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GeoffC · 05-22-2011, 04:27 AM

May 22nd ....

334 BC – The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus....

1819 – The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

1826 - First voyage of HMS Beagle

1843 - Great Emigration departs for Oregon..

International Day for Biological Diversity...

2011 - The day the World woke and discovered it was populated by non-virtuous folk.

orlok · 05-22-2011, 05:13 AM

May 22nd...

1859 - Creator Of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, btd.

1986 - Sylvester Stallone agreed to a 10-picture, six-year deal with United Artists. He signed for a reported $15 million for each film.

1990 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0.

GeoffC · 05-23-2011, 05:30 AM

May 23rd ....

1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana....

World Turtle Day

GA Russell · 05-23-2011, 11:49 AM

Just want to say that I read this thread every day, and appreciate everyone's input!

astrangerhere · 05-23-2011, 11:53 AM

May 23

On this day in literary history:

1910 - Margaret Wise Brown is born. She is author of the beloved children's books The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon

Dylrob · 05-23-2011, 12:40 PM

1945 - Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, uses a concealed cyanide pill to commit suicide.

1995 - Sun Microsystems releases Java 1.0.

GeoffC · 05-24-2011, 05:00 AM

May 24th ....

1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.....

1689 – The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded....

1830 – Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.....

1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.....

1976 – The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins....

1819 - Birth of Victoria, who became Queen in 1837 and is Britain's longest-reigning monarch.....

1974 – Death of Duke Ellington....

Dylrob · 05-24-2011, 05:31 AM

1941
- German Battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood.
- Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as "Bob Dylan", is born.

Stitchawl · 05-24-2011, 05:37 AM

1883 - Brooklyn Bridge opens!

Stitchawl

astrangerhere · 05-24-2011, 06:10 AM

1951 - Carson McCullers's The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Works was published.

GeoffC · 05-24-2011, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylrob

1941
- German Battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood.
- Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as "Bob Dylan", is born.

Bob Dylan - Audio Slideshow (BBC)

orlok · 05-24-2011, 06:15 AM

May 24th ....

1960 - 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed

1968 - Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession

1980 - "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56

GeoffC · 05-25-2011, 04:38 AM

May 25th ....

240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet....

1837 – The Rebels of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.

1878 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.

1895 – Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons".

1935 – Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth.....

1938 – Birth of Raymond Carver, American writer...

1934 – Death of Gustav Holst, English composer.....

Geek Pride Day and its related observances:

Star Wars Day (Los Angeles City Council)

TenaciousBadger · 05-29-2011, 02:49 PM

May 29

1660 – English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of Great Britain.

1886 – Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.

1919 – Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.

1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas single in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.

1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.

1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.

1988 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

2001 – U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.

1917 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963) wbt

1967 - Noel Gallagher, Rock musician (Oasis) wbt

pholy · 05-29-2011, 04:21 PM

1913 – The Rite of Spring, a ballet with music by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, was first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

It didn't get great reviews (the audience rioted) - but I like it.

05-23-2011, 12:40 PM	#126
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	1945 - Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, uses a concealed cyanide pill to commit suicide. 1995 - Sun Microsystems releases Java 1.0. Last edited by Dylrob; 05-23-2011 at 01:01 PM.

05-24-2011, 05:31 AM	#128
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	1941 - German Battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood. - Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as "Bob Dylan", is born. Last edited by Dylrob; 05-24-2011 at 05:34 AM.

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	May 22nd .... 334 BC – The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.... 1819 – The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. 1826 - First voyage of HMS Beagle 1843 - Great Emigration departs for Oregon.. International Day for Biological Diversity... 2011 - The day the World woke and discovered it was populated by non-virtuous folk.

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orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	May 22nd... 1859 - Creator Of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, btd. 1986 - Sylvester Stallone agreed to a 10-picture, six-year deal with United Artists. He signed for a reported $15 million for each film. 1990 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0.

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	May 23rd .... 1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.... World Turtle Day

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GA Russell Ticats win 4th straight Posts: 7,694 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Just want to say that I read this thread every day, and appreciate everyone's input!

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astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,753 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	May 23 On this day in literary history: 1910 - Margaret Wise Brown is born. She is author of the beloved children's books The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	May 24th .... 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan..... 1689 – The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.... 1830 – Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published..... 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line..... 1976 – The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.... 1819 - Birth of Victoria, who became Queen in 1837 and is Britain's longest-reigning monarch..... 1974 – Death of Duke Ellington....

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05-29-2011, 02:49 PM	#134
TenaciousBadger Mrawr? Posts: 1,109 Karma: 15039064 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	May 29 1660 – English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of Great Britain. 1886 – Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal. 1919 – Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas single in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles. 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday. 1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral. 1988 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. 2001 – U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. 1917 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963) wbt 1967 - Noel Gallagher, Rock musician (Oasis) wbt

05-29-2011, 04:21 PM	#135
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	1913 – The Rite of Spring, a ballet with music by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, was first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. It didn't get great reviews (the audience rioted) - but I like it.