On This Day

Red · 08-24-2005

in 1869, the waffle iron was invented.

And

79 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum
410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
1572 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer
1682 DE awarded to William Penn
1751 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
1814 British sack Washington, DC, White House burned
1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland
1869 Waffle iron invented
1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
1905 Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings
1906 Cincinatti Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game
1909 Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
1912 NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians
1912 Territory of Alaska organized
1912 US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt
1922 1st Phillie to hit for the cycle (Cy Williams)
1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart
1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created
1939 Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
1950 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
1950 Operation Magic Carpet-45,000 Yemenite Jews move to Israel
1954 Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism
1954 International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China
1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC
1959 Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1960 -127 F (-88ø C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...)
1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58)
1963 John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17'
1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4
1966 USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
1967 Liberian flag designed
1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power
1970 Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison 1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1
1972 Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame
1975 SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0
1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new
1979 UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder
1984 Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
1985 STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather
1987 Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
1990 Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City
1991 Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party
1991 Ukraine declares independence from the USSR

MorganGrayson · 08-24-2005

This was a busy, busy day in history.

One should not rejoice in anyone's death, but I am rather glad that *somebody* said "enough of this shit with the witches, you freaking idiot."

I'd hate to be the woman who got drowned or hanged for being the one in the village with the herbal remedies. That would suck.

And did.

WickedTemptress · 08-24-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

This was a busy, busy day in history.

One should not rejoice in anyone's death, but I am rather glad that *somebody* said "enough of this shit with the witches, you freaking idiot."

I'd hate to be the woman who got drowned or hanged for being the one in the village with the herbal remedies. That would suck.

And did.

Being a witch myself, I'm glad it came to an end too. And, I'm glad that man got what he deserved too.

And, you know, of all of the supposed witches they burned, drowned, etc... most of them were really Christian and not witches at all. So, they killed a lot of people that actually shard their own faith.

I remember reading a story about one poor woman that couldn't hear their questions because she was deaf. She was a Christian woman, but they put her to death anyway because she wouldn't answer their questions so they took that as an admission of guilt.

WickedTemptress · 08-24-2005

Oh yeah! Thanks for posting these BTW Red, some very interesting stuff!

Red · 08-24-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by WickedTemptress

Oh yeah! Thanks for posting these BTW Red, some very interesting stuff!

You're welcome.
Just trying to do my part to add to the knowledge base of the family.

08-24-2005	#1
Red Dreaming of a Cowboy Hat like Max Hardcore Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,812	On This Day in 1869, the waffle iron was invented. And 79 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum 410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire 1572 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants 1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer 1682 DE awarded to William Penn 1751 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch 1814 British sack Washington, DC, White House burned 1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY) 1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland 1869 Waffle iron invented 1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera 1905 Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings 1906 Cincinatti Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game 1909 Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal 1912 NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians 1912 Territory of Alaska organized 1912 US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt 1922 1st Phillie to hit for the cycle (Cy Williams) 1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart 1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created 1939 Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established 1950 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson 1950 Operation Magic Carpet-45,000 Yemenite Jews move to Israel 1954 Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism 1954 International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China 1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC 1959 Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii) 1960 -127 F (-88ø C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record) 1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58) 1963 John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17' 1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4 1966 USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon 1967 Liberian flag designed 1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power 1970 Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison 1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1 1972 Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame 1975 SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0 1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup 1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth 1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new 1979 UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps 1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder 1984 Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver 1985 STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather 1987 Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes 1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling 1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune 1990 Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City 1991 Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party 1991 Ukraine declares independence from the USSR __________________

08-24-2005	#2
MorganGrayson None $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,321	Re: On This Day This was a busy, busy day in history. One should not rejoice in anyone's death, but I am rather glad that somebody said "enough of this shit with the witches, you freaking idiot." I'd hate to be the woman who got drowned or hanged for being the one in the village with the herbal remedies. That would suck. And did.

08-24-2005	#4
WickedTemptress Members Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 251	Re: On This Day Oh yeah! Thanks for posting these BTW Red, some very interesting stuff! __________________ -Wicked Temptress Crypt Cash: Where your checks last longer than you will! Written Temptations: Want your surfers to whip out the plastic?