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Offline OIO

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« on: April 30, 2003, 11:57:06 AM »
From another thread, somoene mentioned that certain dates and events in human history would be worthy of "international holidays".

Which events would you think qualify?

My .2 cents:

- First human in Space (USSR)

- First human on the Moon/other world (USA)

- First human in flight (USA)

- Declaration of Human Rights (FRANCE)

- First Written Law (Iraq)

Ironic that the list of really important events in human history come from the nations currently going through political armwrestling no? :)
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2003, 12:00:03 PM »
World Beer Day.  A beverage that is as old as man himself. it should be a recognized holiday where everyone gets a paid day off.  Combine it with "Free Taxi Day holiday."
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2003, 12:04:16 PM »
Dont hijack me thread with sillyness pls! :p
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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2003, 12:04:31 PM »
First Unwritten Law..."Never Trust a Woman"  - Adam

(sorry OIO, posted before I saw that)  :)
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« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2003, 12:08:15 PM »
No prob curval. Take an alka seltzer ;)
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2003, 12:11:02 PM »
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Dont hijack me thread with sillyness pls! :p


I'm as serious as a heart attack.
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« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2003, 12:24:53 PM »
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Dont hijack me thread with sillyness pls! :p


That oughta keep the riff- raff out!

:rolleyes:
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Re: International Holidays
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2003, 02:39:23 PM »
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- First human in flight (USA)


I'm perhaps a bit nitpicking but I think you are wrong.
Either you need to define it more precisely or is it someone else ...
Lillenthal for exemple :)

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-First Written Law


You mean the Hamourabi/Hammu-rapi  code I think ?
So it's a bit more than only Iraq :)
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« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2003, 03:17:55 PM »
?

first powered flight (any idiot can jump off a cliff, that aint flying) and first written system of law (yes, hammurabi's law) . Technically not "Iraq" that made it, but its ancestors.
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« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2003, 12:40:37 AM »
I hate to point this out, but a (ughh) Frenchman named DeRozier was the first to 'fly' in a Mongolfier hot air balloon.

Benjimin Franklin witnessed one of the early ascents.

Someone asked Franklin what good was flying the balloon, and he replied, "What good is a newborn baby?"

One of my favorite aviation related quotes.

You can debate whether ballooning is true flight, but DeRosier was the first to rise from the surface of the earth in a non-ballistic fashion, and then control his decent.
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« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2003, 01:29:23 AM »
July 4, 1776.  :)
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« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2003, 06:44:19 AM »
Btw today, 1st of May is an international holliday no ?
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« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2003, 06:47:28 AM »
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Btw today, 1st of May is an international holliday no ?


Can't be...I'm about to leave for work.:(
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« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2003, 06:53:30 AM »
No, unfortunately. Although we have a national holiday next monday that kind of is the May Day bank holiday.
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« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2003, 07:07:05 AM »
yada yada ... I'm at home ;)


As an added bonus I got the 2 May :cool:

I guess next "almost" international free day is the 8 May ?

Btw i got the 9 May as bonus too :cool: ,this month I'll work 13 day ... I'm a true slacker :D
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