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Title: This day in history September 24, 2010
Post by: oakranger on September 24, 2010, 04:39:31 PM

WWII

1941 - The Japanese consul in Hawaii was instructed to divide Pearl Harbor into five zones and calculate the number of battleships in each zone.

1942 - Glenn Miller ended his broadcasts for Chesterfield Cigarettes so he could go to World War II.

1948 - Mildred Gillars, known as "Axis Sally," pled innocent to charges of treason. She ended up serving 12 years for being a Nazi wartime radio propagandist.


U.S.

1960    The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Va.

1996    The world's major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.

Title: Re: This day in history September 24, 2010
Post by: Tigger29 on September 24, 2010, 05:06:41 PM

2010 - Skuzzy finally popped a vein in his forehead trying to understand simple concepts such as sarcasm, exaggeration, and l33tsp33k.

Title: Re: This day in history September 24, 2010
Post by: oakranger on September 24, 2010, 05:32:36 PM

Quote from: Tigger29 on September 24, 2010, 05:06:41 PM

2010 - Skuzzy finally popped a vein in his forehead trying to understand simple concepts such as sarcasm, exaggeration, and l33tsp33k.

LOL, I will put that in my book and post it a year from now.