On This Day In History

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:32 am

On this day in history ..

1857 - Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as new capital of Canada

1862 - Pres Lincoln signs an act admitting West Virginia to the Union

1862 - Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank at Cape Hatteras NC

1879 - Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)

1879 - Edison gives public demonstration of his incandescent lamp

1890 - Ellis Is opens as a US immigration depot

1921 - Last SF firehorses retired

1946 - Pres Truman officially proclaims end of WW II

1951 - 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced.

1961 - Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion

1974 - Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3 million Yank contract

1974 - US citizens allowed to buy & own gold for 1st time in 40 years

1981 - Lt Rawlings stages coup in Ghana

1984 - Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH

1984 - Rajiv Gandhi took office as India's 6th PM

1999 - Control of Panama Canal reverts to Panama

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:04 am

Yea ok......whatever !

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:29 am

You pinching my thread Big Boy ???

:-4 :p

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:35 am

Bez wrote: You pinching my thread Big Boy ???

:p

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:49 am

Nomad....:yh_hugs :yh_hugs

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:53 am

When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: You most likely turned your back on the world.

Hey...look what I just found !:D

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:31 pm

Nomad wrote: When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: You most likely turned your back on the world.

Hey...look what I just found !:D

Many a true word spoken in a sig. eh???