Today in History

Bhelliom · 07-07-2005

1456 Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted

1543 French troops invade Luxembourg

1550 Chocolate introduced

1607 "God Save the King" is 1st sung

1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge

1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship

1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)

1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published

1846 US annexs California

1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)

1875 Jesse James robs train in Otterville Missouri

1891 Travelers checks patents

1898 US annexes Hawaii

1923 University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)

1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II

1941 Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania

1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion

1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy

1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings

1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea

1961 James R Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters

1965 Otis Redding records "Respect"

1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1

1972 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley & Joanne E Pierce)

1977 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City

1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel

1980 Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court

1993 Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500

1997 Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open

2005 Terrorist Bombings in London, England still going on

Enjoy your day... at least you're not Joan D'arc

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07-07-2005	#1
Bhelliom Will fuck for beer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,143	1456 Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted 1543 French troops invade Luxembourg 1550 Chocolate introduced 1607 "God Save the King" is 1st sung 1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship 1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College) 1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published 1846 US annexs California 1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100) 1875 Jesse James robs train in Otterville Missouri 1891 Travelers checks patents 1898 US annexes Hawaii 1923 University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne) 1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II 1941 Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania 1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion 1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy 1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings 1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea 1961 James R Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters 1965 Otis Redding records "Respect" 1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1 1972 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley & Joanne E Pierce) 1977 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City 1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel 1980 Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court 1993 Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500 1997 Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open 2005 Terrorist Bombings in London, England still going on Enjoy your day... at least you're not Joan D'arc __________________ I am a Sado-Machiavellian. As long as I cum in the end... It doesn't matter what I did to get there. :yowsa: I just made that term up.... pretty good eh?