so...
in light of
1314 - Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland. <.I>
here is my contribution (for the gals)
gotta run.. class to teach
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.
Funny, but we were just discussing in Bible study of all places this a.m, the use of the rare, but well-timed foul language.
I liked the story at the end where the Former First Perpetrator orders a round of beer for the entire pub in London -- and then skips out without paying. ;-)
I'm here but i am waiting for G/C to get packed/showered and dressed.
She is going to PA (Lancaster/G'berg) with my brother and kids for the weekend, through monday actually.
have to pick B/C up at 5:45 then cart her out to Mdle'town.
Long night ahead for me.
'G/C'? You have grandkids??? ;-)
:-|
Oops...'girl child'...sorry...
I think I caught a whiff of those fumes, too.
Heck, I didn't think you went in for that cheap physical stuff...
:^)
No Grandkids Arghie.
2 kids...one boy , 21, one girl, 17.
I"LL NEVER BE A GRANDMA!!!
Welcome Baby Lennie. (Darling Name)
Prayers going up for the health and safety of all.
Let us know about the Strep factor as soon as you know. It's nothin' to mess with.
Yippee!!
A girl and a very cute name.
Bless you all.
Why do you say "never"? Unless you mean you don't want to be one. But those kids of yours are at the right age to supply an unpleasant surprise or two or three...
I am not ready right now to be one...don't plan on being ready for a long time to come.
I am only 46.....
They had better NOT surprise me anytime soon.
Good luck, you young whippersnapper!
Hope your headache is better soon.
Mine is mostly.
Working on a bunch of Interfaith Hospitality details now...Our host week starts this Sunday.
I surely hope that the "honorable"??? Sen Leahy does exactly what our VP suggested.
Hi all...
Fox just played a tape from 1992 in which Gore details the connections between Terrorists and Saddam.
They totally destroyed him with the tape......and FYI.....guess who was sitting next to him on Larry King Live Show when he said it......BILL CLINTON..
so...
in light of
1314 - Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland. <.I>
here is my contribution (for the gals)
gotta run.. class to teach
Oh that's just a warm up ... Remember we have 8 YEARS of Clinton on tape and print
We are going to bury them with their OWN words :0)
Fox just had an update on the ACT felons story........guess what 4 have been re-arrested.....LOL!!!!
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