On This Day

[Blarg]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

On This Date in 2022, the Los Angeles Angels signed Gio Urshela.

They traded for him.

[Tank]

10 minutes ago, Lou said:

Teaching.

What a racket. 

You know what I got to deal with today? During chapel, two boys decided to start playing with a shoe. 

[Taylor]

13 hours ago, Blarg said:

They traded for him.

@Lou was just trying to prove to me that he can be wrong sometimes.

[Redondo]

 

On this day in history, Nov. 23, 1859, western outlaw Billy the Kid is born in New York City

[Redondo]

On this day in history, Dec. 6, 1884, Washington Monument completed 39 years after construction began

 

[Redondo]

On this day in history, Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack kills 2,403 Americans, launches US into WWII

[Jason]

On 12/6/2022 at 3:49 AM, Redondo said:

On this day in history, Dec. 6, 1884, Washington Monument completed 39 years after construction began

 

39 years to build? They should have asked the aliens that built the pyramids for some assistance. 

[Blarg]

If they had to get building permits out of Washington it would have taken the Egyptians 200 years to build a pyramid. 

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Jason said:

39 years to build? They should have asked the aliens that built the pyramids for some assistance. 

"hey bob, how many bricks have you laid today?"

"7"

"great. let's call it a day."

[Redondo]

On this day in history, Dec. 8, 1980, Beatles founder and music icon John Lennon murdered in NYC

[Redondo]

 

On this day in history, Dec. 9, 1965, 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' debuts to popular acclaim

[Redondo]

 

On this day in history, Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi sends first transatlantic radio message

Irish-Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi ushered in a new era of global communications, sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean on this day in history, Dec. 12, 1901.

The message was merely the letter "s" in Morse code (dot-dot-dot). But it proved after years of advances by Marconi that radio could make the world a smaller place.

The wireless signal traveled 2,000 miles from a transmitting station in Poldhu, Cornwall, in the far southwestern corner of England, to a receiving station in St. John's, Newfoundland.

"Today, our world of smartphones, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, satellite TV and radio, Global Positioning Systems and wireless computer networking was largely imagined by and based on Marconi’s electrical experiments," says the Pioneer Institute, in independent think tank.

"He was the first person to systematically use radio waves to communicate over long distances, develop wireless telegraphy, and is considered the ‘father of radio.’"

[Redondo]

On this day in history, Dec. 14, 1977, 'Saturday Night Fever' debuts, capturing disco era in America

[Tank]

NGL, there was a part of me that wanted to dress like him.

[Blarg]

My brother did. Silk shirts and all, he was a disco fanatic during the 70's and into the 80's switched to doing competitive ballroom dancing when disco died off. It's where he met his wife and before that a new girlfriend every weekend. 

[HanfordGuy]

 

[Redondo]

 

On this day in history, Dec. 16, 1773, brazen Boston Tea Party protest escalates American rebellion

Bostonians rejected royal authority, throwing 45 tons of tea into harbor, leading directly to American Revolution 16 months later

[Redondo]

On this day in history, Dec. 19, 1843, Charles Dickens publishes 'A Christmas Carol'

[HanfordGuy]

9 hours ago, Redondo said:

On this day in history, Dec. 19, 1843, Charles Dickens publishes 'A Christmas Carol'

No spoilers please.

[Redondo]

On this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808, Beethoven's triumphant Fifth Symphony debuts in Vienna

[Redondo]

 

On this day in history, Dec. 23, 1888, Dutch impressionist Vincent van Gogh cuts off his ear

Vincent van Gogh, the brilliant but troubled Dutch impressionist painter, severed his left ear after a "blazing row" with fellow artist Paul Gaugin in Arles, France, on this day in history, Dec. 23, 1888.

The 35-year-old artist famously presented the bloody ear lobe to a female acquaintance outside a brothel. She passed out from shock.

The incident underscored a tragic descent into madness punctuated by stunning displays of productivity and genius in van Gogh's final months on Earth.

"Although he sold only one painting during his lifetime, Van Gogh is now one of the most popular artists of all time," the Art Story Foundation writes in its biography of the painter, calling him an "iconic, tortured artist."

His "radically idiosyncratic, emotionally evocative style has continued to affect artists and movements throughout the 20th century and up to the present day, guaranteeing Van Gogh's importance far into the future."

[Redondo]

On this day in history, Dec. 29, 1845, Texas joins Union as 28th state after winning independence from Mexico

[Redondo]

 

On this day in history, Dec. 30, 1968, Led Zeppelin was recorded live for first time at Gonzaga University

[Tank]

HBD to Tiger Woods.

[Redondo]

 

On this day in history, Jan. 3, 1987, Aretha Franklin is first woman inducted into Rock Hall of Fame