw">web sites</a>) won confirmation as attorney general
on a 58-42 Senate vote, completing President George W. Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20George%20W.%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>)'s
Cabinet over strong Democratic opposition.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Redallnite

02-01-02, 09:48PM

And it's my mom's birthday!!!

She is 39 again

The Historian

02-02-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Saturday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2002. There are 332
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 2, 1536, the Argentine city of Buenos Aires was founded
by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain.
 On this date: 
In 1653, New Amsterdam - now New York City - was incorporated.
In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican
War, was signed.
In 1870, the ``Cardiff Giant,'' supposedly the petrified remains
of a human discovered in Cardiff, N.Y., was revealed to be nothing
more than carved gypsum.
In 1876, the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs was
formed in New York.
In 1882, Irish poet and novelist James Joyce was born near
Dublin.
In 1897, fire destroyed the Pennsylvania state capitol in
Harrisburg. (A new statehouse was dedicated on the same site nine
years later.)
In 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of
Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World
War II.
In 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill departed Malta for the summit in Yalta with
Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
In 1971, Idi Amin assumed power in Uganda, following a coup that
ousted President Milton Obote.
In 1996, dancer, actor and choreographer Gene Kelly died at his
Beverly Hills, Calif., home; he was 83.
 Ten Years Ago: The U.S. Coast Guard (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22U.S.%20Coast%20Guard%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Military/Coast_Guard/">web sites</a>) shipped home 250 more
Haitian refugees from the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, a day
after repatriating a shipload of about 150 Haitians. Longtime
``Miss America (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Miss%20America%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Miss%20America&cs=nw">web sites</a>)'' emcee Bert Parks died in La Jolla, Calif., at age
77.
 Five Years Ago: Authorities in Vallejo, Calif., recovered 500
pounds of stolen dynamite and arrested two men in bombings that
destroyed three bank teller machines and blasted a crater into the
side of a courthouse wall. (Six men wound up receiving long prison
terms for their roles in the case.)
 One Year Ago: Former President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) and Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Hillary%20Rodham%0AClinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Hillary+Rodham+Clinton">web sites</a>) said they would pay for $86,000 worth of White House gifts
they'd chosen to keep.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Redallnite

02-02-02, 09:06PM

Ole General Lee didn't see his shadow so spring is around the corner. Funny thing though, it sure was sunny out this morning... I saw my shadow but who am I but a redhead girl......

Diva

02-02-02, 10:19PM

You mean no more snow in Georgia? *Ducks for cover*

The Historian

02-03-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Sunday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2002. There are 331
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed
the lives of rock-and-roll stars <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Buddy%20Holly&cs=nw">Buddy Holly</a>, <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Ritchie%20Valens&cs=nw">Ritchie Valens</a> and
J.P. ``The Big Bopper'' Richardson.
 On this date: 
In 1690, the first paper money in America was issued by the
colony of Massachusetts. (The currency was used to pay soldiers
fighting a war against Quebec.)
In 1783, Spain recognized U.S. independence.
In 1809, the territory of Illinois was created.
In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a
federal income tax, was ratified.
In 1916, Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa,
burned down.
In 1917, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with
Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine
warfare.
In 1924, the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow
Wilson, died in Washington at age 68.
In 1930, the chief justice of the United States, William Howard
Taft, resigned for health reasons.
In 1989, Alfredo Stroessner, president of Paraguay for more than
three decades, was overthrown in a military coup.
In 1995, the space shuttle Discovery (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Discovery%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=space%20shuttle%20discovery">web sites</a>) blasted off with a woman,
Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, in the pilot's seat for the
first time in NASA (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22NASA%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=NASA&h=c">web sites</a>) history.
 Ten Years Ago: President George H.W. Bush got into a testy
exchange with Democratic governors over his economic-revival plan.
Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa sparked controversy by
saying American workers were losing the drive ``to live by the
sweat of their brow.''
 Five Years Ago: The Army announced that a retired female
sergeant major had accused Sgt. Maj. Gene McKinney of sexual
assault and harassment. (McKinney was later convicted in a
court-martial of obstructing justice, but was acquitted of 18
charges of pressuring enlisted women for sex. He received a
reprimand and reduction in rank.)
 One Year Ago: Terry McAuliffe was elected chairman of the
Democratic National Committee (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Democratic%20National%20Committee%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Parties/Democratic_Party/">web sites</a>). The XFL (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22XFL%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=XFL&cs=nw">web sites</a>), a football league founded
by the World Wrestling Federation and jointly owned by NBC, held
its first two games, in which the Las Vegas Outlaws beat the New
York/New Jersey Hitmen 19-to-0, and the Orlando Rage beat the
Chicago Enforcers 33-to-29. (The XFL folded after just one season.)
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-04-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Monday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2002. There are 330
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 4, 1789, electors unanimously chose George Washington to
be the first president of the United States.
 On this date: 
In 1783, Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with
its former colonies, the United States of America.
In 1801, John Marshall was sworn in as chief justice of the
United States.
In 1861, delegates from six Southern states met in Montgomery,
Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the Winter
Olympic Games (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Olympic%20Games%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Olympic%20Games">web sites</a>) at Lake Placid.
In 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO) came into
existence.
In 1945, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference
at Yalta.
In 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in
Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
In 1976, more than 22,000 people died when a severe earthquake
struck Guatemala and Honduras.
In 1977, 11 people were killed when two cars of a Chicago
Transit Authority train fell off elevated tracks after a collision
with another train.
In 1982, President Reagan announced a plan to eliminate all
medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe.
 Ten Years Ago: President George H.W. Bush defended his economic
recovery plan before a National Grocers Association meeting in
Orlando, Fla. (During his visit, Bush appeared intrigued by an
electronic checkout machine, leaving reporters wondering if he'd
ever seen such a device before.)
 Five Years Ago: A civil jury in Santa Monica, Calif., found O.J.
Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson,
and her friend, Ronald Goldman, awarding $8.5 million in
compensatory damages to Goldman's parents. (Six days later, the
jury added $25 million in punitive damages to go to Nicole Brown
Simpson's estate and Goldman's father.) President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) delivered
his State of the Union address. Seventy-three Israeli soldiers were
killed in the collision of two helicopters.
 One Year Ago: In the NHL All-Star game, the North America team
beat the World squad 14-to-12. In the Pro Bowl, the AFC defeated
the NFC, 38-to-17.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-05-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2002. There are 329
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 5, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed
increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics charged
Roosevelt was attempting to ``pack'' the court.
 On this date: 
In 1631, the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and his
wife arrived in Boston from England.
In 1783, Sweden recognized the independence of the United
States.
In 1881, Phoenix, Ariz., was incorporated.
In 1887, Verdi's opera ``Otello'' premiered at La Scala.
In 1917, Congress passed, over President Wilson's veto, an
immigration act severely curtailing the influx of Asians.
In 1917, Mexico's constitution was adopted.
In 1958, Gamel Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the
first president of the new United Arab Republic.
In 1962, French President Charles De Gaulle called for Algeria's
independence.
In 1981, a military jury in North Carolina convicted Marine Pfc.
Robert Garwood of collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner of
war in Vietnam.
In 1994, white separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in
Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in
1963, and was immediately sentenced to life in prison. (Beckwith
died Jan. 21, 2001, at age 80.)
 Ten Years Ago: The House of Representatives authorized an
investigation into whether the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign conspired
with Iran to delay release of the American hostages. (The task
force investigating the ``October Surprise'' allegations later said
it found no credible evidence of such a conspiracy.)
 Five Years Ago: Switzerland's ``Big Three'' banking giants
announced they would create a $71 million fund for Holocaust
victims and their families. Investment bank Morgan Stanley
announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter. U.S. Ambassador
Pamela Harriman died in Paris at age 76.
 One Year Ago: Four disciples of Osama bin Laden (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Osama%20bin%20Laden%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Osama%20bin%20Laden&cs=nw">web sites</a>) went on trial in
New York in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. (The
four were convicted and sentenced to life in prison without
parole.) Flanked by a jumbo refund-check stage prop, President
George W. Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%0AGeorge%20W.%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) asked Americans to get behind his proposed tax cuts.
A disgruntled former factory worker killed five people, including
himself, at an engine plant near Chicago.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-06-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2002. There are 328
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
Fifty years ago, on Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died;
he was succeeded as reigning monarch by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
 On this date: 
In 1756, America's third vice president, Aaron Burr, was born in
Newark, N.J.
In 1778, the United States won official recognition from France
with the signing of treaties in Paris.
In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S.
Constitution.
In 1895, baseball legend Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore.
In 1899, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain was
ratified by the U.S. Senate.
In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, the so-called
``lame duck'' amendment, was declared in effect.
In 1959, the United States successfully test-fired for the first
time a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape
Canaveral.
In 1991, comedian and television performer Danny Thomas died in
Los Angeles at age 79.
In 1993, tennis Hall-of-Famer and human rights advocate Arthur
Ashe died in New York at age 49.
In 1998, President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) signed a bill changing the name of
Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Ronald%20Reagan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Ronald%20Reagan&cs=nw">web sites</a>) Washington National
Airport.
 Ten Years Ago: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton
denied he'd tried to avoid the Vietnam draft, saying he gave up a
draft deferment in the fall of 1969 because he ``didn't think it
was right'' to keep it. President George H.W. Bush unveiled a
health care plan for most Americans. Sixteen people were killed
when a C-130 military transport plane crashed in Evansville, Ind.
 Five Years Ago: President Clinton sent Congress a $1.69 trillion
budget for fiscal 1998, saying it would erase deficits by 2002 and
for 20 years beyond. (Republicans scoffed that the plan was
brimming with costly new programs and phantom savings, but said
they were ready to bargain.)
 One Year Ago: Ariel Sharon (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Ariel%20Sharon%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Ariel%20Sharon&cs=nw">web sites</a>) was elected Israeli prime minister in
a landslide win over Ehud Barak (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Ehud%20Barak%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Ehud%20Barak">web sites</a>).
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-07-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Thursday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2002. There are 327
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles began their first American tour as
they arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
 On this date: 
In 1812, author Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England.
In 1931, aviator Amelia Earhart married publisher George P.
Putnam in Noank, Conn.
In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized a flag for the
office of the vice president.
In 1943, the government announced that shoe rationing would go
into effect, limiting consumers to buying three pairs per person
for the remainder of the year.
In 1944, during World War II, the Germans launched a
counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy.
In 1948, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of
staff; he was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.
In 1971, women in Switzerland won the right to vote.
In 1984, space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert
L. Stewart went on the first untethered space walk.
In 1986, Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled
his country, ending 28 years of his family's rule.
In 1999, Jordan's King Hussein died of cancer at age 63; he was
succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.
 Ten Years Ago: Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin and French
President Francois Mitterrand signed a cooperation treaty in Paris.
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson testified at his rape
trial in Indianapolis that his accuser, a Miss Black America
contestant, had consented to having sex with him.
 Five Years Ago: The Air Force suspended all its flights in
restricted training areas on the East Coast after a pair of close
calls between National Guard jets and civilian airliners. Mindful
of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's ailments, President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>)
agreed to shift their March summit meeting from the United States
to Helsinki, Finland.
 One Year Ago: The Senate voted to release $582 million in dues
owed the United Nations (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22United%20Nations%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=United%20Nations&cs=nw">web sites</a>). The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on
a trip to the international space station. Jean-Bertrand Aristide
was sworn in as Haiti's president. Death claimed singer-actress
<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Dale%20Evans&cs=nw">Dale Evans</a> at age 88 and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of
aviator Charles Lindbergh, at age 94.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Jake

02-07-02, 09:12AM

She was hot, that's for darn sure! She spent over half that show bend over and I didn't mind a bit!

The Historian

02-08-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Friday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2002. There are 326
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 8, 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
 On this date: 
In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War began.
In 1915, D.W. Griffith's silent movie epic about the Civil War,
``The Birth of a Nation,'' premiered in Los Angeles.
In 1922, President Harding had a radio installed in the White
House.
In 1924, the first execution by gas in the United States took
place at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City.
In 1968, three college students were killed in a confrontation
with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg, S.C., during a civil rights
protest against a whites-only bowling alley.
In 1973, Senate leaders named seven members of a select
committee to investigate the Watergate scandal.
In 1974, the three-man crew of the Skylab space station returned
to Earth after spending 84 days in space.
In 1978, the deliberations of the Senate were broadcast on radio
for the first time as members opened debate on the Panama Canal
treaties.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter unveiled a plan to re-introduce
draft registration.
In 1989, 144 people were killed when an American-chartered
Boeing 707 filled with Italian tourists slammed into a fog-covered
mountain in the Azores.
 Ten Years Ago: The 16th Olympic Winter Games opened in
Albertville, France.
 Five Years Ago: President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) announced in his weekly radio
address that he was releasing the first of a $200 million program
of grants to provide schools with computers and Internet training.
 One Year Ago: A House committee opened hearings into former
President Clinton's last-minute pardon of fugitive financier Marc
Rich (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Marc%0ARich%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Marc%20Rich&cs=nw">web sites</a>), with former prosecutors complaining that they hadn't been
consulted before the pardon was granted. President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) sent his
proposed $1.6 trillion, 10-year tax cut plan to Congress.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Diva

02-08-02, 09:14AM

Originally posted by aussie

Now where else in the world would a new way to kill people be a date to remember? *aussie shakes his head in wonderment
Historical reference, Aussie. We remember when people die, don't we? There's nothing here that says it has to be a happy moment in order to remember it. :moon: :rude: *Flicks Aussie's ear*

The Historian

02-09-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Saturday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2002. There are 325
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the
southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese
forces.
 On this date: 
In 1773, the ninth president of the United States, William Henry
Harrison, was born in Charles City County, Va.
In 1825, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams
president after no candidate received a majority of electoral
votes.
In 1861, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of
America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens
vice president.
In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
In 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal
meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II.
In 1942, daylight-saving ``War Time'' went into effect in the
United States, with clocks turned one hour forward.
In 1950, in a speech in Wheeling, W.Va., Sen. Joseph McCarthy,
R-Wis., charged the State Department was riddled with Communists.
In 1962, an agreement was signed to make Jamaica an independent
nation within the British Commonwealth later in the year.
In 1971, the Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after man's
third landing on the moon.
In 1984, Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died at age 69, less
than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev; he was succeeded
by Konstantin U. Chernenko.
 Ten Years Ago: The government of Algeria declared a state of
emergency to quell spreading Muslim fundamentalist unrest. Magic
Johnson returned to professional basketball by playing in the NBA
All-Star game. (Johnson was named most valuable player as his side,
the Western Conference, defeated the Eastern Conference
153-to-113.)
 Five Years Ago: Best Products closed the last of its stores, a
victim of the diminishing allure of the catalog showroom concept of
retailing. The East beat the West in the NBA All-Star game,
132-to-120.
 One Year Ago: A U.S. Navy (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22U.S.%20Navy%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=U.S.%20Navy&cs=nw">web sites</a>) submarine collided with a Japanese
fishing boat off the Hawaiian coast, killing nine men and boys
aboard the boat.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Redallnite

02-09-02, 06:32PM

Huh??

aussie

02-09-02, 06:52PM

Originally posted by Redallnite
Huh??

huh I always have to post the history this lovely sexy beautiful intelligent sophistocated glamorous bot forgets. Have I told you lately how wonderful this young lady is? Remind me some time when I have all day spare.
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Redallnite

02-09-02, 08:52PM

I am so glad I have rubber boots to my knees, the shit is really getting deep around here...........:)

The Historian

02-10-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Sunday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2002. There are 324
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 10, 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution,
dealing with presidential disability and succession, went into
effect.
 On this date: 
In 1763, France ceded Canada to England under the Treaty of
Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.
In 1840, Britain's Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
In 1846, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, the Mormons, began an exodus to the west from Illinois.
In 1942, the former French liner Normandie capsized in New York
Harbor a day after it caught fire while being refitted for the U.S.
Navy (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22U.S.%0ANavy%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=U.S.%20Navy&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
In 1942, RCA Victor presented Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
with a ``gold record'' for their recording of ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800046459">Chattanooga Choo
Choo</a>,'' which had sold more than one million copies.
In 1949, Arthur Miller's play ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800055403">Death of a Salesman</a>'' opened at
Broadway's Morosco Theater.
In 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot
Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy held
by the United States.
In 1968, Peggy Fleming (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Peggy%20Fleming%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Peggy%20Fleming&cs=nw">web sites</a>) of the United States won the gold medal
in ladies' figure skating at the Winter Olympic Games (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Olympic%20Games%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Olympic%20Games">web sites</a>) in Grenoble,
France.
In 1981, eight people were killed, 198 injured, when fire broke
out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino.
In 1998, Dr. David Satcher was confirmed by the Senate to be
surgeon general.
 Ten Years Ago: Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/politics/news/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Sen.%20Tom%20Harkin%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a>) won the Iowa Democratic
caucuses. Boxer Mike Tyson was convicted in Indianapolis of raping
Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant. Author Alex
Haley died in Seattle at age 70. Bonnie Blair of the United States
won the women's 500-meter speedskating competition at the
Albertville Olympics.
 Five Years Ago: A civil jury assessed $25 million in punitive
damages on O.J. Simpson for the slayings of his ex-wife and her
friend, on top of $8.5 million in compensatory damages awarded
earlier.
 One Year Ago: The space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts installed
the $1.4 billion Destiny laboratory on the international space
station. Former New York City Mayor Abraham D. Beame died at age
94.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

ozblonde

02-10-02, 12:23PM

Hey dont question it red the guy is on his knees before a woman (kind of) where he belongs. Never get in the way of a man doing a good job I always say :)

ozblonde

02-10-02, 12:40PM

Oh dam it this is a bad position to be in but I have to agree with aussie on this one it is a rather strange thing to be remembered as an important date isnt it

Diva

02-10-02, 01:37PM

The significance is grusome yet important. When did it start? Who created it? How else are we going to know answers? It is something that is relevant by date, not "celebrated" by date. History doesn't have a nice side to it. It just shows us the facts and lets us decide what is important and what is not. But at least we are given the facts, rather than have it hidden on a need to know basis. Like the testing in the outback, Aussie... wouldn't you agree? Or would you rather Australians not be told?

The Historian

02-11-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Monday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2002. There are 323
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 11, 1861, President-elect Lincoln departed Springfield,
Ill., for Washington.
 On this date: 
In 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a
redistricting law favoring his party - giving rise to the term
``gerrymandering.''
In 1847, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan,
Ohio.
In 1929, the Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing
the independence and sovereignty of Vatican (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Vatican%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Vatican&cs=nw">web sites</a>) City.
In 1937, a sit-down strike against General Motors ended, with
the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers
Union.
In 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta
Agreement during World War II.
In 1972, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. and Life magazine canceled
plans to publish what had turned out to be a fake autobiography of
reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes.
In 1979, followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power
in Iran.
In 1989, the Rev. Barbara C. Harris became the first woman
consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church, in a ceremony held
in Boston.
In 1990, South African black activist Nelson Mandela was freed
after 27 years in captivity.
In 1993, President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) announced his choice of Miami
prosecutor Janet Reno (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Janet%20Reno%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Janet+Reno&h=c">web sites</a>) to be the nation's first female attorney
general.
 Ten Years Ago: Secretary of State James A. Baker III, on a tour
of six former Soviet republics, visited Armenia, where he heard an
appeal from the republic's president for U.S. help in resolving a
bloody feud with neighboring Azerbaijan.
 Five Years Ago: In a display of bipartisan unity, President
Clinton and congressional leaders agreed to focus the new Congress
on balancing the budget and other issues ranging from cutting taxes
to solving the capital city's myriad problems. Space shuttle
Discovery (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Discovery%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=space%20shuttle%20discovery">web sites</a>) was launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space
Telescope (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Hubble%20Space%0ATelescope%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Hubble%20Space%20Telescope&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
 One Year Ago: Two space commanders opened the door to Destiny,
the American-made science laboratory attached the day before to the
international space station. The East NBA All-Stars defeated the
West squad, 111-to-110. Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh was
demolished to clear the way for new separate baseball and football
stadiums nearby.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-12-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2002. There are 322
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the
United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky.
 On this date: 
In 1733, English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded
Savannah, Ga.
In 1870, women in the Utah Territory gained the right to vote.
In 1892, President Lincoln's birthday was declared a national
holiday.
In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22National%20Association%20for%20the%20Adv ancement%20of%20Colored%0APeople%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=National%20Association%20for%20the%20Adva ncement%20of%20Colored%20People&cs=nw">web sites</a>) was founded.
In 1915, the cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in
Washington, D.C.
In 1924, George Gershwin's ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800155657">Rhapsody in Blue</a>'' premiered in New
York.
In 1940, the radio play ``The Adventures of Superman'' debuted
on the Mutual network with Bud Collyer as the Man of Steel.
In 1942, painter Grant Wood, creator of ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800340804">American Gothic</a>,''
died in Iowa City, Iowa, a day before his 51st birthday.
In 1973, the first release of American prisoners of war from the
Vietnam conflict took place.
In 1999, the Senate voted to acquit President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) of perjury
and obstruction of justice.
 Ten Years Ago: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton
released a letter he'd written as a student in 1969 in which he
said he had decided to give up a draft deferment in order to
``maintain my political viability.'' President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) formally
announced his bid for re-election.
 Five Years Ago: The highest-ranking official to flee communist
North Korea (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22North%20Korea%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=North%20Korea&cs=nw">web sites</a>), Hwang Jang Yop, asked for political asylum at South
Korea (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22South%0AKorea%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=South%20Korea&cs=nw">web sites</a>)'s consulate in Beijing. The Clinton administration gave
permission to 10 U.S. news organizations to open bureaus in Cuba.
 One Year Ago: The NEAR (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22NEAR%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Science/NEAR/">web sites</a>) spacecraft touched down on Eros,
completing the first landing on an asteroid. Scientists published
their first examinations of nearly all the human genetic code. A
federal appeals court ruled the Internet service Napster (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Napster%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=napster">web sites</a>) had to
prevent users from swapping copyrighted music without charge. A
computer virus pretending to be a digital photo of tennis star Anna Kournikova (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Anna%20Kournikova%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Anna+Kournikova%22">web sites</a>) (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/tennis/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Anna%20Kournikova%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/tennis/*http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news/anna00.html">profile</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/tennis/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Anna%20Kournikova%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news_photos&cs=nw">photos</a>) overwhelmed e-mail servers in Europe and North America.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

aussie

02-12-02, 07:51AM

*cough*

On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the
United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky.

*cough*

Oh my beautiful little bot *cough* your radiance never ceases to amaze *cough* Did you *cough* know abe *cough* was a hero of mine *cough*

Diva

02-12-02, 07:54AM

FUCK OFF.....

aussie

02-12-02, 08:34AM

*cough*
Are you talking to ME
*cough*
Do you know such language is most unlady like dont you? *cough*
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Redallnite

02-12-02, 07:47PM

Diva is Aussie teasing you????

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Diva

02-12-02, 07:53PM

Yes! the big bully!

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aussie

02-12-02, 10:38PM

cough
I am not I was cough just pointing out cough that diva cough has a terrible cough cough
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Diva

02-12-02, 10:51PM

Turn your head and *COUGH* on this!

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The Historian

02-13-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2002. There are 321
days left in the year. This is Ash Wednesday.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 13, 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno
Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-death
of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was
later executed.
 On this date: 
In 1542, the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, Catherine
Howard, was executed for adultery.
In 1635, America's oldest public school, the Boston Public (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Boston%20Public%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://ytv.yahoo.com/fc/ytv/boston_public">Y! TV</a>) Latin
School, was founded.
In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers, known as ASCAP, was founded in New York.
In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the perpetual
neutrality of Switzerland.
In 1945, during World War II, the Soviets captured Budapest,
Hungary, from the Germans.
In 1945, Allied planes began bombing the German city of Dresden.
In 1960, France exploded its first atomic bomb.
In 1980, opening ceremonies were held in Lake Placid, N.Y., for
the 13th Winter Olympics (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Winter%20Olympics%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Winter%20Olympics&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
In 1984, Konstantin Chernenko was chosen to be general secretary
of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the
late Yuri Andropov.
In 1988, the 15th winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada.
 Ten Years Ago: Donna Weinbrecht of the United States won the
gold medal in women's freestyle skiing moguls at the Olympic games
in Albertville, France.
 Five Years Ago: Discovery (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Discovery%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=space%20shuttle%20discovery">web sites</a>)'s astronauts hauled the Hubble Space
Telescope (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Hubble%20Space%0ATelescope%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Hubble%20Space%20Telescope&cs=nw">web sites</a>) aboard the shuttle for a one-billion-mile tuneup to allow
it to peer even deeper into the far reaches of the universe. On
Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average broke through the
7,000 barrier for the first time, ending the day at 7,022.44.
 One Year Ago: A 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook El Salvador (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22El%20Salvador%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=el+salvador+news">web sites</a>),
killing at least 402 people one month to the day after another
quake killed more than 800 people. Ivan Lendl was elected to the
tennis Hall of Fame along with Mervyn Rose, an Australian star from the 1950's.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-14-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Thursday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2002. There are 320
days left in the year. This is Valentine's Day (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Valentine%27s%20Day%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Valentine%27s%20Day&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 14, 1912, Arizona became the 48th state of the Union.
 On this date: 
In 1778, the American ship Ranger carried the recently adopted
Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it
arrived in France.
In 1859, Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.
In 1899, Congress approved, and President McKinley signed,
legislation authorizing states to use voting machines for federal
elections.
In 1903, the Department of Commerce and Labor was established.
In 1920, the League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago; its
first president was Maude Wood Park.
In 1929, the ``St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' took place in a
Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned
down.
In 1945, Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joined the United
Nations (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22United%0ANations%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=United%20Nations&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
In 1962, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducted a televised
tour of the White House.
In 1979, Adolph Dubs, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Afghanistan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Afghanistan&cs=nw">web sites</a>), was
kidnapped in Kabul by Muslim extremists and killed in a shootout
between his abductors and police.
In 1990, 94 people were killed when an Indian Airlines passenger
jet crashed while landing at a southern Indian airport.
 Ten Years Ago: American speed skater Bonnie Blair won her second
gold medal of the Albertville Olympics, in the 1,000 meters event.
The former Soviet republics of Ukraine, Moldova and Azerbaijan
rejected a proposal for a unified army, sharply rebuffing Russian
President Boris N. Yeltsin.
 Five Years Ago: American Airlines and its pilots union continued
contract talks as the clock ticked down to a midnight strike
deadline. (The pilots did strike, but President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) immediately
intervened, ordering a 60-day ``cooling off'' period.)
 One Year Ago: A Palestinian crashed a bus into Israeli soldiers
and civilians standing at a bus stop in Azur, Israel, killing
eight. (The driver, Khalil Abu Olbeh, was later sentenced to eight
life terms.) The Kansas Board of Education approved new science
standards restoring evolution to the state's curriculum.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-15-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Friday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2002. There are 319
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blew up
in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing
the United States closer to war with Spain.
 On this date: 
In 1564, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa.
In 1764, the city of St. Louis was established.
In 1820, American suffragist Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams,
Mass.
In 1879, President Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys
to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
In 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an
assassination attempt in Miami that claimed the life of Chicago
Mayor Anton J. Cermak.
In 1942, the British colony Singapore surrendered to the
Japanese during World War II.
In 1961, 73 people, including an 18-member U.S. figure skating
team en route to Czechoslovakia, were killed in the crash of a
Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 in Belgium.
In 1965, Canada's new maple-leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies
in Ottawa.
In 1982, 84 men were killed when a huge oil-drilling rig, the
Ocean Ranger, sank off the coast of Newfoundland during a fierce
storm.
In 1989, the Soviet Union announced that the last of its troops
had left Afghanistan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Afghanistan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Afghanistan&cs=nw">web sites</a>), after more than nine years of military
intervention.
 Ten Years Ago: A Milwaukee jury found that Jeffrey Dahmer was
sane when he killed and mutilated 15 men and boys. Benjamin L.
Hooks announced plans to retire as executive director of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22National%20Association%20for%20the%20Adv ancement%20of%20Colored%20People%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=National%20Association%20for%20the%20Adva ncement%20of%20Colored%20People&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Schuman died in New York at
age 81.
 Five Years Ago: North Korean defector Lee Han-young was shot and
mortally wounded in South Korea (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22South%20Korea%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=South%20Korea&cs=nw">web sites</a>), three days after another North
Korean defected in Beijing. Fourteen-year-old Tara Lipinski (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Tara%20Lipinski%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Tara%20Lipinski&cs=nw">web sites</a>) upset
Michelle Kwan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Michelle%20Kwan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Michelle%20Kwan&cs=nw">web sites</a>) at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in
Nashville, Tenn., becoming the youngest gold medalist at nationals.
 One Year Ago: President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) said the Pentagon (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Pentagon%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Pentagon&h=c">web sites</a>) should review its
policy on civilian participation in military exercises like the
emergency ascent drill a Navy submarine was performing when it sank
a Japanese fishing vessel off Hawaii. Hans-Joachim Klein, a former
German terrorist, was sentenced to nine years in prison by a German
court for killing three people in a 1975 attack on an OPEC (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22OPEC%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=OPEC&h=c">web sites</a>) meeting
in Vienna, Austria.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-16-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Saturday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2002. There are 318
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 16, 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate
soldiers surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (Union Gen. Ulysses S.
Grant's victory earned him the nickname ``Unconditional Surrender
Grant.'')
 On this date: 
In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli
Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22U.S.%20Navy%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=U.S.%20Navy&cs=nw">web sites</a>) frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen
into the hands of pirates.
In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was
organized in New York City.
In 1918, Lithuania proclaimed its independence.
In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently
unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.
In 1945, American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in
the Philippines during World War II.
In 1948, NBC TV began airing its first nightly newscast, ``The
Camel Newsreel Theatre,'' which consisted of Fox Movietone
newsreels.
In 1959, Fidel Castro (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Fidel%20Castro%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Fidel+Castro%22">web sites</a>) became premier of Cuba after the overthrow
of Fulgencio Batista.
In 1961, the United States launched the Explorer 9 satellite.
In 1968, the nation's first 911 emergency telephone system was
inaugurated, in Haleyville, Ala.
In 1977, Janani Luwum, the Anglican archbishop of Uganda, and
two other men were killed in what Ugandan authorities said was an
automobile accident.
 Ten Years Ago: Two days before the New Hampshire primary, five
Democratic presidential candidates debated on CNN, directing most
of their criticism at President George H.W. Bush. Israeli
helicopters attacked a convoy in Sidon, Lebanon, killing Sheik
Abbas Musawi, leader of the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah.
 Five Years Ago: U.S. Rep. Dan Burton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/politics/news/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Rep.%20Dan%20Burton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a>), R-Ind., the chairman of
the House committee investigating campaign fund-raising activities,
told NBC's ``Meet the Press'' that his probe would be far broader
than originally anticipated.
 One Year Ago: The United States and Britain staged air strikes
against radar stations and air defense command centers in Iraq.
President George W. Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20George%20W.%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) met with Mexican President Vicente Fox (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Vicente%20Fox%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Vicente%20Fox&cs=nw">web sites</a>) on
the first foreign trip of Bush's presidency. Dr. William H.
Masters, who with his partner and future wife Virginia Johnson,
pioneered research in the field of human sexuality, died in Tucson,
Ariz., at age 85.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

02-16-02, 08:07PM

Dear Historian,

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mwah

The Historian

02-17-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Sunday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2002. There are 317
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
Thirty years ago, on Feb. 17, 1972, President Nixon departed on
his historic trip to China.
 On this date: 
In 1801, the House of Representatives broke an electoral tie
between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson
president; Burr became vice president.
In 1817, a street in Baltimore became the first to be lighted
with gas from America's first gas company.
In 1865, Columbia, S.C., burned as the Confederates evacuated
and Union forces moved in. (It's not known which side set the
blaze.)
In 1897, the forerunner of the National PTA, the National
Congress of Mothers, was founded in Washington.
In 1904, Giacomo Puccini's opera ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://search.movies.yahoo.com/search/movies/title?search=title&p=%22Madama%20Butterfly%22">Madama Butterfly</a>'' was poorly
received at its world premiere at La Scala.
In 1933, Newsweek was first published.
In 1947, the Voice of America began broadcasting to the Soviet
Union.
In 1964, the Supreme Court ruled that congressional districts
within each state had to be roughly equal in population.
In 1995, Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in
the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings (he was later
sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison).
In 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM
supercomputer ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1804463961">Deep Blue</a>,'' winning a six-game match in
Philadelphia.
 Ten Years Ago: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in
Milwaukee to life in prison (however, he was beaten to death in
prison in November 1994).
 Five Years Ago: In a surprising development, Pepperdine
University said that Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr would step
down from the probe to take a full-time job at the school. (Starr
reversed himself four days later.)
 One Year Ago: Former Nation of Islam official Khalid Abdul
Muhammad, known for his harsh rhetoric about Jews and whites, died
at a hospital in Marietta, Ga., at age 53.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-18-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Monday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2002. There are 316
days left in the year. This is Presidents' Day.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of
the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala.
 On this date: 
In 1516, Mary Tudor, the Queen of England popularly known as
``Bloody Mary,'' was born in Greenwich Palace.
In 1546, Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in
Germany, died.
In 1564, artist Michelangelo died in Rome.
In 1885, Mark Twain's ``Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' was
published in the United States for the first time.
In 1930, the ninth planet of our solar system, Pluto, was
discovered.
In 1960, the Eighth Winter Olympic Games (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Olympic%20Games%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Olympic%20Games">web sites</a>) were formally opened in
Squaw Valley, Calif., by Vice President Nixon.
In 1970, the ``Chicago Seven'' defendants were found innocent of
conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national
convention.
In 1972, the California Supreme Court struck down the state's
death penalty.
In 1977, the space shuttle Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing
747, went on its maiden ``flight'' above the Mojave Desert.
In 1988, Anthony M. Kennedy was sworn in as the 104th justice of
the U.S. Supreme Court (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Judicial_Branch/Supreme_Court/">web sites</a>).
 Ten Years Ago: In the New Hampshire primary, President George
H.W. Bush won the Republican contest while challenger Patrick
Buchanan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Patrick%0ABuchanan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p="patrick%20buchanan"">web sites</a>) placed a strong second; among Democrats, Paul Tsongas came
in first.
 Five Years Ago: Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Discovery%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=space%20shuttle%20discovery">web sites</a>)
completed their tuneup of the Hubble Space Telescope (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Hubble%20Space%20Telescope%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Hubble%20Space%20Telescope&cs=nw">web sites</a>) after 33 hours
of spacewalking; the Hubble was then released using the shuttle's
crane. Bill Richardson began work as U.S. ambassador to the United
Nations (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22United%0ANations%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=United%20Nations&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
 One Year Ago: Auto racing star Dale Earnhardt (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Dale%20Earnhardt%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Dale%20Earnhardt&cs=nw">web sites</a>) Sr. died from
injuries suffered in a crash at the Daytona 500; he was 49. Death
also claimed baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Mathews at age 69,
broadcaster Roger Caras at age 72, ``Cheaper by the Dozen''
co-author Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. at age 89 and painter Balthus at
age 92. Veteran FBI (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22FBI%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Executive_Branch/Departments_and_Agencies/Department_of_Justice__DOJ_/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation__FBI_/">web sites</a>) agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested,
accused of spying for Russia for more than 15 years.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Diva

02-18-02, 03:30PM

I remember that old game where you would go into a bathroom, turn out the lights and say "Bloody Mary" three times. On the third time she would "appear" {story (http://www.mythology.com/bloodymary.html)}. Silly school girl games... Or were they? BOO!!

About 100 years ago or so there was a woman named Mary. One day she had a terrible accident and her face was scratched so badly that she bled to death. But her spirit could not rest. Bloody Mary roams the world as an evil ghost. If you stand in front of a mirror in the dark and say her name three times, you will see her horribly mangled face appear. If you don't turn on the light and run away as fast as you can she will try to scratch your face off.

http://www.nochicktrix.com/fun/oth/vb/me/facescars.jpg

The Historian

02-19-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2002. There are 315
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an
executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and
intern Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals living in
the United States.
 On this date: 
In 1473, the astronomer Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland.
In 1803, Congress voted to accept Ohio's borders and
constitution. (However, Congress did not get around to formally
ratifying Ohio statehood until 1953.)
In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested in
Alabama. (He was subsequently tried for treason and acquitted.)
In 1846, the Texas state government was formally installed in
Austin.
In 1878, Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph.
In 1881, Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic
beverages.
In 1942, about 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian
city of Darwin.
In 1945, during World War II, some 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on
Iwo Jima, where they began a month-long battle to seize control of
the island from Japanese forces.
In 1959, an agreement was signed by Britain, Turkey and Greece
granting Cyprus its independence.
In 1986, the U.S. Senate approved a treaty outlawing genocide,
37 years after the pact had first been submitted for ratification.
 Ten Years Ago: The Labor Department (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Labor%20Department%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Labor%20Department&cs=nw">web sites</a>) reported consumer prices
rose by just 0.1 percent in January. Former Irish Republican Army (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Irish%20Republican%20Army%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Irish%20Republican%20Army&cs=nw">web sites</a>)
member Joseph Doherty was deported from the United States to
Northern Ireland following a 10-year battle for political asylum.
 Five Years Ago: Deng Xiaoping, the last of China's major
Communist revolutionaries, died. Detroit's daily newspapers
accepted a back-to-work offer from employees who'd been on strike
for 19 months, but the strikers charged the conditions for return
amounted to a lockout.
 One Year Ago: President George W. Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20George%20W.%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) opened a museum
commemorating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Movie
producer-director Stanley Kramer died in Woodland Hills, Calif., at
age 87.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-20-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2002. There are 314
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
Forty years ago, on Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became
the first American to orbit the Earth, flying aboard Friendship 7.
 On this date: 
In 1790, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II died.
In 1792, President Washington signed an act creating the U.S.
Post Office.
In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal
government is greater than that of any individual state.
In 1839, Congress prohibited dueling in the District of
Columbia.
In 1895, abolitionist Frederick Douglass died in Washington,
D.C.
In 1933, the House of Representatives completed congressional
action on an amendment to repeal Prohibition.
In 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers began raiding German
aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became
known as ``Big Week.''
In 1965, the Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon after
sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.
In 1971, the National Emergency Warning Center in Colorado
erroneously ordered U.S. radio and TV stations off the air; some
stations heeded the alert, which was not lifted for about 40
minutes.
In 1981, the space shuttle Columbia cleared the final major
hurdle to its maiden launch as the spacecraft fired its three
engines in a 20-second test.
 Ten Years Ago: Texas billionaire Ross Perot told CNN's ``Larry
King Live'' he would run for president if his name were placed on
the ballot in all 50 states.
 Five Years Ago: The National Transportation Safety Board (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22National%20Transportation%20Safety%20Boa rd%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=National%20Transportation%20Safety%20Boar d&cs=nw">web sites</a>) called
for a speedup in the redesign of the rudder controls on Boeing
737's, citing potential problems suspected in a pair of deadly
crashes.
 One Year Ago: The government announced the arrest two days
earlier of veteran FBI (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22FBI%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Executive_Branch/Departments_and_Agencies/Department_of_Justice__DOJ_/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation__FBI_/">web sites</a>) agent Robert Philip Hanssen, accused of
spying for Russia for more than 15 years. Space shuttle Atlantis (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Space%20shuttle%20Atlantis%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Space%20shuttle%20Atlantis&cs=nw">web sites</a>)
landed in the Mojave Desert after three straight days of bad
weather prevented the ship from returning to its Florida home port.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

aussie

02-20-02, 06:18PM

Oh so its all american history today is it? Im not saying another word not a fucking word!!! :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger:

Diva

02-20-02, 11:13PM

Not that I'm trying to disuade you from your Mime act, but you're wrong. Unless Rome somehow defected to America and we weren't notified.

"In 1790, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II died."

The Historian

02-21-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Thursday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2002. There are 313
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 21, 1965, former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X, 39, was
shot to death in New York by assassins identified as Black Muslims.
 On this date: 
In 1878, the first telephone directory was issued, by the
District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Conn.
In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated.
In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France.
In 1925, The New Yorker magazine made its debut.
In 1947, Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrated his Polaroid Land
camera, which could produce a black-and-white photograph in 60
seconds.
In 1972, President Nixon began his historic visit to China as he
and his wife, Pat, arrived in Shanghai.
In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down a Libyan Airlines jet
over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people.
In 1986, Larry Wu-tai Chin, the first American found guilty of
spying for China, killed himself in his Virginia jail cell.
In 1995, Chicago stockbroker Steve Fossett became the first
person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing
in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
In 2000, consumer advocate Ralph Nader (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Ralph%20Nader%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=ralph+nader&h=c">web sites</a>) announced his entry into
the presidential race, bidding for the nomination of the Green
Party.
 Ten Years Ago: Kristi Yamaguchi (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Kristi%20Yamaguchi%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Kristi%20Yamaguchi&cs=nw">web sites</a>) of the United States won the
gold medal in ladies' figure skating at the Albertville Olympics;
Midori Ito (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Midori%20Ito%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Midori%20Ito&cs=nw">web sites</a>) of Japan won the silver, Nancy Kerrigan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Nancy%20Kerrigan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Nancy%20Kerrigan&cs=nw">web sites</a>) of the United
States the bronze. John Frohnmayer announced his resignation as
chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
 Five Years Ago: Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr reversed his
decision to resign. The space shuttle Discovery (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Discovery%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=space%20shuttle%20discovery">web sites</a>) returned to earth
after a mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Hubble%20Space%20Telescope%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Hubble%20Space%20Telescope&cs=nw">web sites</a>). A bomb
exploded at a gay and lesbian nightclub in Atlanta, injuring five
people.
 One Year Ago: The Supreme Court ruled that state workers cannot
use an important federal disability-rights law to win money damages
for on-the-job discrimination. At the Grammy Awards, Steely Dan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Steely%20Dan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=steely%20dan&cs=nw">web sites</a>) won
album of the year for ``Two Against Nature,'' plus best pop album
and best pop performance by a duo or group for ``Cousin Dupree'';
controversial rapper Eminem (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Eminem%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Eminem">web sites</a>) won three awards, all in rap
categories.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

aussie

02-21-02, 03:29AM

Yes you got me. I admitt defeat *Aussie wanders off into the desert. Condemed to forever walk the wastelands of life for one small obscure line* Dosnt life just go out of its way to bring you down at times?
http://www.bluemeanie.tsn.cc/gif/sad/sad020.gif

ozblonde

02-21-02, 02:10PM

Diva stand on a chair and bitch slap him please. Is there anything else you want to sulk about little man? :D

Walk the waste lands of life indeed there is already one Diva around here aussie

The Historian

02-22-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Friday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2002. There are 312
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 22, 1732, the first president of the United States,
George Washington, was born at his parents' plantation in the
Virginia Colony.
 On this date: 
In 1819, Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
In 1865, Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing
slavery.
In 1879, Frank Winfield Woolworth opened a five-cent store in
Utica, N.Y.
In 1889, President Cleveland signed a bill to admit the Dakotas,
Montana and Washington state to the Union.
In 1892, ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800086527">Lady Windermere's Fan</a>,'' by Oscar Wilde, was first
performed, at London's St. James's Theater.
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio
broadcast from the White House.
In 1935, it became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White
House.
In 1973, the United States and China agreed to establish liaison
offices.
In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviets at Lake
Placid, N.Y., 4-to-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold
medal.)
In 1987, pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital
at age 58.
 Ten Years Ago: President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) renewed his attack on a Democratic
tax plan, saying in a radio address that congressional Democrats
were choosing ``politics over duty.'' At the Winter Olympics (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Winter%20Olympics%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Winter%20Olympics&cs=nw">web sites</a>) in
Albertville, France, American speedskater Cathy Turner won the
women's 500-meter race.
 Five Years Ago: Cutbacks began under new welfare law limiting
childless adults, under age 50 and able to work, to three months of
food stamps in any three-year period. Albert Shanker, the leader of
the American Federation of Teachers who championed public school
reforms, died in New York at age 68.
 One Year Ago: President Bush held his first full-fledged
presidential news conference, in which he defended his tax-cutting
and budget-tightening plans and gave FBI (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22FBI%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Executive_Branch/Departments_and_Agencies/Department_of_Justice__DOJ_/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation__FBI_/">web sites</a>) director Louis Freeh a
vote of confidence following the arrest of veteran agent Robert
Hanssen (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Robert%0AHanssen%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Robert%20Hanssen&cs=nw">web sites</a>) on spying charges. A U.N. war crimes tribunal convicted
three Bosnian Serbs standing trial on charges of rape and torture
in the first case of wartime sexual enslavement to go before an
international court.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-23-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Saturday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2002. There are 311
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima
captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised the American flag.
 On this date: 
In 1822, Boston was granted a charter to incorporate as a city.
In 1836, the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1847, U.S. troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican
Gen. Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico.
In 1848, the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy
Adams, died of a stroke at age 80.
In 1861, President-elect Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington
to take office, an assassination plot having been foiled in
Baltimore.
In 1870, Mississippi was readmitted to the Union.
In 1927, President Coolidge signed a bill creating the Federal
Radio Commission, forerunner of the Federal Communications
Commission (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Federal%20Communications%0ACommission%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Agencies/Independent/Federal_Communications_Commission__FCC_/">web sites</a>).
In 1942, the first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World
War II occurred as a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery in
Ellwood, Calif.
In 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22polio%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Polio&cs=nw">web sites</a>)
with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh.
In 1981, an attempted coup began in Spain as 200 members of the
Civil Guard invaded the Parliament, taking lawmakers hostage.
(However, the attempt collapsed 18 hours later.)
 Ten Years Ago: The XVI Winter Olympic Games (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Olympic%20Games%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Olympic%20Games">web sites</a>) ended in
Albertville, France. In Moscow, thousands of pro-communist
demonstrators, some shouting, ``Down with the Russian
government!,'' clashed with police. Paul Tsongas won a narrow
victory over Jerry Brown in the Maine Democratic caucuses.
 Five Years Ago: Scientists in Scotland announced they had
succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named
``Dolly.'' Ali Hassan Abu Kamal, a Palestinian teacher, opened fire
on the 86th-floor observation deck of New York's Empire State
Building, killing one person and wounding six others before
shooting himself to death. In eastern India, nearly 200 people were
killed when fire swept through a tent built for a religious
festival.
 One Year Ago: President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) opened a two-day summit with
British Prime Minister Tony Blair (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Tony%20Blair%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Tony+Blair">web sites</a>) at Camp David. Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld ordered an indefinite moratorium on civilian
visitors operating military equipment, a possible factor in the
collision of a U.S. submarine collision with a Japanese fishing
boat.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-24-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Sunday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2002. There are 310
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 24, 1868, the House of Representatives impeached
President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of
Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by
the Senate.
 On this date: 
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, or edict,
outlining his calendar reforms. (The Gregorian Calendar is the
calendar in general use today.)
In 1821, Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
In 1863, Arizona was organized as a territory.
In 1903, the United States signed an agreement acquiring a naval
station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
In 1942, the Voice of America went on the air for the first
time.
In 1945, American soldiers liberated the Philippine capital of
Manila from Japanese control during World War II.
In 1980, the U.S. hockey team defeated Finland, four goals to
two, to clinch the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Olympic%20Games%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Olympic%20Games">web sites</a>) in Lake
Placid, N.Y.
In 1981, Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's
Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
In 1981, a jury in White Plains, N.Y., found Jean Harris guilty
of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of ``Scarsdale Diet''
author Dr. Herman Tarnower.
In 1989, a state funeral was held in Japan for Emperor Hirohito,
who had died the month before at age 87.
 Ten Years Ago: General Motors reported a record $4.5 billion
loss for 1991. Secretary of State James A. Baker III told a House
subcommittee that Israel should stop building settlements in the
occupied territories, or forfeit $10 billion in U.S. loan
guarantees. A fourth round of Mideast peace talks began in
Washington, D.C.
 Five Years Ago: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Madeleine%20Albright%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Madeleine%20Albright&cs=nw">web sites</a>) met in
Beijing with Chinese officials, telling them to improve their
country's record on human rights, or face condemnation by the
United States and its allies.
 One Year Ago: In an amicable first meeting held in Jerusalem,
Secretary of State Colin Powell (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Colin%20Powell%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Colin%20Powell&cs=nw">web sites</a>) and Russian Foreign Minister Igor
Ivanov pledged a constructive approach to dealing with Iraq,
missile defenses and other points of policy discord. Fugitive
financier Marc Rich (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Marc%20Rich%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Marc%20Rich&cs=nw">web sites</a>), whose 11th-hour pardon by former President
Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%0AClinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) caused a wave of controversy, spoke out for the first time,
describing the pardon as a ``humanitarian act.'' Mathematician and
computer scientist Claude Shannon, whose theories about binary code
became the basis for modern mass communications networks, died in
Medford, Mass., at age 84.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-25-02, 03:00AM

The Historian

02-26-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2002. There are 308
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
Two hundred years ago, on Feb. 26, 1802, French literary giant
Victor Hugo was born in Besancon.
 On this date: 
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the Island of Elba to
begin his second conquest of France.
In 1848, the Second French Republic was proclaimed.
In 1919, Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in
Arizona.
In 1929, President Coolidge signed a measure establishing Grand
Teton National Park.
In 1940, the United States Air Defense Command was created.
In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a
president to two terms of office, was ratified.
In 1952, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Britain
had developed its own atomic bomb.
In 1962, after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth,
John Glenn told a joint meeting of Congress, ``Exploration and the
pursuit of knowledge have always paid dividends in the long run.''
In 1987, the Tower Commission, which probed the Iran-Contra
affair, issued its report, which rebuked President Reagan for
failing to control his national security staff.
In 1993, a bomb built by a group of Islamic extremists exploded
in the parking garage of New York's World Trade Center, killing six
people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
 Ten Years Ago: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that sexually
harassed students may sue to collect monetary damages from their
schools and school officials. The Supreme Court of Ireland cleared
the way for a 14-year-old girl to leave the country for an
abortion.
 Five Years Ago: President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) defended White House
fund-raising tactics as ``entirely appropriate,'' a day after the
disclosure of documents putting Clinton at the center of all-out
fund-raising efforts. Israel's Cabinet voted to build a new Jewish
neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem. ``Change the World'' won
four Grammy awards, including record of the year; <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Celine%20Dion&cs=nw">Celine Dion</a>'s
``Falling Into You'' won album of the year and best pop album.
 One Year Ago: A U.N. tribunal convicted a Bosnian Croat
political leader (Dario Kordic) and a military commander (Mario
Cerkez) of war crimes for ordering the systematic murder and
persecution of Muslim civilians during the Bosnian war.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

02-27-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2002. There are 307
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
One hundred years ago, on Feb. 27, 1902, American author John
Steinbeck was born in Salinas, Calif.
 On this date: 
In 1801, the District of Columbia was placed under the
jurisdiction of Congress.
In 1807, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland,
Maine.
In 1861, in Warsaw, Russian troops fired on a crowd protesting
Russian rule over Poland; five marchers were killed.
In 1922, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment
to the Constitution that guaranteed the right of women to vote.
In 1933, Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, caught
fire. The Nazis, blaming the Communists, used the fire as a pretext
for suspending civil liberties.
In 1939, the Supreme Court outlawed sit-down strikes.
In 1960, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets,
three goals to two, at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif.
(The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.)
In 1972, President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued
the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon's historic visit
to China.
In 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied the
hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890
massacre of Sioux men, women and children. (The occupation lasted
until May.)
In 1982, Wayne B. Williams was found guilty of murdering two of
the 28 young blacks whose bodies were found in the Atlanta area
over a 22-month period.
 Ten Years Ago: William Aramony resigned as president of United
Way of America amid charges of financial mismanagement and lavish
spending. Former Sen. S.I. Hayakawa died in San Francisco at age
85.
 Five Years Ago: A jury in Fayetteville, N.C., convicted former
Army paratrooper James N. Burmeister of murdering a black couple so
he could get a skinhead tattoo. (He was later sentenced to life in
prison.) Divorce became legal in Ireland. Legislation banning most
handguns in Britain went into effect.
 One Year Ago: President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) went before Congress with a $1.9
trillion spending plan that would sharply reduce growth in many
government programs while leaving room to give Americans the
biggest tax cut in two decades.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

aussie

02-27-02, 08:20AM

Hey bot I realise a few of these things you aready knew but have a look at all the things that can happen out side the usa

837: 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1526: Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1563: William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
1670: Citizens of the Jewish faith are expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1700: Pacific island of New Britain discovered

1803: Great fire in Bombay, India
1814: Beethoven's 8th symphony premieres

1844: Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
1883: First cigar-rolling machine patented by THE Oscar Hammerstein
1900: Conference in London calls for creation of a British labor party
1906: France & Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides

1919: First public performance of Holst's “The Planets”

1930: Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
1933: Nazis set fire to the Reichstag, the German parliament, and blame it on Communists
1938: Britain & France recognize Franco government in Spain
1942: Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk-2 Japanese
1947: Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
1957: Mao's speech “On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People”

1967: Dominica gains independence from England while Antigua & St Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK
1967: Pink Floyd release their first single “Arnold Layne”
1972: President Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique, ending Nixon's historic visit
1977: Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
1980: Grammy Awards feature a Barbra Streisand-Neil Diamond duet
1980: Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors
1981: Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
1981: Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record “Ebony & Ivory”

1991: Singer James Brown is released from prison
1991: U.S.-led allied six-week war with Iraq ends
1997: Divorce becomes legal in Ireland
1999: The House of Lords gives a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as a first-born son, ending 1,000 years of male dominance

Born On This Day:
289: Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (312-37), adopted Christianity (1713 years ago)

Diva

02-27-02, 09:56AM

Originally posted by aussie
Hey bot I realise a few of these things you aready knew but have a look at all the things that can happen out side the usa

1972: President Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique, ending Nixon's historic visit

1980: Grammy Awards feature a Barbra Streisand-Neil Diamond duet
1981: Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
1991: Singer James Brown is released from prison
1991: U.S.-led allied six-week war with Iraq ends

Ummm... Aussie. I hate to burst your bubble... Okay, I lied. It's kinda fun.

Diva

02-27-02, 04:04PM

Hmmm.... So then it's okay if the US in listed as long as it's about something that happened outside of the US? *Pretends to Crack knuckles* Then you may want to revisit some history, old man. Cuz you were whi... bit... compla.. mentioning quite a few days where the US was involved in some way.

The Historian

02-28-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Thursday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2002. There are 306
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Feb. 28, 1951, the Senate committee headed by Estes Kefauver,
D-Tenn., issued a preliminary report saying at least two major
crime syndicates were operating in the United States.
 On this date: 
In 1827, the first U.S. railroad chartered to carry passengers
and freight, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., was incorporated.
In 1844, a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded,
killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W.
Gilmer and several others.
In 1849, the ship California arrived at San Francisco, carrying
the first of the gold-seekers.
In 1854, some 50 slavery opponents met in Ripon, Wis., to call
for creation of a new political group, which became the Republican
Party.
In 1861, the Territory of Colorado was organized.
In 1974, the United States and Egypt re-established diplomatic
relations after a seven-year break.
In 1975, more than 40 people were killed in London's Underground
when a subway train smashed into the end of a tunnel.
In 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in
central Stockholm.
In 1995, Denver International Airport opened after 16 months of
delays and $3.2 billion in budget overruns.
In 1996, Britain's Princess Diana agreed to divorce Prince
Charles.
 Ten Years Ago: Twenty-eight people were injured when an IRA bomb
exploded at London Bridge train station.
 Five Years Ago: Brushing aside congressional calls for a tougher
stance against Mexico, President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) recertified the country as
a fully cooperating ally in the struggle against drug smuggling. In
North Hollywood, Calif., two heavily armed masked robbers bungled a
bank heist and came out firing, unleashing their arsenal on police,
bystanders, cars and TV choppers before they were killed.
 One Year Ago: A powerful earthquake (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22earthquake%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=earthquake&cs=nw">web sites</a>) rocked the Northwest,
shattering windows, showering bricks onto sidewalks and sending
frightened people running into the streets in places like Seattle
and Portland, Ore. A train collision in northeast England killed 10
people and injured more than 70.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com