Brad's Worlds

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

One Of Those Days

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It's just one of those days, isn't it.



McBurnt!!! hahahahahaha



I knew I should've went back at the visitors center. Doh!!!

Thanks Mandy for the pics.



Today in History:
1687 - Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.

1863 - The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, was destroyed on her maiden voyage with cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence.

1915 - Pluto is photographed for the first time but is not recognized as a planet.

1916 - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.

1918 - The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time. Benjamin Franklin would have laughed. Did you know he came up with the idea of daylight saving time as a joke?

1920 - The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (first time was on November 19, 1919).

1931 - Gambling is legalized in Nevada.

1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.

1941 - World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.

1943 - Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, committs suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.

1945 - World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Though crippled, the ship is able to return to the U.S. on her own power.

1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed.

1969 - The 385 metre tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collaspes caused by ice build- up.

1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.







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