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Jimbuna · 05-10-15, 12:08 PM

1940 - Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister.

Jimbuna · 05-11-15, 06:55 AM

1924 - Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies.

Jimbuna · 05-12-15, 07:49 AM

1951 - 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll.

Aktungbby · 05-12-15, 11:41 AM

^ worse. 1922: Richmond, Va., May 12 - "With a detonation that was heard forty miles away, a meteor appeared to fall to earth some distance north of Lawrenceville, near Blackstone, Virginia at about 11:15 last (night), according to reports reaching here. The phenomenon was said to have rocked the earth not unlike an earthquake, shaking houses and awakening residents of Lawrenceville. The countryside for miles around, it was said, was lighted up as bright as midday, and the meteor emitted a swishing sound as it hurled through space.
Reports reaching Norfolk said the meteor exploded with a force that shook houses and broke windows in and around that community. The flash of the meteor was plainly seen at Norfolk, 100 miles each way of where it is estimated to have fallen." Estimated at 20 tons; There were no reports of injuries. LUCKY VIRGINIANS!
Considering the recent 2/15/ 2013 similar incident; The Chelyabinsk meteor: was a superbolide. On account of its high velocity and shallow angle of atmospheric entry, the object exploded in an airburst over Chelyabinsk Oblast, at a height of around 29.7 km (18.4 miles, 97,400 feet. The explosion generated a bright flash, producing a hot cloud of dust and gas that penetrated to 26.2 km, and many surviving small fragmentary meteorites, as well as a large shock wave. The bulk of the object's energy was absorbed by the atmosphere, with a total kinetic energy before atmospheric impact equivalent to approximately 500 kilotons of TNT, 20–30 times more energy than was released from the Hiroshima bomb. This meteor was estimated at 12,000 metric tons/20 meters in diameter.

1500 people were injured..

Jimbuna · 05-13-15, 07:10 AM

1787 - Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia.

1940 - Winston Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat.

Jimbuna · 05-14-15, 06:20 AM

1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution.

1796 - English country doctor Edward Jenner administered the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire.

Harvs · 05-14-15, 07:54 AM

On this day in 1973 the space station SKYLAB was launched.

Rockstar · 05-14-15, 08:02 AM

on this day May 14th 1678 it was Saturday.

Jimbuna · 05-15-15, 06:49 AM

1492 - Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kill 232 residents of Alkmaar, Netherlands.

Aktungbby · 05-15-15, 11:15 AM

1930; Registered nurse Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess on board the Oakland CA flight to Chicago for Boeing Air transport in a calculated effort to make commercial flight 'look' safer!

1940: Dupont began selling nylon stockings nationally.

AND: the first McDonald's Restaurant opened in San Bernardino.

This mysteriously all came to weird fruition some 37 years later in my beloved '76 Honda CVCC (with McPhearson strut suspension)

.....

My first wheels! I replaced everything on it at least once in 400,000 miles!

when my fan belt died on a trek to the damned inlaws. Nonplussed, I McIvered a pair of my 'first lady's' panty hose onto the pullys and limped it for a hundred miles. We pulled into McDonald's enroute-feeding the first lady is vital on long treks (and McD's generally has acceptable( to fussy ladies) rest rooms to boot). Whereupon, she fulfilled her Church-like stewardess function and administered coffee and french-fries to me, as needed, behind the wheel as I drove down the road. (There were no fancy cupholder consoles in them-thar dazs)

ACHTUNG: Impromtu McIver style first-aid in the good old days: Get's you home again!

Jimbuna · 05-16-15, 06:33 AM

1943 - -17th] Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid; 617 Squadron RAF bombs Möhne & Eder dams (Ruhr valley) with bouncing bombs.

Catfish · 05-16-15, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

1943 - -17th] Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid; 617 Squadron RAF bombs Möhne & Eder dams (Ruhr valley) with bouncing bombs.

Errm.. no.

Sailor Steve · 05-16-15, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

Errm.. no.

Please elaborate.

Aktungbby · 05-16-15, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

1943 - -17th] Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid; 617 Squadron RAF bombs Möhne & Eder dams (Ruhr valley) with bouncing bombs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

Errm.. no.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Please elaborate.

ERRRM JA! 1984:

a timeless classic-not sure about the plane on the picture though!

An improvement: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10059848/Flying-the-Dambusters-mission-video-game-demonstrates-pilots-skill.html

BossMark · 05-17-15, 03:01 AM

1756-The seven years war the first truly 'global' conflict - erupts as Britain declares war on France.

1865-Thomas Cook begins conducted tours to the continent - the first overseas 'package holiday'.

1900-The British garrison at Mafeking, South Africa, under Robert Baden-Powell, is relieved after a Boer siege of 215 days.

05-10-15, 12:08 PM	#751
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1940 - Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-11-15, 06:55 AM	#752
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1924 - Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-12-15, 07:49 AM	#753
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1951 - 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-12-15, 11:41 AM	#754
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,056 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Gettin' "lit up" ^ worse. 1922: Richmond, Va., May 12 - "With a detonation that was heard forty miles away, a meteor appeared to fall to earth some distance north of Lawrenceville, near Blackstone, Virginia at about 11:15 last (night), according to reports reaching here. The phenomenon was said to have rocked the earth not unlike an earthquake, shaking houses and awakening residents of Lawrenceville. The countryside for miles around, it was said, was lighted up as bright as midday, and the meteor emitted a swishing sound as it hurled through space. Reports reaching Norfolk said the meteor exploded with a force that shook houses and broke windows in and around that community. The flash of the meteor was plainly seen at Norfolk, 100 miles each way of where it is estimated to have fallen." Estimated at 20 tons; There were no reports of injuries. LUCKY VIRGINIANS! Considering the recent 2/15/ 2013 similar incident; The Chelyabinsk meteor: was a superbolide. On account of its high velocity and shallow angle of atmospheric entry, the object exploded in an airburst over Chelyabinsk Oblast, at a height of around 29.7 km (18.4 miles, 97,400 feet. The explosion generated a bright flash, producing a hot cloud of dust and gas that penetrated to 26.2 km, and many surviving small fragmentary meteorites, as well as a large shock wave. The bulk of the object's energy was absorbed by the atmosphere, with a total kinetic energy before atmospheric impact equivalent to approximately 500 kilotons of TNT, 20–30 times more energy than was released from the Hiroshima bomb. This meteor was estimated at 12,000 metric tons/20 meters in diameter. 1500 people were injured.. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-13-15, 07:10 AM	#755
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1787 - Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia. 1940 - Winston Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-15, 06:20 AM	#756
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution. 1796 - English country doctor Edward Jenner administered the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-15, 07:54 AM	#757
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	On this day in 1973 the space station SKYLAB was launched. __________________ *You cannot kill that which cannot be hit.* [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 TiBOOST X2 in SLI 16GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64BIT ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE Motherboard

05-14-15, 08:02 AM	#758
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	on this day May 14th 1678 it was Saturday.

05-15-15, 06:49 AM	#759
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1492 - Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kill 232 residents of Alkmaar, Netherlands. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-15-15, 11:15 AM	#760
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,056 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Calculated PR: It all comes together...in the front seat...in California! 1930; Registered nurse Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess on board the Oakland CA flight to Chicago for Boeing Air transport in a calculated effort to make commercial flight 'look' safer! 1940: Dupont began selling nylon stockings nationally. AND: the first McDonald's Restaurant opened in San Bernardino. This mysteriously all came to weird fruition some 37 years later in my beloved '76 Honda CVCC (with McPhearson strut suspension) ..... My first wheels! I replaced everything on it at least once in 400,000 miles! when my fan belt died on a trek to the damned inlaws. Nonplussed, I McIvered a pair of my *'first lady's'* panty hose onto the pullys and limped it for a hundred miles. We pulled into McDonald's enroute-feeding the first lady is vital on long treks (and McD's generally has acceptable( to fussy ladies) rest rooms to boot). Whereupon, she fulfilled her Church-like stewardess function and administered coffee and french-fries to me, as needed, behind the wheel as I drove down the road. (There were no fancy cupholder consoles in them-thar dazs)ACHTUNG: Impromtu McIver style first-aid in the good old days: Get's you home again! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-16-15, 06:33 AM	#761
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1943 - -17th] Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid; 617 Squadron RAF bombs Möhne & Eder dams (Ruhr valley) with bouncing bombs. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-17-15, 03:01 AM	#765
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	1756-The seven years war the first truly 'global' conflict - erupts as Britain declares war on France. 1865-Thomas Cook begins conducted tours to the continent - the first overseas 'package holiday'. 1900-The British garrison at Mafeking, South Africa, under Robert Baden-Powell, is relieved after a Boer siege of 215 days. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now