TIH

[Lost User]

Seems like some people don't really like my TIH posts and would prefer they stop. Others find them a nice read. Here's your chance to decide the future of TIH: Vote 1 if you want them banished. Vote 5 if you want them to continue. Today in History... 1184BC: Greeks seize Troy 1474: Louis XI, King of France, ratifies the "Perpetual Peace" 1770: Captain Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef 1867: Charles Fabry, discovered the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere born 1895: First known organized auto race 1918: Nelson Mandela, South African civil rights leader & politician born 1942: US and USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during World War II 1955: First magnesium jet airplane flown 1979: Actor John Wayne died at age 72 1987: Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in 160 years to win three consecutive terms 1993: The Steven Spielberg movie "Jurassic Park" opened 1994: The United States, South Korea and Japan agreed to seek punitive steps against North Korea over its nuclear program 1999: The FBI was seeking the creator of Worm.Explore.Zip, a file-destroying computer virus which had hit some of the nation's biggest corporations 1999: Actor DeForest Kelley of "Star Trek" fame died in Woodland Hills, Calif., at age 79 2002: Antonio Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress 2004: Cassini-Huygens makes its closest fly-by of Phoebe 2005: G8 finance ministers agree to cancel the debt owed by 18 of the poorest countries

[Tamimi Code]

got my 5.... I wonder why this could annoying anyone !!

When you get mad...THINK twice that the only advice Tamimi - Code

[Sathesh Sakthivel]

Good Work Done By you Man. Nice to hear the History News. The Topic you have Selected also good . Today In History [TIH). Got my 5.

Regards, Satips.:rose:

[Colin Angus Mackay]

Mike Mullikin wrote:

2002: Antonio Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress

You need an act of congress to change the way history was written?! I think that most of the world recognises that Alexander Graham Bell invented (and patented) the telephone. Winning by four hours over Elisha Gray.

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[leckey 0]

I think if you always title it the same, those who don't care for it can just skip it.

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[leckey 0]

Are you really surprised that a government that took the time to pass legislation making June the National Accordian Awareness Month might get history wrong?;P

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[Dan Neely]

Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

Mike Mullikin wrote: 2002: Antonio Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress You need an act of congress to change the way history was written?!

The way I look at it, the more time they spend clowning around on this sort of stuff the less time they actually spend making bad legislation.

-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

[brianwelsch]

Any group aware of the existance of accordians, also has history well in hand.

BW

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Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peart

[Russell Jones]

Who controls the past...

[Chris McGlothen]

I enojoy learning new little tid bits of info. Got my five!:-D

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An American football fan - Go Seahawks! Lil Turtle

[Colin Angus Mackay]

dan neely wrote:

The way I look at it, the more time they spend clowning around on this sort of stuff the less time they actually spend making bad legislation.

Well, that's one way to look at it.

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[Gary Wheeler]

No, no, no. "He who controls the spice, controls the universe!"

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Software Zen: delete this;

[Michael Sadlon]

Great. Got to love Dune. :laugh: