SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Gato_Solo said:AHA! So you admit it! DOn't worry. I forgive you...
I admit nothing. You'll have to make the glove fit.
This day in history.....
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I admit nothing. You'll have to make the glove fit.
Mare
New Member
May 26th
1521: The Edict of Worms outlaws the German church reformer Martin Luther and his followers, called Lutherans, by imposing on them the Ban of the Holy Roman Empire.
1868: The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends; the Senate falls one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict him of high crimes and misdemeanors.
1896: The Wall Street Journal begins publishing the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1948: The all-white National Party, under Daniel Malan, wins South Africa's general elections; the party immediately begins instituting its policy of apartheid, or racial segregation. .
1972: Richard Nixon, the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union, signs a treaty limiting antiballistic missile sites.
1998: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that most of Ellis Island, former gateway for immigrants to America and now a museum, belongs to New Jersey, not New York.
1521: The Edict of Worms outlaws the German church reformer Martin Luther and his followers, called Lutherans, by imposing on them the Ban of the Holy Roman Empire.
1868: The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends; the Senate falls one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict him of high crimes and misdemeanors.
1896: The Wall Street Journal begins publishing the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1948: The all-white National Party, under Daniel Malan, wins South Africa's general elections; the party immediately begins instituting its policy of apartheid, or racial segregation. .
1972: Richard Nixon, the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union, signs a treaty limiting antiballistic missile sites.
1998: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that most of Ellis Island, former gateway for immigrants to America and now a museum, belongs to New Jersey, not New York.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Mare said:
They shoulda gone after his predecessor for starting war without the approval of the Senate. Or for ordering the mass execution of 39 American Indians for the crime of not surrendering their homes to white settlers in Minnesota. Or for institutinga tarriff that crippled half the nation's trade capabilities. Or...
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
SouthernN'Proud said:
Much as I like these historical tragedies, they only have as much bearing on me as I let them. I don't hold white people today responsible for slavery.
That was something I had no control over...FIDO. I also don't blame Africans for selling my ancestors to the white slave merchants. I had no control over that, either...FIDO. Neither do I have control over any of the actions of any sitting President, past or present...FIDO. What I do have control over, somewhat, is me. I do what I can to try to make life more enjoyable for everybody except my ex-wife. 
The past is dead. Learn from it, but don't dwell on it...FIDO.If you don't know what FIDO means, PM me, and I'll give you the 411.
Mare
New Member
May 27th
1647: The first recorded execution of a witch in America takes place in Massachusetts.
1937: The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, opens; at the time of its completion, it is the longest suspension bridge in existence.
1994: Nobel Prize-winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returns to live in his native Russia after 20 years in exile.
1996: Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a truce with Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, leader of the breakaway state of Chechnya, although fighting continues on both sides.
1647: The first recorded execution of a witch in America takes place in Massachusetts.
1937: The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, opens; at the time of its completion, it is the longest suspension bridge in existence.
1994: Nobel Prize-winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returns to live in his native Russia after 20 years in exile.
1996: Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a truce with Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, leader of the breakaway state of Chechnya, although fighting continues on both sides.
Mare
New Member
May 28th
1929: On With the Show, the first talking movie that is all in color debuts at New York City's Winter Garden theater.
1934: The identical Dionne quintuplets are born in Ontario, Canada; the girls are made wards of the government and put on display at a themepark called Quintland.
1980: The first Islamic parliament, the Majlis, opens in Iran.
1987: West German Mathias Rust flies a private plane unchallenged through Soviet airspace and lands in Moscow's historic Red Square.
1991: The 17-year Marxist rule which brought famine and war to Ethiopia ends when rebel tanks storm the nation's capital, Addis Ababa.
1929: On With the Show, the first talking movie that is all in color debuts at New York City's Winter Garden theater.
1934: The identical Dionne quintuplets are born in Ontario, Canada; the girls are made wards of the government and put on display at a themepark called Quintland.
1980: The first Islamic parliament, the Majlis, opens in Iran.
1987: West German Mathias Rust flies a private plane unchallenged through Soviet airspace and lands in Moscow's historic Red Square.
1991: The 17-year Marxist rule which brought famine and war to Ethiopia ends when rebel tanks storm the nation's capital, Addis Ababa.
Mare
New Member
May 29th
1453: Ottoman forces under Sultan Muhammad II storm Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire; the empire falls and the city becomes the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
1790: Rhode Island becomes the 13th U.S. state; it is the last of the original colonies to ratify the Constitution.
1854: U.S. President Franklin Pierce signs the Kansas-Nebraska Act, creating two new territories; settlers of the territories would determine the legality of slaveholding.
1953:New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal are the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
1453: Ottoman forces under Sultan Muhammad II storm Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire; the empire falls and the city becomes the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
1790: Rhode Island becomes the 13th U.S. state; it is the last of the original colonies to ratify the Constitution.
1854: U.S. President Franklin Pierce signs the Kansas-Nebraska Act, creating two new territories; settlers of the territories would determine the legality of slaveholding.
1953:New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal are the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
Mare
New Member
May 30th
Happy Memorial Day!
1431: After being captured by Burgundian troops and then handed over to English troops, French military leader Joan of Arc is burned as a heretic in Rouen, France.
1783: The Pennsylvania Evening Post and Daily Advertiser is the first daily newspaper to be published in the United States.
1911: Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500 automobile race.
1971: The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 was launched on its mission to Mars; it becomes the first artificial satellite of another planet when it orbits Mars the following November.
Happy Memorial Day!
1431: After being captured by Burgundian troops and then handed over to English troops, French military leader Joan of Arc is burned as a heretic in Rouen, France.
1783: The Pennsylvania Evening Post and Daily Advertiser is the first daily newspaper to be published in the United States.
1911: Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500 automobile race.
1971: The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 was launched on its mission to Mars; it becomes the first artificial satellite of another planet when it orbits Mars the following November.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
June 1:
1796: Tennessee becomes the 16th state to join the Union.
1942: A baby is born in the remote hills of upper East Tennessee. This child shall grow to become a strong and honorable young lady, a medicine woman among her people, spending a lifetime healing their sick and easing their pain. Her example is a beacon to all that know her. She subsequently gave birth to the prodigy known in some circles as...SnP.
Happy birthday Mom! A batch of my soon to be semi world famous often coveted never duplicated stuffed peppers is headed your way!
1796: Tennessee becomes the 16th state to join the Union.
1942: A baby is born in the remote hills of upper East Tennessee. This child shall grow to become a strong and honorable young lady, a medicine woman among her people, spending a lifetime healing their sick and easing their pain. Her example is a beacon to all that know her. She subsequently gave birth to the prodigy known in some circles as...SnP.
Happy birthday Mom! A batch of my soon to be semi world famous often coveted never duplicated stuffed peppers is headed your way!
FluerVanderloo
New Member
June 1:
1861- Robert E. Lee is given command of the army of Virginia
1864- Battle of Cold Harbor
2005- I graduate!
1861- Robert E. Lee is given command of the army of Virginia
1864- Battle of Cold Harbor
2005- I graduate!
Mare
New Member
June 2nd
1883: President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom, a family friend 27 years his junior, becoming the first president married in the White House.
1946: Italians vote to replace the country's monarchy with a republic, leading to the abdication of King Humbert II.
1953: Queen Elizabeth II is coronated in Westminster Abbey, after succeeding her father, George VI, to the throne the previous year.
1957: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, interviewed on CBS's Face the Nation, declares, "Your grandchildren in America will live under socialism."
1999: The African National Congress wins 66 percent of the vote in South African elections, leading to the selection two weeks later of the party's leader, Thabo Mbeki, to succeed Nelson Mandela as president.
1883: President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom, a family friend 27 years his junior, becoming the first president married in the White House.
1946: Italians vote to replace the country's monarchy with a republic, leading to the abdication of King Humbert II.
1953: Queen Elizabeth II is coronated in Westminster Abbey, after succeeding her father, George VI, to the throne the previous year.
1957: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, interviewed on CBS's Face the Nation, declares, "Your grandchildren in America will live under socialism."
1999: The African National Congress wins 66 percent of the vote in South African elections, leading to the selection two weeks later of the party's leader, Thabo Mbeki, to succeed Nelson Mandela as president.
Mare
New Member
June 3rd
1937: American divorcee Wallis Simpson weds the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII, who had abdicated the British throne to marry her.
1948: The Hale telescope, the largest telescope in the world at the time, is dedicated at Mount Palomar Observatory in California.
1959: Singapore gains its independence from Britain, becoming a self-governing state in the Commonwealth of Nations.
1968: Valerie Solanas, an actor and author of the SCUM Manifesto, a pamphlet denouncing men, shoots and wounds artist Andy Warhol at his New York studio.
1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's Islamic revolution, dies, sending millions of Iranians into the streets in mourning.
Learn more about Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1999: Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic agrees with NATO leaders on a peace plan that calls for the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from Kosovo.
1937: American divorcee Wallis Simpson weds the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII, who had abdicated the British throne to marry her.
1948: The Hale telescope, the largest telescope in the world at the time, is dedicated at Mount Palomar Observatory in California.
1959: Singapore gains its independence from Britain, becoming a self-governing state in the Commonwealth of Nations.
1968: Valerie Solanas, an actor and author of the SCUM Manifesto, a pamphlet denouncing men, shoots and wounds artist Andy Warhol at his New York studio.
1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's Islamic revolution, dies, sending millions of Iranians into the streets in mourning.
Learn more about Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1999: Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic agrees with NATO leaders on a peace plan that calls for the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from Kosovo.
Winky
Well-Known Member
The turning point in the Pacific War began today, June 4, 1942. American intelligence intercepted Japan's plans to capture Midway Island and from there Hawaii. The outnumbered U.S. Fleet ambushed the Japanese armada, but was losing badly. It was not until American dive bombers, navigating by guess and by God, sighted the Japanese carriers below at the precise moment their planes had left to attack the Yorktown. In just five minutes, the screeching dive bombers sank three Japanese carriers, and a fourth shortly after. This providential event turned the War, as Japan was never again able to go on the offensive.
Mare
New Member
June 4th
1827: The inaugural cricket match between Oxford University and Cambridge University takes place at the Lord's ground, London, England.
1896: In Detroit, Henry Ford test-drives his first automobile, the Quadricycle, a two-cylinder engine mounted on four bicycle wheels that has a top speed of 40 km/h (25 mph).
1936: Léon Blum becomes the first Socialist premier of France when he forms a Popular Front coalition government, which introduces a program of extensive social reform.
1942: Near the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean, American and Japanese air and sea forces begin the three-day Battle of Midway. The American victory there halts Japan's eastward push.
1987: After winning 107 straight times in the 400-meter hurdles, Edwin Moses loses his first race in nearly ten years when Danny Harris outruns him in Madrid, Spain.
1989: Months of student-led prodemocracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square end after the Chinese army crushes the protests.
2003: Television star Martha Stewart is indicted under charges including obstruction of justice and securities fraud, stemming from sales of stock in December 2001.
1827: The inaugural cricket match between Oxford University and Cambridge University takes place at the Lord's ground, London, England.
1896: In Detroit, Henry Ford test-drives his first automobile, the Quadricycle, a two-cylinder engine mounted on four bicycle wheels that has a top speed of 40 km/h (25 mph).
1936: Léon Blum becomes the first Socialist premier of France when he forms a Popular Front coalition government, which introduces a program of extensive social reform.
1942: Near the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean, American and Japanese air and sea forces begin the three-day Battle of Midway. The American victory there halts Japan's eastward push.
1987: After winning 107 straight times in the 400-meter hurdles, Edwin Moses loses his first race in nearly ten years when Danny Harris outruns him in Madrid, Spain.
1989: Months of student-led prodemocracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square end after the Chinese army crushes the protests.
2003: Television star Martha Stewart is indicted under charges including obstruction of justice and securities fraud, stemming from sales of stock in December 2001.
Mare
New Member
June 5th
1884: In response to Republican hopes that he will be the party's nominee for president, General William T. Sherman sends a telegram saying, "If nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve."
1900: Novelist, poet, and journalist Stephen Crane dies of tuberculosis at the age of 28, five years after his novel The Red Badge of Courage gained international acclaim.
1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs legislation taking the United States off the gold standard, which had required that all paper money and coin be redeemable in gold.
1947: The U.S. secretary of state, General George C. Marshall, calls for a European Recovery Program (the Marshall Plan), funded by the United States, to help European countries recover from World War II.
1967: On the first morning of the Six-Day War, Israel attacks Egypt. By the day's end Israeli forces will have virtually destroyed the air forces of both Egypt and Jordan.
1968: On the night he wins the California Democratic presidential primary, Robert F. Kennedy is shot by Sirhan B. Sirhan in Los Angeles. He dies of his wounds the next day.
1884: In response to Republican hopes that he will be the party's nominee for president, General William T. Sherman sends a telegram saying, "If nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve."
1900: Novelist, poet, and journalist Stephen Crane dies of tuberculosis at the age of 28, five years after his novel The Red Badge of Courage gained international acclaim.
1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs legislation taking the United States off the gold standard, which had required that all paper money and coin be redeemable in gold.
1947: The U.S. secretary of state, General George C. Marshall, calls for a European Recovery Program (the Marshall Plan), funded by the United States, to help European countries recover from World War II.
1967: On the first morning of the Six-Day War, Israel attacks Egypt. By the day's end Israeli forces will have virtually destroyed the air forces of both Egypt and Jordan.
1968: On the night he wins the California Democratic presidential primary, Robert F. Kennedy is shot by Sirhan B. Sirhan in Los Angeles. He dies of his wounds the next day.
Mare
New Member
June 6th
1703: Work begins on the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, meant by Tsar Peter I (the Great) to be a “window on Europe.”
1884: The group of Republican Party dissidents known as the Mugwumps leaves the party convention, refusing to support its nominee for president, James G. Blaine.
1925: Under Walter P. Chrysler, a former General Motors executive, the Maxwell Motor Corporation becomes the Chrysler Corporation.
1944: In the largest seaborne invasion in history, known as D-Day, over 150,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy in German-occupied northern France.
1978: California voters overwhelmingly approve Proposition 13, which cuts local property taxes by more than two-thirds, sending many local governments into financial crisis.
1984: The Indian army attacks the sacred Golden Temple in Amritsar, killing hundreds of Sikh separatists headquartered there. Four months later, outraged Sikhs assassinate Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
1703: Work begins on the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, meant by Tsar Peter I (the Great) to be a “window on Europe.”
1884: The group of Republican Party dissidents known as the Mugwumps leaves the party convention, refusing to support its nominee for president, James G. Blaine.
1925: Under Walter P. Chrysler, a former General Motors executive, the Maxwell Motor Corporation becomes the Chrysler Corporation.
1944: In the largest seaborne invasion in history, known as D-Day, over 150,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy in German-occupied northern France.
1978: California voters overwhelmingly approve Proposition 13, which cuts local property taxes by more than two-thirds, sending many local governments into financial crisis.
1984: The Indian army attacks the sacred Golden Temple in Amritsar, killing hundreds of Sikh separatists headquartered there. Four months later, outraged Sikhs assassinate Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Mare said:
Thank God for small favors. Hope he's nice and toasty in Hell right about now.