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Gravdigr · 01-28-2017, 01:58 PM

January 28

Today is Data Privacy Day. If mind your own bidness, then you won't be minding mine.

Events

814 – Charlemagne dies of pleurisy in Aachen as the first Holy Roman Emperor. He is succeeded by his son Louis the Pious as king of the Frankish Empire.

1547 – Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI, becomes King.

1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.

1754 – Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.

1813 – Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the UK.

1820 – A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.

1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).

1909 – United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.

1922 – Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses and kills 98 people.

1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).

1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first American television appearance.

1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.

1964 – An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

1977 – The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.

1980 – USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.

1981 – Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.

1982 – US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.

1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.

1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.

Births

1457 – Henry VII of England; 1864 – Charles Williams Nash (Nash Motors); 1864 – Herbert Akroyd Stuart (invented the hot-bulb engine and Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine); 1887 – Arthur Rubinstein

; 1890 – Robert Stroud <--Interesting read.(the real Bird Man of Alcatraz); 1912 – Jackson Pollock; 1936 – Alan Alda; 1940 – Carlo$ $lim; 1948 – Charles Taylor; 1951 – Billy Bass Nelson

(Parliament-Funkadelic); 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy; 1959 – Frank Darabont; 1959 – Dave Sharp♪ ♫(The Alarm); 1968 – Sarah McLachlan♪ ♫; 1969 – Mo Rocca; 1976 – Rick Ross♪ ♫; 1977 – Joey Fatone♪ ♫(NSYNC); 1980 – Nick Carter♪ ♫(Backstreet Boys); 1981 – Elijah Wood ('Frodo'); 1998 – Ariel Winter (Modern Family)

Deaths

814 – Charlemagne; 1547 – Henry VIII; 1939 – W. B. Yeats; 1986 - Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Dick Scobee, & Michael J. Smith; 1988 – Klaus Fuchs; 1996 – Jerry Siegel (co-created Superman); 2005 – Jim Capaldi♪ ♫(Traffic); 2009 – Billy Powell

(Lynyrd Skynyrd); 2016 – Paul Kantner♪ ♫(Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)

01-28-2017, 01:58 PM	#529
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	January 28 Today is Data Privacy Day. If mind your own bidness, then you won't be minding mine. Events 814 – Charlemagne dies of pleurisy in Aachen as the first Holy Roman Emperor. He is succeeded by his son Louis the Pious as king of the Frankish Empire. 1547 – Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI, becomes King. 1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts. 1754 – Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann. 1813 – Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the UK. 1820 – A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast. 1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h). 1909 – United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War. 1922 – Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses and kills 98 people. 1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph). 1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first American television appearance. 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today. 1964 – An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19. 1977 – The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected. 1980 – USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers. 1981 – Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut. 1982 – US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades. 1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. 1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. Births 1457 – Henry VII of England; 1864 – Charles Williams Nash (Nash Motors); 1864 – Herbert Akroyd Stuart (invented the hot-bulb engine and Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine); 1887 – Arthur Rubinstein; 1890 – Robert Stroud <--Interesting read.(the real Bird Man of Alcatraz); 1912 – Jackson Pollock; 1936 – Alan Alda; 1940 – Carlo$ $lim; 1948 – Charles Taylor; 1951 – Billy Bass Nelson(Parliament-Funkadelic); 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy; 1959 – Frank Darabont; 1959 – Dave Sharp♪ ♫(The Alarm); 1968 – Sarah McLachlan♪ ♫; 1969 – Mo Rocca; 1976 – Rick Ross♪ ♫; 1977 – Joey Fatone♪ ♫(NSYNC); 1980 – Nick Carter♪ ♫(Backstreet Boys); 1981 – Elijah Wood ('Frodo'); 1998 – Ariel Winter (Modern Family) Deaths 814 – Charlemagne; 1547 – Henry VIII; 1939 – W. B. Yeats; 1986 - Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Dick Scobee, & Michael J. Smith; 1988 – Klaus Fuchs; 1996 – Jerry Siegel (co-created Superman); 2005 – Jim Capaldi♪ ♫(Traffic); 2009 – Billy Powell(Lynyrd Skynyrd); 2016 – Paul Kantner♪ ♫(Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.