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Monday, June 29, 2009

History Day......



History Day!! On this day in 1995, the space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir, forming the largest man made satellite to orbit Earth! Pretty, huh???

And in other news....

1776, The Virginia state constitution was adopted.

1946, British authorities arrested more than 2000 Jews in Palestine in an attempt to stamp out alleged terrorism.

1967, Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash

1972, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could be construed as "cruel and unusual punishment"...(Hmmm. Wonder what they thought the murder victims experienced)

2003, one of my personal heroines, Katherine Hepburn died today.

2006, the Supreme Court ruled that President George W Bush's plan to try GitMo detainiees in military tribunals violated US and international law. (Didn't the detainees violate a bunch of laws of humanity, too?)

2007, Apple's Iphone went on sale--(my brother loves his!)

And that's what I've got.......how about you???

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Monday, May 18, 2009

History Day.........


On this day in 1980, Mt. Saint Helens' volcano erupted in Washington state, killing 100 people and creating an ash cloud 2500 miles long and 1000 miles wide. I live in Southern California and we were covered in ash for days. Can't even imagine how bad it was in Washington!
In other news...
1192, Eleanor of Acquitaine marries Henry Plantegenent, (later Henry II), setting into motion the inevitable--the Great movie, THE LION IN WINTER.
1804, Napoleon is declared Emperor of France
1860, Abe Lincoln is nominated as the Republican candidate for the presidency....(see? Republicans get it right sometimes!)
1897, Bram Stoker's DRACULA is published, again setting into motion, the inevitable string of vampire novels!
1900, In the Boer war in South Africa, a small British cavalry force relieves the town of Mafeking after a 217 day siege by the Boers.
1994, Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley...they divorced two years later. Was anyone surprised??
What've you guys got?? Come on now....don't be shy!

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