This Day in History

Griff · 04-11-2016, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Damn. Did you make it?

Yeah, some of the kids were pretty busted up though. You know those old buses metal seats and all. She did 7 weeks in the hospital.

Gravdigr · 04-14-2016, 02:33 PM

April 14, 1828

Noah Webster copyrights his American Dictionary of the English Language.

1846

The Donner Party departs Springfield, Illinois headed for California. Some of them got hungry. Damn hungry.

1860

The first Pony Express (founded (in part) by my homeboy Alexander Majors) rider reached San Francisco.

1865

Abe Lincoln takes in a show.

1881

The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight occurs in El Paso, Texas.

1912

The RMS Titanic, touted as unsinkable, proves otherwise.

1956

Videotape is first demonstrated.

1999

The costliest Australian natural disaster, a hailstorm, strikes Sydney, dishing out A$2.3 billion in insured damages.

Births

Christiaan Huygens-1629; Anne Sullivan-1866; John Gielgud-1904; Rod Steiger-1925; Loretta Lynn-1932; Pete Rose-1941; Ritchie Blackmore-1945;

Deaths

John Singer Sargent-1925; Richard Hickock (of 'In Cold Blood' infamy)-1965; Burl Ives-1995; Don Ho-2007; Percy Sledge-2015

04-14-2016, 02:33 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	April 14, 1828 Noah Webster copyrights his American Dictionary of the English Language. 1846 The Donner Party departs Springfield, Illinois headed for California. Some of them got hungry. Damn hungry. 1860 The first Pony Express (founded (in part) by my homeboy Alexander Majors) rider reached San Francisco. 1865 Abe Lincoln takes in a show. 1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight occurs in El Paso, Texas. 1912 The RMS Titanic, touted as unsinkable, proves otherwise. 1956 Videotape is first demonstrated. 1999 The costliest Australian natural disaster, a hailstorm, strikes Sydney, dishing out A$2.3 billion in insured damages. Births Christiaan Huygens-1629; Anne Sullivan-1866; John Gielgud-1904; Rod Steiger-1925; Loretta Lynn-1932; Pete Rose-1941; Ritchie Blackmore-1945; Deaths John Singer Sargent-1925; Richard Hickock (of 'In Cold Blood' infamy)-1965; Burl Ives-1995; Don Ho-2007; Percy Sledge-2015 __________________ 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.

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