Not so notable Holidays

[Ozark Tracker]

I thought we could use that to get Trinity off to a quick start, where the rest of us could have something to eat too.

[Trinity]

"Ah'll ate tha weenies fust.  Ah jes cawled town to that BBQ joint an' they tolt me it'd be an hour fer them ta git mah order together."

[Ozark Tracker]

are they cutting up the whole hog fer ya

[litl rooster]

1839 Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood  His theroies were soon just flushed away

[Silver Creek Slim]

   

Slim

[Delmonico]

On this day in 1861, Kansas became the 34th State .

[Silver Creek Slim]

And the border wars did not stop. 

Slim

[Ozark Tracker]

ya mean ta say nothing notable happened today in History

[Tensleep]

1815 Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 volumes

1862 US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched

[Delmonico]

Dang 10ZZZZ beat me, I was going to post that.

[Delmonico]

OK here's another.

1747 - The London Lock Hospital, the first clinic specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, was opened.

[Ozark Tracker]

I just knowed there had to have a couple of things happened

[Sod Buster]

Also:

On this day...
1781 Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland
1798 Representative Matthew Lyon (Vermont) spits in face of Representative Roger Griswold (Connecticut) in US House of Representatives, after an argument
1835 Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington DC
1933 "The Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC radio
1933 German President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor, Hitler forms government with Von Papen
1934 Hitler proclamation on German unified states
1939 Hitler calls for the extermination of Jews
1943 6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin
1946 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime
1956 Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"
1957 US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"
1958 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas TX
1960 CIA oks Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)
1965 State funeral of Winston Churchill
1966 -19ºF (-28ºC), Corinth MS (state record)
1966 -27ºF (-33ºC), New Market AL (state record)
1966 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2 05.2)
1968 Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"
1968 Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on US embassy in Saigon
1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a 42-minute free concert on the roof of Apple HQs
1972 Bloody Sunday British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die
1973 Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all counts
1976 George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)
1976 William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA
1977 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
1983 Super Bowl XVII Washington Redskins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena; Super Bowl MVP John Riggins, Washington, Running Back
1994 Super Bowl XXVIII Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 30-13 in Atlanta; Super Bowl MVP Emmitt Smith, Dallas, Running Back

[Trinity]

Showoff!

[Sod Buster]

Showoff!

It is also FDR Day in Kentucky & the Virgin Islands to celebrate the issue of the FDR dime.  <--no place else felt it significant enought to warrant a party.

[Ozark Tracker]

 Sod Buster membered a lot of things

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Wonder if'n he out-Googled Slim...............

[Ozark Tracker]

I bet Slim was a eating supper

[Trinity]

Slim has the power to delete all of the past posts and put his own post in their place.

[Sod Buster]

You boys behave or I'll start posting "This Day in Veggie History" instead!