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Subject: Re: On The Way To Today... May 14th
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"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
news:ln3o051jquagn1ade1pstckh4iifo2be3v@4ax.com:
> On 14 May 2009 12:21:53 GMT, WingedMessenger <Boy@FlyingHigh.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
>>news:u32o05ptgsaivhpo9nru7c7q4rm7kdodqo@4ax.com:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thursday, May 14, 2009
>>> Only 231 days until the Year 2010
>>>
>>> Today is:
>>> Underground America Day
>>>
>>>
>>> On The Way To Today... May 14th
>>>
>>>
>>> 649 - Theodore I ended his reign as Catholic Pope.
>>>
>>> 1264 - The Baron's War was fought in England.
>>>
>>> 1607 - The first permanent English settlement in what is now the
>>> United States got started at Jamestown, Virginia.
>>>
>>> 1796 - The first smallpox inoculation was administered by Edward
>>> Jenner.
>>>
>>> 1804 - Lewis & Clark set out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast.
>>>
>>> 1811 - Paraguay gained independence from Spain.
>>>
>>> 1862 - Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patented the chronograph - a
>>> timepiece that allows for split-second timing of sporting events.
>>>
>>> 1874 - McGill University and Harvard met at Cambridge, Massachusetts,
>>> for the first college football game to charge admission. To make it
>>> worthwhile for ticket buyers, this was also the first time that a
>>> goalpost was used at both ends of the playing field.
>>>
>>> 1878 - The trademarked name Vaseline (for a brand of petroleum jelly)
>>> was registered by Robert A. Chesebrough. You have probably heard of
>>>
>>> 1897 - A statue of George Washington was unveiled in Philadelphia,
>>> "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was performed. It was the first
public
>>> McKinley was in the audience.
>>>
>>> 1904 - The third modern Olympiad, the first ever held in the U.S.,
>>> opened in St. Louis. With few contestants from other countries, the
>>> United States won 21 events.
>>>
>>> 1913 - John D. Rockefeller made the largest gift of money to that
date
>>> by establishing the Rockefeller Foundation - for $100,000,000. The
>>>
>>> 1940 - The Netherlands surrendered to Germany.
>>>
>>> 1948 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion establishes the State of
>>> Israel.
>>>
>>> 1955 - The Warsaw Pact was formed.
>>>
>>> 1973 - The first Space Station, Skylab, was launched.
>>>
>>> 1985 - The third most widely-used form of contraception in the U.S.
>>> celebrated its 25th birthday. The Pill is now the leading form of
>>> contraception and continues to be the focus of controversy.
>>>
>>> became the first museum of the fast-food business.
>>>
>>> 1990 - The Dow Jones industrial average hit a record 2,821.53 points.
>>>
>>> 1994 - The West Bank town of Jericho saw its first full day of
>>> Palestinian self-rule.
>>>
>>
>>1796. Dr. Edward Jenner gave the first smallpox vaccination.
>
> noted way up there at the beginning.... ;o)
>
OOOOPS LOL.
Mercury.
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