This Day in History Thread (1 Viewer)

[Chris]

June 22, 1944 - FDR signs the GI Bill for homecoming soldiers.

June 22, 1945 - The battle of Okinawa ends. Japanese Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima commits suicide rather the surrender as the 10th Army Division establishes ground control.

June 22, 1775 - US issues it's first real currency, as bills hit the street.

 

[Chris]

June 23, 1992 - Don John Gotti sentenced in federal court to prison, where he remains.

June 23, 1940 - Hitler appraises now occupied Paris, and sends orders to his staff that they should look at Paris with marvel and make sure it become the "lesser" city of beauty in comparison with Berlin.

 

[Rob Gardiner]

August 29, 1997 - Skynet launches nuclear missiles. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Rob Gardiner]

September 5, 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Rob Gardiner]

September 6, 3114 BCE - Creation of the world, according to the Mayan calendar. The world comes to an end on December 21, 2012 CE. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Rob Gardiner]

September 25, 1952 - BOTH Superman AND Luke Skywalker were born on this day, same year. Who knew?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Don't you think hilarity then ensued?

 

[Rob Gardiner]

Well, not everything lends itself to a TV Guide style capsulized review.

 

[Rob Gardiner]

October 3, 1955: Captain Kangaroo makes his debut on CBS. The Mickey Mouse Club makes its debut on ABC. 40 years later to the day, O.J. Simpson is acquitted. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Marty M]

According to Good Morning America Leave It To Beaver made its debut 50 years ago today on October 4, 1955. I was 6 years old at the time and our family had a TV for over a year by then, so I probably saw the episode, but I can't say for sure.

 

[ChristopherDAC]

A. 1955 was 52 years ago.

B. Leave it to Beaver? Leave it to Beaver? What about the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik Zeymli 1, on 4 October 1957, one of the more significant events in all of human history?

 

[Henry Gale]

Marty,
I hate to tell you this, but...you're not 56 either. You're 58. :frowning:

Henry (60) :frowning:

 

[Henry Gale]

No, he's out.

 

[Mike Frezon]

You guys are killing me!


The Sputnik launch...more important than the launch of Ward, June, Wally & the Beave?!? I don't know what universe you're living in Christopher!

 

[Henry Gale]

Hey!
Look at this guys!
They're gonna show a re-run of the Sputnik launch on TVLand tonight!

[Not really, you see...it's a JOKE because they do re-run The Beave.]

 

[Rob Gardiner]

October 10, 1979 - Pac-Man debuts in Japan.

I got all the patterns down up until the ninth key
I got Speedy on my tail and I know it's either him or me

 

[Mike Frezon]

Must not have taken too long before it hit the states.

I spent an awful lot of quarters in college on that damn game!

There was a modicum of hilarity involved.

 

[Rob Gardiner]

October 11, 1975 - Saturday Night Live debuts on NBC. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Rob Gardiner]

October 29, 1969: ARPANET, the world's first packet-switching network, becomes operational, for the (at the time unfulfilled) purpose of providing a venue for Kirk vs. Picard debates. Hilarity ensues. Nearly four decades later, the Internet exhibits civilization's greatest achievement: http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/478