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!

DM


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

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

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!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~

Look at that ... two posts ... two pistols.

(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!! (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

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

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?!!

DM

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

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

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

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

1986: Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson.

1995: Britain sends 1,200 troops to Sarajevo.

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"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

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

...1883

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

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Nubian

"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!!!

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

July 24

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

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"In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind."
Nora Ephron

“Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.”
Barbara Bush

"You know that look women get when they want sex? Me neither!"
Drew Carey

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

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Nubian

"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!

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

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

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

..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.

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Nubian