A Saturn Montage with images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Today's Jumble (6/25/08):
KLANB = BLANK; TINJO = JOINT; BYBURG = GRUBBY; ROUGAC = COUGAR
CIRCLED LETTERS = NINRBUG
Filling the gas tank these days can leave you - - - "BURNING"
Today is LEON Day - LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. It is now six months until Christmas.
Also, the Korean War (a police action?) started on this day in 1950.
Other things on this day in history:
524 - Battle of Vézeronce, Franks defeat Burgundians.
841 - Battle of Fontenay.
1530 - The Augsburg Confession is presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1678 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1935 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia were established.
1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland.
1940 - France formally surrenders to Nazi Germany.
1944 - The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries begins.
1947- The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
1948 - The Berlin Airlift begins.
1949 - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones.
1950 - The beginning of the Korean War, with the invasion of the South by the North.
1967 - First global satellite television programme – Our World
1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
1975 - Mozambique achieved independence.
1976 - Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints.
1981 - Microsoft Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military.
1983 - India wins the Cricket World Cup Final against the mighty West Indies at the MCC's Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia.
1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collided with the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
2007 - 2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire flood including Louth and Horncastle
841 - Battle of Fontenay.
1530 - The Augsburg Confession is presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1678 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1935 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia were established.
1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland.
1940 - France formally surrenders to Nazi Germany.
1944 - The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries begins.
1947- The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
1948 - The Berlin Airlift begins.
1949 - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones.
1950 - The beginning of the Korean War, with the invasion of the South by the North.
1967 - First global satellite television programme – Our World
1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
1975 - Mozambique achieved independence.
1976 - Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints.
1981 - Microsoft Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military.
1983 - India wins the Cricket World Cup Final against the mighty West Indies at the MCC's Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia.
1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collided with the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
2007 - 2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire flood including Louth and Horncastle
1 comment:
Dr.Dad,
10 years ago today, Bill Clinton visited Xi'An.
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