Strange Days
 

I came across a diary for this year, with some strange (and not so strange!!) event "anniversaries"!

Todays is.....

Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt revolver, born today in 1814.


I'm planning on adding a new "fact" every day, but feel free to join in! :D

DM


(Note to Mods.....wasn't sure where to put this... feel free to shift it to Games, or wherever.... I'll find it!! :) )

Today is ALSO......

the day AFTER dicksbro's birthday.....LOL!

I had to do that!

Great idea dm....this could be fun and informative! I love trivial facts!

Look at that ... two posts ... two pistols. :D :D

(I just had to do that, Lixy. :))

(Is that a pistol in my pocket or am I just glad to see ya'? Ooops, just have shorts on with no pockets ... I must be glad. :))

LOL@ DB!! :D (Love the latest Av, DB; What kinda amphibian IS that, anyway... not seen a Frog in socks before!! ;) )

Todays snippet:

This day in 1995 a man suffering from RABIES, in Suzhou, China, bit FOUR people in totally random attacks!

(It 's not known if these four people also became infected!)


Seems to suggest, be grateful for where you live!

DM

Whoops.... only just made it for today's!!

"When his brakes failed on a mountain road in 2001, Marco Vincento bailed out without warning. One of his eight passengers was able to stop the car...Marco, however, struck his head on the roadway and was killed!"

Just goes to show ya..... something?!! :eek:

DM

Feel free to add to these folks!!
 

This day in 1918, 504 sheep were killed by lightning in the Wasatch National Park, USA.


Must confess, I don't think of the US as a big "Sheep" country!!!

DM

On this day (July 23)...
 

1974: Greece becomes a democracy (the military government collapses)

1986: Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson.

1995: Britain sends 1,200 troops to Sarajevo.

July 23rd
 

"In 1914, The Austro-Hungaran Empire issued an ultimatum to Serbia, following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War 1."


See, ultimatum's NEVER work!!!

DM

July 24...
 

...1883

Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel (in 1875) drowned while attempting to swim the rapids above Niagara Falls.

July 24th
 

"The excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan in 1915; 852 people die"



"In 1797, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson received the injury to his right arm which ultimately caused it to be amputated"


Maybe, just MAYBE...... ships are BA-A-A-A-D!!!

July 24

1846 Toronto Ontario - First Canadian demonstration of the electric telegraph at Toronto city hall.

July 25
 

1978: The birth of the world's first test tube baby was announced in Manchester, England.

July 25th
 

"Today in 2000, Concorde crashes on take off from Paris airport, killing all 109 people on board plus 5 on the ground!"


Makes me think I should dig my parachute out of storage!

July 26th
 

I know it's a bit early, but we won't be here again til a week tomorrow!!

"In 1995, the eternal flame that burns in the Russian town of Taganrog to honour those killed in WW2, went out. The town had not paid it's gas bill!!"


OOPS!!!


DM

July 26...
 

..1991

Comedian and actor Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure outside of an adult movie theater in Sarosota, Florida. Reubens apparently was masturbating while watching a porno flick in the theater. Following the arrest, toy stores across the nation removed all Pee-wee toys, and his kiddie-show career was destroyed.