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Title: On this day in history
Post by: Jackal1 on March 07, 2008, 01:10:28 PM

0322 BC - Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, died.

1774 - The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce.

1799 - In Palestine, Napoleon captured Jaffa and his men massacred more than 2,000 Albanian prisoners.

1848 - In Hawaii, the Great Mahele was signed.

1849 - The Austrian Reichstag was dissolved.

1850 - U.S. Senator Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a method of preserving the Union.

1854 - Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone.

1901 - It was announced that blacks had been found enslaved in parts of South Carolina.

1904 - The Japanese bombed the Russian town of Vladivostok.

1952 - In Texas the best looking man to walk the face of the earth was born. The world rejoiced and has been a better place since.

 :D
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: texasmom on March 07, 2008, 01:11:16 PM
 :aok  :lol Happy birthday.
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: Jackal1 on March 07, 2008, 01:26:31 PM
Hehe. Thanks.
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: Curval on March 07, 2008, 01:28:13 PM
Happy birthday man. :aok
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: AWMac on March 07, 2008, 01:28:29 PM
Happy Birthday!!!

Best looking man in Texas?  
 :rofl

Mac
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: Shuffler on March 07, 2008, 01:30:43 PM
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1959 - In Texas the best looking man to walk the face of the earth was born. The world rejoiced and has been a better place since.

Fixed except it was on Feb 4th

lol Happy B day <S>
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: JBA on March 07, 2008, 01:43:25 PM
Happy Birthday, :aok

1774 - The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce.....and how that work out for them?
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: Jackal1 on March 07, 2008, 01:47:00 PM
Quote from: JBA on March 07, 2008, 01:43:25 PM

1774 - The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce.....and how that work out for them?

 :lol
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: thrila on March 07, 2008, 01:47:43 PM
Quote from: JBA on March 07, 2008, 01:43:25 PM
Happy Birthday, :aok

1774 - The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce.....and how that work out for them?

We lost our dental healthcare privaleges :(  <shakes fist at george washington in an angry manner>
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: sunfan1121 on March 07, 2008, 02:12:34 PM
Quote from: thrila on March 07, 2008, 01:47:43 PM
We lost our dental healthcare privaleges :(  <shakes fist at george washington in an angry manner>
:rofl :rofl
Title: Re: On this day in history
Post by: lazs2 on March 07, 2008, 02:44:21 PM
shouldn't make fun of the brits...  they did invent the toothbrush.

How do I know this?   well.. if we had invented it then it would have been called the "teethbrush".

lazs