Tag: history
group name: showmethepoints
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June 15, 2008 06:26 PM EDT --
The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening . . . more
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July 20, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
This is the first in (I hope) a three part article detailing a brief glimse at Nova Scotia. I was originally going to start with an overview of Nova Scotia's cultural history, but writing about . . . more
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February 01, 2008 07:47 AM EST --
I love those "Today in History" posts that many people put here on Gather. I'd like to show the flip side a bit too though. There is a site that dedicates itself to "Rotten History" . . . more
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February 02, 2008 05:11 PM EST --
Here is today's installment! Some interesting things happened on Groundhog Day through the years!
Feb 2 1852
The first public toilet is inaugurated, located at 95 Fleet . . . more
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February 03, 2008 02:39 PM EST --
Feb 3 1882
P.T. Barnum purchases the elephant Jumbo. He keeps him for three years until the animal's skull is crushed by a train. After his death, Jumbo gets extra exposure, as his stuffed skin . . . more
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February 04, 2008 07:45 AM EST --
Feb 4 1783
A large earthquake in Calabria Italy leaves 50,000 dead.
Feb 4 1899
On patrol in the city of Manila, Private William Grayson shoots three Filipino soldiers when they fail . . . more
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February 06, 2008 08:15 AM EST --
Feb 6 1998
Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years
Feb 6 1997
Diane Blood, 32, in . . . more
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February 08, 2008 09:50 AM EST --
Feb 8 1861
Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Alabama. Effectively marking the start of what would lead to the war of Americans fighting other Americans.
Feb 8 . . . more
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February 09, 2008 03:53 PM EST --
Just in case I don't get a chance to do a Sunday edition (hey, sometimes I actually do have a life;-) I thought I would put up two days today!
Feb 9 1895
Volley Ball was invented . . . more
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February 11, 2008 10:39 PM EST --
Sorry good people of Gather, this one is a bit late today!
Feb 11 1790
Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
Feb 11 1852
1st British public female . . . more
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February 12, 2008 08:24 AM EST --
Feb 12 1554
The sixteen year old Lady Jane Grey, puppet Queen of England for nine days, beheaded in the Tower of London. Questions arose as to where to bury this semi-queen, until it was decided . . . more
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February 13, 2008 08:49 AM EST --
Feb 13 1837
Riot in New York over high price of flour
Feb 13 1886
Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes . . . more
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February 16, 2008 10:55 PM EST --
Feb 16 0374
9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Feb 16 0600
Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze . . . more
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February 17, 2008 09:09 AM EST --
Feb 17 1600
Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno burned at the stake at Campo di Fiore in Rome, likely because ecclesiastical authorities were alarmed at his rambling and somewhat insane ideas, coupled . . . more
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March 27, 2008 10:14 PM EDT --
Can you feel the LOVE?
On this day in 2007 , the wife of Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland was arrested on suspicion of burning over $10,000 (£5,000) of his belongings . . . more
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July 28, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
Eventually I am going to do a photo essay on my neighborhood since it's a historical district. I wanted to doa post on the house next door by itself because it holds a lot of history for my . . . more
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February 05, 2008 07:49 AM EST --
Feb 5 1861
The "Peep Show" machine patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati.
Feb 5, 1936
The final appearance of Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character premiered in "Modern . . . more
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February 07, 2008 08:39 AM EST --
Feb 7 1812
New Madrid earthquake shakes Missouri with an estimated magnitude of 8.2, as strong as any in the West. The quake destroys 150,000 acres of forest, and would have caused massive damage . . . more
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July 04, 2008 12:44 AM EDT --
HOW LONG DO WE HAVE?
This is the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. The sad thing about it, you can see it coming.
I . . . more
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July 24, 2008 10:35 PM EDT --
Today was the day of trivia for me. I learned a lot of new facts during my days adventure (cleaning house, going to my housekeeping job for one of my former teachers and class);
+In Shakespeare's . . . more
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