Posted on 06/24/2004 2:26:53 AM PDT by Neets
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
Today In History
1314 - Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland.
1340 - The English fleet defeated the French fleet at Sluys, off the Flemish coast.
1664 - New Jersey, named after the Isle of Jersey, was founded.
1509 - Henry VIII was crowned King of England.
1497 - Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing in the service of England, landed in North America on what is now Newfoundland.
1675 - King Philip's War began when Indians massacre colonists at Swansee, Plymouth colony.
1793 - The first republican constitution in France was adopted.
1812 - Napoleon crossed the Nieman River and invaded Russia.
1859 - At the Battle of Solferino, also known as the Battle of the Three Sovereigns, the French army led by Napoleon III defeated the Austrian army under Franz Joseph I in northern Italy.
1861 - Federal gunboats attacked Confederate batteries at Mathias Point, Virginia.
1862 - U.S. intervention saved the British and French at the Dagu forts in China.
1869 - Mary Ellen "Mammy" Pleasant officially became the Vodoo Queen in San Francisco, CA.
1896 - Booker T. Washington became the first African American to receive an honorary MA degree from Howard University.
1910 - The Japanese army invaded Korea.
1913 - Greece and Serbia annulled their alliance with Bulgaria following border disputes over Macedonia and Thrace.
1922 - The American Professional Football Association took the name of The National Football League.
1931 - The Soviet Union and Afghanistan signed a treaty of neutrality.
1940 - France signed an armistice with Italy.
1940 - TV cameras were used for the first time in a political convention as the Republicans convened in Philadelphia, PA.
1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support to the Soviet Union.
1947 - Kenneth Arnold reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington.
1948 - The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.
1953 - John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announced their engagement.
1955 - Soviet MIG's down a U.S. Navy patrol plane over the Bering Strait.
1962 - The New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers, 9-7, after 22 innings.
1964 - The Federal Trade Commission announced that starting in 1965, cigarette manufactures would be required to include warnings on their packaging about the harmful effects of smoking.
1968 - "Resurrection City," a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People's March on Washington D.C., was closed down by authorities.
1970 - The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
1970 - The movie "Myra Breckinridge" premiered.
1971 - The National Basketball Association modified its four-year eligibility rule to allow for collegiate hardship cases.
1975 - 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1985 - Natalia Solzhenitsyn the wife of exiled, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, became a U.S. citizen.
1997 - 18-year-old Melissa Drexler was charged with murder in the death of her baby. Drexler had given birth during her prom.
1997 - The U.S. Air Force released a report on the "Roswell Incident," suggesting the alien bodies witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies.
1998 - AT&T Corp. struck a deal to buy cable TV giant Tele-Communications Inc. for $31.7 billion.
1998 - Walt Disney World Resort admitted its 600-millionth guest.
2002 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juries, not judges, must make the decision to give a convicted killer the death penalty.
2002 - A painting from Monet's Waterlilies series sold for $20.2 million.
2003 - In Paris, France, manuscripts by novelist Georges Simenon brought in $325,579. The original manuscript of "La Mort de Belle" raised $81,705.
The "B" word again?
Good morning, Chairette. :o)
The left is all over Wal-Mart in the cartoons. It was Bill Clinton that helped Wal-Mart to grow into the giant it is.
Well, I have mumbled that under my breath a few times.
Good morning toots.
Did I do well?
It was a struggle...based on my middle of the night awakening.
Sarah went to the bathroom...mil... was in her room watching TV.... she saw the lights and TV on in the livingroom...she knocked on our door about 11:30 to ask if she should turn the lights and TV off in the livingroom. Time after time we tell her Sarah will do it...yet she still does it.
I know this stuff is getting old and I apologize, but you people are my only release. I thank you for putting up with it.
Release all you want.
I totally relate.
It's for nothing but attention. That is why they do what they do.
(((lysie)))) Vent anytime you feel like it.
I give her some slack because of her brain surgery, but after this has happened about 50 times, one does tend to lose patience.
:-)
Thank you....I keep thinking....I've made my bed...now I have to lie in it....*sigh*
Today I write a list (big bold letters) of things that she should not concern herself with. I'm sticking it to her TV.
Back in a few....taking Sarah to work.
I try to think what it would be like if mom was alive. Looking at her brother and sisters....I have no doubt it would be completely different.
You are a candidate for Sainthood. I am in awe of your dedication.
My mother is in a church-run nursing home because she cannot be left alone, even for a few minutes, since she is in a wheelchair. She likes it there pretty well and has her own friends. None of us could keep her in our homes because of her disability...for example, because of the width of the doorways in my home it takes two or three of us daughters to get her into the bathroom, since we have to leave the wheelchair at the door. The other sisters have to work and could not keep her because of her need for constant supervision. (She broke her leg a couple years ago by deciding to stand up in the shower at the home because she didn't want to wait for the aide to help her up.)
It is very sad to see an independent woman have such a personality change. Sigh.
How's your sunburn?
The paint fumes headache I got yesterday is still with me. Not feeling super great, to put it mildly.
(((((lysie)))))
I have a friend who is caring for relatives (sisters), ages 93 and 95, who keep talking about getting their driver's licenses renewed.
Good morning and thanks for the snapshot of history.
Today Al Gore gives a speech condemning the president for trying to link Saddam and Osama, forgetting that the Clinton Justice Department obtained a federal indictment against OBL which specifically mentioned the terrorist's connections to Saddam.
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