On this day in history......

[Nighthawk]

September 20......... 356 BC: Alexander the Great is born.  1519: Ferdinand Magellan begins his round-the-world voyage with five ships and 280 men.  1857: The siege of Delhi ends, leading to the collapse of the Indian Mutiny. 

[CoinCrusader42]

September 20

1927 - Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season. He beat his own record of 59 that he set in 1921.

1955 - Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs) set a major league record with his fifth grand slam of the year.

1968 - Denny McClain (Detroit Tigers) became the first player to achieve 31 wins in 37 years.

1973 - Willie Mays announced that he would retire at the end of the season.

1973 - In an exhibition tennis match, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in three straight sets. The event is viewed as a milestone in women's sports.

1984 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) recorded his 100th hit of the season. It was the 22nd consecutive season he had recorded at least 100 hits in a season.

1998 - Cal Ripken, Jr., (Baltimore Orioles) ended his record streak of playing in 2,632 games. He had played in every game since May 30, 1982.

2002 - Tom Gamboa, coach of the Kansas City Royals, was attacked by a man and his son while he was standing near first base. The two fans were arrested and charged with battery.

 

[CoinCrusader42]

September 22

1927 - In Chicago, IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count" fight.

1934 - The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.

1968 - Cesar Tovar became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.

1969 - Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run.

2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) tied Hank Aaron's National League home run record when he hit his 733rd.

Note:  Jack Dempsey was born in Colorado and spent part of his growing up years here in Delta, about a mile from where I live.

 

[Templar]

   ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
                                     1656---ALL FEMALE JURY ACQUITS WOMAN WHO MURDERED HER CHILD?(MUST HAVE BEEN SOME KID)
                                     1692---LAST PERSONS HANGED FOR WITCHCRAFT IN SALEM MASS.(THEY MOVED THE HANGINGS TO THE NEXT TOWN)
                                     1699---THE PEOPLE OF ROTTERDAM STRIKE OVER THE COST OF BUTTER (COULD YOU USE CREAM CHEESE?)
                                     1745---BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIES' ARMY RETURNS TO EDINBURGH (BUT WHERE WAS CHARLIE?)
                                     1862---PRESIDENT LINCOLN SAYS HE WILL FREE ALL SLAVES ON JAN 1ST.(HE ALTERED THAT LATER)
                                     1893---1ST AUOMOBILE BUILT IN THE U.S. BY THE DURYEA BROTHERS(POOR HENRY COULDN'T GET HIS CAR OUT OF HIS BRICK SHED-SEEMS HE BUILT THE CAR SIDEWAYS AND HAD TO TEAR A HOLE IN THE WALL)
                                     1908---BULGARIA DECLARES ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE( CLAIMS THEY WOULD USE FOOTSTOOLS INSTEAD OF OTTOMANS)
                                     1910---ENGLAND FLIES ITS FIRST AIRCRAFT(QUICKLY REALIZES THE NEED FOR A PILOT)
                                     1980---IRAQ ATTACKS IRAN(WHO'S SIDE WAS ALLAH ON?)

                    AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY!

                      YOUR HUMBLE REPORTER---THE TEMPLAR

[Templar]

SEPTEMBER 23rd---in history
                      951---Otto I becomes king of Italy (sends out for the first pizza)
                      1642---Harvard college graduates !st class-(they beat Yale)
                      1719--- Liechtenstein declares independence from German Empire (puts out 1st stamp in honor of event)
                      1746---Jacob Giller appointed Dutch pension advisor (advises king to raise taxes/asks for a raise)
                      1780---British Major John Andre rats out Benedict Arnold(Americans trade Arnold to England--hangs Andre)
                      1806---Lewis and Clark return from Northwest tour (too late for the world series)
                      1845---the New York Knickerbockers become the 1st organized baseball team( Stienbrenner is just a little boy but swears he will own that team when he grows up)
                       1879---Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot (makes mail only 2 weeks late)
                       1913---Serbian troops march into Albania(looking for their missing air mail)
                       1938---British premier Neville Chamberlain flees to Munich( i mean he flies to Munich
                      1942---AUSCHWITZ BEGINS GASSING EXECUTIONS---NUFF SAID!-------------TEMPLAR

[CoinCrusader42]

September 23

2001 - Barry Bonds hit his 65th and 66th home run of the season to tie Sammy Sosa for the second most home runs in a season.

 

[AdamL]

September 23

2001 - Barry Bonds hit his 65th and 66th home run of the season to tie Sammy Sosa for the second most home runs in a season.

 

Speaking of baseball. I just secured 4 tickets to game 5 of the National League Championship Series. That is, of course, assuming the Cardinals make it that far.

[CoinCrusader42]

I was a Rockies season ticket holder for 16 years before giving them up this season.

I'm not too disappointed however.  I saw all the playoff games in Colorado in 2007, and now realize I'm better off sitting in front of the TV to watch the games.  In other words, "Been there, done that."  Now, I'll catch the action from the comfort of my office whilst downing beverage from my KOTCT mug.

 

[Templar]

Think how many beverages you can buy by not wasting money on tickets and the chair of your choice must be more comfortable than tose at the ball park and while you are at it ---lets hear a few cheers for the Detroit Tigers!

                  your servant--the Templar Tiger

[scottishmoney]

September 23

2001 - Barry Bonds hit his 65th and 66th home run of the season to tie Sammy Sosa for the second most home runs in a season.

 

Steeeeeeeeeeeeroooooooiiiiiddddddsss.

[AdamL]

I was a Rockies season ticket holder for 16 years before giving them up this season.

I'm not too disappointed however.  I saw all the playoff games in Colorado in 2007, and now realize I'm better off sitting in front of the TV to watch the games.  In other words, "Been there, done that."  Now, I'll catch the action from the comfort of my office whilst downing beverage from my KOTCT mug.

 

I know what you mean. Beverages are outrageously priced at the ball park anyway. But as someone who only gets to go to games occasionally it is well worth it for me, if for the atmosphere if nothing else.

[CoinCrusader42]

Adam, I understand.

I watched Mantle and Maris in both 1961 and 1962, in Kansas City.  Record attendance every game.  And, for one reason -  well actually two -- No. 7 and No. 9.  Batting practice alone was worth the price of admission.  I'd have to look in my scrapbook, but I think our box seats, four rows back from home plate, were $3.50.  The atmosphere in that ballpark was electric.  I wrote sports for 40 years, but still can't put it in words.  Ball after ball over the fence while the crowd roared.  And that was just batting practice.  Yep, that was an experience you couldn't get on TV.

 

[Templar]

  you are right about the ambiance--the smells---the sights---remembering who played where and when--but they tore my old park down and i haven't warmed up to the new park and the higher prices--i'll come around eventually but my chair---KOTCT mug and some chips with homemade salsa do it for me---plus the walk to the bathroom isn't as far and i can't always make it to the 7th inning--

     your nostalgic servant---the Templar

[CoinCrusader42]

September 24

1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.

 

[AdamL]

Also on this day in 1973 Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

[Tobyle]

Sept 25th 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking Age in England

Sept 25th 1929: Jimmy Dolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that Full Instrument Flying from take off to landing is possible.

[Nighthawk]

Also on September 25th......... 1897: American novelist William Faulkner is born. 

[Templar]

   ONLY---THREE---MORE---MONTHS----TILL---CHRISTMAS!
SHOP EARLY---AND--SAVE!

ANTICIPATION---THE TEMPLARolor]

[Yass]

C.H.A.O.S got Maxwell Smart 4 years ago today.  Would you believe...........? 

[scottishmoney]

On this day, 25 September, 1968, the Russian song “Dorogoy Dlinnoyu” topped the UK music charts. It was sung by Mary Hopkin and called "Those Were the Days", with different lyrics from the Russian original, penned by Gene Raskin.

Those Were the Days - Mary Hopkin

[Tobyle]

On this day, 25 September, 1968, the Russian song “Dorogoy Dlinnoyu” topped the UK music charts. It was sung by Mary Hopkin and called "Those Were the Days", with different lyrics from the Russian original, penned by Gene Raskin.

Ouch! That one hurt - can remember where I was when "Those Were the Days" was first released - and it's scary to think that was over 40 years ago!

[scottishmoney]

On this day, 25 September, 1968, the Russian song “Dorogoy Dlinnoyu” topped the UK music charts. It was sung by Mary Hopkin and called "Those Were the Days", with different lyrics from the Russian original, penned by Gene Raskin.

Ouch! That one hurt - can remember where I was when "Those Were the Days" was first released - and it's scary to think that was over 40 years ago!

Well it was a bit before my time, but one of my favourite songs.  Mary Hopkin is a fantastic singer, and kept her career in the music industry very short and sweet.  I found a CD of her first album, they made a few in the UK a few years ago but they are HARD to find.

[Tobyle]

On this day, September 26th, 1983, Australia 11 wins the America's Cup

[CoinCrusader42]

September 26

1981 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) became the first player to pitch five no-hitters with a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Note:   My family and I were in Texas to watch Ryan pitch what amounted to his last strong performance of his career.

 

[Templar]

  SEPTEMBER 26--IN HISTORY:
                             1396---SULTAN BAJEZID I BEHEADS 100'S OF CRUSADERS(CLAIMS HE HATES RED CROSSES)
                             1580---FRANCIS DRAKE-WITH A HOARD OF SPANISH TREASURE--RETURNS TO ENGLAND(QUEEN TAXES HIM)
                             1655---PETER STUYVESANT RECAPTURES DUTCH FORT FROM CASIMIR OF SWEDEN IN DELAWARE(HE THEN OUTLAWS MEATBALLS)
                             1876---1ST BELGIUM PARACHUTE (GROUP DISCOVERS WHAT THE RIP CORD IS FOR)
                             1892---DIAMOND MATCH CO. PATENTS BOOK MATCHES (2 YEARS LATER BLDG. BURNS DOWN)
                             1904---EARL GREY IS NAMED BRITISH GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA( CLAIMS YOU CAN'T BEAT A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE)
                             1918---BATTLE OF THE ARGONNE IS THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE OF WWI(BOTH SIDES ARE RUNNING OUT OF AMMO)-------
--------------------THE TEMPLAR[/img]

[Nighthawk]

1876? What did the Belgians parachute out of? A hot-air balloon???                 A very confused Nighthawk   

[Templar]

CORRECT MY DEAR NIGHT HAWK----HOWEVER I BELIEVE IT WAS ON A LONG TETHER WHEN THE ATTEMPT WAS MADE AND THE REASON WAS NOT GIVEN--IT SURE WOULD HAVE HELPED TO HAVE HAD A PARACHUTE IN THE CIVIL WAR--MR.LOWE'S HOT AIR BALOON WAS A SITTING TARGET FOR A GOOD SNIPER---AND THE SOUTH HAD A FEW OF THOSE.

                YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR

[CoinCrusader42]

September 27

1923 - Lou Gehrig (New York Yankees) hit his first of 493 career home runs.

Note:  A decent man who played hard every game, and accomplished much without the use of steroids.

 

[Templar]

Whom did lou gehrig replace and who replaced lou gehrig?

 
              In what  stadium did Lou Gehrig play his last game?

                mr. trivia--the Templar!

[CoinCrusader42]

Without looking up the answers, I only know one.  Wally Pipp was replaced by Lou.  Memory tells me that Lou had a lifetime batting average of .340.

The easy answer to the stadium question would be Yankee Stadium.  But that's not likely correct.  The Yankees were probably on the road, and I have no answer for that question.

Hit .340, and without steroids.  My, my.

 

[scottishmoney]

140 Years ago today in 1869 the great Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India

[Templar]

WHAT A GREAT ADDITION TO THE WORLD WHEN HE WAS BORN--AMAZING HOW ONE LITTLE MAN COULD CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE

                   PEACE TO ALL -----THE TEMPLAR

[scottishmoney]

WHAT A GREAT ADDITION TO THE WORLD WHEN HE WAS BORN--AMAZING HOW ONE LITTLE MAN COULD CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE

                   PEACE TO ALL -----THE TEMPLAR

He was a little man, but a giant among men

[Nighthawk]

October 3......... 1226: Saint Francis of Assisi dies at age 44.  1867: Painter Pierre Bonnard is born this day near Paris, France.  1656: Myles Standish, leader of the Plymouth colony, (the first permanent settlement in North America) dies.  

[Templar]

        ST FRANCIS WAS A MAN OF PEACE AND IT IS FITTING THAT HE BE MENTIONED IN THE SAME COLUMN AS GANDHI

              SERVING ALL THE LOVERS OF PEACE--THE TEMPLAR

[scottishmoney]

I like a saying attributed to St. Francis, when he was out hoeing his garden he was asked what he would do if he found out he was going to die shortly - "Finish hoeing my garden"  In other words don't let worry consume you.

[Goose]

On this date in history in 1930, my parents were married. By chance, a week ago, I found a wedding invatation while cleaning out their house. (That's 79 yrs ago for those who are mathemtically challenged.)

[Nighthawk]

That's awesome Goose! My mother's birthday is today. She was born in 1932. Happy birthday Mom! 

[Templar]

 MY PARENTS WERE IN THE U.S. ARMY/AIR FORCE--SHE WAS HIS SECRETARY--THEY MET IN ENGLAND DURING THE WAR AND AS THE U.S. MOVED INTO EUROPE--MY FATHERS GROUP MOVED WITH THEM--LONG STORY--BUT THEY WERE MARRIED IN WEISBADEN,GERMANY IN OCTOBER OF 1945 WHILE THE U.S. WAS IN CONTROLL OF THE AREA. I BELIEVE THE DATE WAS THE 13TH--SO OCTOBER IS A NEAT MONTH AND HAPPY MEMORIES.

               YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

October 10th........... 732 AD: Charles Martel (the Hammer) runs the Moors (Muslims) out of France after a huge victory over Abd ar-Rahman and his 80,000+ horsemen are soundly beaten by Charles' 30,000 troops. What an upset, huh?  1684: French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau is born in Valenciennes.  1911: China's Imperial Dynasty abdicates, and Sun Yat-Sen proclaims a republic.   

[Templar]

CHARLES MARTEL WAS THE GRANDFATHER OF CHARLEMAGNE AND THE FAMOUS POEM "SONG OF ROLAND" WAS WRITTEN ABOUT A KNIGHT THAT HELD THE PASS AGAINST THE MOORS---THIS VICTORY KEPT THE MOORS FROM ENTERING EUROPE ON THE WESTERN SIDE----THE EASTERN SIDE WAS PROTECTED BY THE HUNGARIANS--POLES AND COSSACKS

                700 YEARS LATER VLAD TEPESH (THE IMPALER) WOULD KEEP THE MOSLEMS OUT OF THE EAST

                     THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

October 12th......... 1915: At 7am this morning, in the city of Brussels, English nurse Edith Cavell is marched before a German firing squad for helping some 200 British and French POW's and Belgian civilians to escape to neutral Holland during WWI.  1492: Columbus sights his first land in discovering the New World, calling it San Salvador.  1822: Brazil gains independence from Portugal.  1870: Confederate general Robert E. Lee dies in Lexington, Virginia.

[Templar]

 
 IN 4 TRIPS TO AMERICA--COLUMBUS NEVER SET FOOT ON THE MAINLAND --FOUND VERY LITTLE GOLD--BUT HE DID DISCOVER AN ITEM THE NATIVES USED THAT REVOLUTIONIZED SAILING IN THOSE DAYS--THE HAMMOCK---IT WAS MORE COMFORTABLE AND COULD BE STORED AWAY WHEN NOT IN USE

        A SALUTE TO ONE OF THE BEST GENERALS OF ALL TIMES--ROBERT E. LEE

                              YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

A true Southern gentleman and godly Christian patriot, I hold General Lee in higher esteem than George Washington! 

[Pocketcoins]

You folks must live in the South of Michigan. 

[Templar]

ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY--OCT.13TH:
                                 1307---FRENCH KING PHILLIP IV CONVICTS TEMPLARS OF HERESY
                                 1710---ENGLISH TROOPS OCCUPY NOVA SCOTIA
                                 1792---1ST OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC IS PUBLISHED
                                 1860---1ST AERIAL PHOTO TAKEN FROM A BALLON (OF BOSTON)
                                 1884---GREENWICH, ENGLAND IS ESTABLISHED AS UNIVERSAL TIME MERIDIAN OF LONGITUDE
                                 1914---GARRETT MORGAN INVENTS AND PATENTS GAS MASK
                                 1957---GER.DEM.REP. RECALLS EAST MARK AND ISSUES NEW CURRENCY
                                 1960---OPPONENTS OF CASTRO ARE EXECUTED IN CUBA
                                 1994---EARLIEST START OF SHEFFIELD SHIELD SEASON (QUEENSLAND VS.TASMANIA)
                                 1997---ANDY GREEN'S JET POWERED CAR REACHES 749.69MPH
NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY----THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

October 17th........ 1483: On this day Pope Sixtus IV established the Spanish Inquisition, which was not suppressed until July 1834.  1849: Frederic Francois Chopin died on this day at the age of 39, from tuberculosis.  1651: England's Charles II flees to France.  1777: The British under General John Burgoyne surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga.  

[Nighthawk]

October 18th ...... 1812: Napoleon, with 90,000 troops, begins his 500 mile retreat from Moscow, losing more than 70,000 men from the harsh Russian winter by the end of the seven weeks it took to reach Vilna (now Vilnius in Lithuania). 1520: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan finds a strait to the Pacific- now the Straits of Magellan.  1663: Eugene of Savoy is born in Paris.  1685: Louis XIV of France revokes the Edict of Nantes.  1859: French philosopher Henri Bergson is born.  1931: American inventor Thomas Edison dies.   

[Templar]

ON OCTOBER 19TH IN HISTORY:
                    202BC---HANABAL LOOSES AT ZAMA TO SCIPIO AFRICANUS
                    439------THE VANDALS TAKE CARTHAGE
                    1216-----KING JOHN OF ENGLAND DIES( SIGNER OF THE MAGNA CHARTER)
                    1453-----ONE HUNDRED YEARS WAR COMES TO AND END
                    1781-----CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS AT YORKTOWN--ENDING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
                    1849-----ELIZABETH BLACKWELL BECOMES FIRST WOMAN IN U.S. TO RECEIVE A MEDICAL DEGREE
                    1856-----JAMES KELLY AND JACK SMITH FIGHT BARE KNUCKLED FOR 6 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES IN MELBORNE---DON'T NO WHO WON???
          YOUR SERVANT---THE TEMPLAR

[Templar]

              ALSO ON OCTOBER 19TH:
                                                  2005---SUDDAM HUSSEIN GOES ON TRIAL FOR CRIMES AGAINST
                                                              HUMANITY

         I KNOW WHO WON THIS ONE!!

                         YOUR SERVANT----THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

October 20th:  1918: American air ace Eddie Rickenbacker shoots down his 26th- and last German aircraft of World war I.  1632: English architect Christopher Wren is born.  1818: Britain and the United States agree on the 49th parallel as the boundary between Canada and the USA.  1854: French poet Arthur Rimbaud is born.   

[Triggersmob]

October 20th.  Triggersmob starts his first day on the job at Repco Auto Parts. 31 years later, he is still there. 

[Nighthawk]

Congrats Steve! That's awesome!!! 

[Nighthawk]

October 22nd: 1746: Princeton University receives its charter.  1811: Hungarian composter and pianist Franz Liszt is born.  1906: French painter Paul Cezanne dies in Aix-en-Provence. 

[TwoShadows]

CoinCrusader and Mountain Lady must have shed tears as they left Hoosier Hospitality behind!!! I am sure we will find out!

[Templar]

OCTOBER 23RD--IN HISTORY
                  1459---1ST BATTLE IN THE ENGLISH "WAR OF THE ROSES"
                  1529---SULEIMAN I--ATTACKS VIENNA--(DEMANDS RANSOM IN LITTLE SAUSAGES)
                  1642---HARVARD GRADUATES ITS FIRST CLASS--YALE WINS FOOTBALL GAME!
                  1779---JOHN PAUL JONES ON THE SHIP BONHOMME RICHARD DEFEATS 2 BRITISH WAR SHIPS
                  1806---LEWIS AND CLARK RETURN FROM THEIR EXPLORATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST(BARNES AND NOBLE AGREE TO SELL THEIR STORY)
                  1889---NINTENDO COMPANY IS FOUNDED BY FUSAIJIRO YAMARICHI TO MAKE A PLAYING CARD GAME(THE BATTERY USED TO POWER THE GAME WEIGHS SIX POUNDS)
                  1905---NORWAY AND SWEDEN DISSOLVE THEIR UNION(ONE KEEPS THE HERRING--THE OTHER KEEPS THE MEATBALLS-----THE TEMPLAR

[Templar]

OCTOBER 23RD BIRTHS
                480 BC---EURIPIDES (GREEK WRITER)
                  63 BC---AUGUSTUS CAESAR
                 1215---KUBLAI KHAN
                 1861---ROBERT BOSCH(GERMAN INVENTOR)
                 1869---MARY MALLON (TYPHOID MARY)
                 1920---MICKEY ROONEY
                 1930---RAY CHARLES
                 1949---BRUCE SRINGSTIEN
                              THE TEMPLAR

[Templar]

  DEATHS ON OCTOBER 23RD.
                    1193---ROBERT de SABLE'---GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR!

                    1573---AZAI HISAMASA---JAPANESE WARLORD
                    1917---WERNER VOSS--GERMAN WWI PILOT
                    1939---SIGMUND FREUD
                    1981---CHIEF DAN GEORGE-CANANDIAN ACTOR

                  YOURS TRUELY--THE TEMPLAR

[Templar]

October 20th.  Triggersmob starts his first day on the job at Repco Auto Parts. 31 years later, he is still there. 

WELL STEVE--31 YEARS ON THE JOB--GREAT---BUT AS SIGMUND FREUD --WHO DIED THIS DAY--WOULD SAY--YOU LACK AMBITION--FEAR MAKING DECISIONS--LIKE THE STATUS QUO--NO DESIRE TO MOVE AHEAD--LIVE IN A DREAM WORLD OF KNIGHTS AND DRAGONS--HAVE MAKE BELIEVE FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD--TALK TO THE COMPUTER BECAUSE YOU FEAR FACE TO FACE CONFLICKS--BASICALLY A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR A CLUB LIKE SAY THE KOTCT--WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?
       WITH LOVE--I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THIS BS--YOUR SERVANT ALWAYS
                                THE TEMPLAR

[Triggersmob]

What BS?  Sounds just like me. LOL

[Pocketcoins]

1983= Beirut Lebanon, at daybreak on Sunday morning 23 October, a yellow five-ton Mercedes stake-bed truck roared into the parking lot at high speed. and then crashed though a barbed-wire barrier. The truck then moved past two sentry post, went though a gate in an iron fence, hurdled over an obstacle made of sewer pipe. plowed though a sandbag barrier, crashed though a four foot-wide door into the lobby of a 4 story building, whereupon the cargo, estimated to be the equivalent of six tons on TNT detonated.
   Two hundred and thirty-nine occupants of the building were killed immediately, three were U.S.Army, eighteen were U.S. Navy and 218 were U.S. Marines More than a hundred were wounded. of these three later die.

                              Semper Fidelis

[Nighthawk]

Yes, what a sad day that was.....................

[CoinCrusader42]

Monday, November 2

1938 - It was announced that George Herman "Babe" Ruth had applied for the job of Manager of the St. Louis Browns after being released as a coach from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

 

[CoinCrusader42]

Friday, November 6

1869 - The first official intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick, NJ.

 

[longnine009]

Nov. 10, 1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands.  RIP 29.   :

On Nov. 11 1918 the Arch Angel Woodrow Wilson put away his wings and halo having successfully saved the world and worked on his 14 points. Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau would say: "Fourteen points, why God Almighty has only ten." 

[CoinCrusader42]

November 12

1892 - William "Pudge" Heffelfinger became the first professional football player when he was paid a $500 bonus for helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.

1920 - Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of the American and National Leagues.

1928 - Knute Rockne made his famous "win one for the Gipper" pep talk during halftime of a tied game between Notre Dame and Army.

[Templar]

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY THE DETROIT LIONS MADE THE SPORTS HISTORY RECORD BOOK BY FUMBLING THE FOOTBALL ELEVEN TIMES IN ONE GAME AGAINST MINNESOTA IN A TIE BALL GAME--1967

       THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

November 21st........ 570AD: The prophet Mohammed is born.  1694: French writer Voltaire is born in Paris.  1916: Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I dies.

[Templar]

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY--NOV.21ST:
             THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT WAS SIGNED BY THE PILGRIMS BECOMING THE FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION
              THOMAS EDISON INVENTS THE PHONOGRAPH(CHINESE BEGIN COPYING EDISON'S INVENTION USING BAMBOO
DUBLIN'S BLOODY SUNDAY--MOST VIOLENT DAY IN THE IRISH WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE(1919-1921)---THIS WAS IRELAND'S 398TH ATTEMPT AT FREEDOM( YOU CAN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T TRY)

      AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY--YOURS TRUELY--THE TEMPLAR

[CoinCrusader42]

Sunday, November 22

1950 - The lowest scoring game in the NBA was played. The Fort Wayne Pistons (later the Detroit Pistons) defeated the Minneapolis Lakers (later the Los Angeles Lakers) 19-18.

1963 - President John F. Kennedy shot and killed in Dallas, Texas.

 

[longnine009]

Nov. 22 1975 USS Kennedy collided with the USS Belknap. How's that for a bizarre date coincidence?

Destroyers are nicknamed "cans" for tin cans. Although the Belknap was a cruiser the Kennedy became known as the "can opener."

We steamed with the Can Opener in the med in 1979. The Captain left night orders to be awoken if the Kennedy came within 5,000 yards of us.

 

Lucky us. We had to refuel from it once.

[Pocketcoins]

longnine009 was you on the Belknap in 75? I was in the Med on the Guadalcanal at the same time. Probably my mail you chucked in the water. 

[CoinCrusader42]

November 22

1968 - Gary Burke went to work for the Delta County Independent as Sports Editor, and remained at that job until 2009.

1971 - The Washington Senators announced that they would now use the name Texas Rangers after their move to Arlington, TX.

 

[longnine009]

longnine009 was you on the Belknap in 75? I was in the Med on the Guadalcanal at the same time. Probably my mail you chucked in the water. 

I was on the Macdonough from 77-80.

[Pocketcoins]

Cool 

[Nighthawk]

December 12th......... 1889: Robert Browning dies at age 77.  1800: Washington D.C. is established as the capital of the United States. 1915: Frank Sinatra is born in Hoboken, New Jersey.  1980: On this day, yours truly, John Nighthawk, married a beautiful 17 year old girl named Cheryl, and today, 4 children and 3 grandchildren later, we celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary together!!!    

[CoinCrusader42]

Congratulations!!!!

 

[Humpybong]

Happy Anniversary John and Cheryl.


May there be many, many more.

[CoinCrusader42]

Saturday, December 12, 2009

2000 - The Texas Rangers signed Alex Rodriguez to a record breaking 10-year, $252 million contract. The contract amount broke all Major League Baseball records and all professional sports records.

[Templar]

HAVING MET YOUR LOVELY  WIFE IT IS REMARKABLE THAT SHE STAYED WITH YOU FOR 29 YEARS---HOPE YOU HAVE MANY MORE ANNIVERSARIES AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT PARTNER FOR YOUR WALK THROUGH LIFE...

   YOUR FRIEND AND SERVANT---THE TEMPLAR

[Pocketcoins]

Happy Anniversary to you and the wife John 

[CoinCrusader42]

December 13

1936 - The Redskins played their last game in Boston. The next season the Redskins began playing in Washington, DC.

 

[Nighthawk]

Also on December 13th: 1784: Dr. Samuel Johnson dies at age 75 in London.  1250: Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor dies at age 55 in Italy. 1553: King Henri IV, the first Bourbon king of France, is born. 1466: Florentine sculptor Donatello dies. 1642: Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand.  1961: American primitive painter Grandma Moses dies at the age of 101!  

[TwoShadows]

Old Dan you have no idea how much I would like to meet them in person. Just to say hello in the land they bless and all the beauty that surrounds you folks out there! Next time you see them give them a big hello from a friend in Indiana. Old Bill looks like one who knows his way around? Simply outstanding creatures when they reach adulthood and they are one of the few animals that REALLY care for one another. Hollywood just doesn't tell the whole truth when they make westerns do they?

[Templar]

RARELY DOES HOLLYWOOD GET IT STRAIGHT---IT WAS YEARS BEFORE REAL INDIANS PLAYED INDIANS IN THE MOVIES AND NOT DRESSED UP ITALIANS--DANCES WITH WOLVES MADE A GOOD TRY AT PRESENTING THE NATIVE AMERICAN CORRECTLY AND WHILE JOHN WAYNE FILMED IN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARTS OF OUR WEST--THE STORY TENDED TO BE A LITTLE BIAS...

      TELL IT LIKE IS IS!   YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR

[Templar]

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FROM OHIO FLEW THE FIRST MOTOR DRIVEN AIRPLANE AT KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA---THEIR FIRST FLIGHT LASTED A LITTLE OVER 12 SECONDS AND COVERED ABOUT 60 FEET I BELIEVE

  A FEW YEARS LATER-ORVILLE WRIGHT WAS DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF AN AIRPLANE WITH A YOUNG ARMY OFFICER NAMED SELFRIDGE---THE PLANE WENT INTO A DIVE--ORVILLE GOT A CONCUSSION---SELFRIDGE WAS KILLED---YEARS LATER SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE NEAR PORT HURON ,MICHIGAN WAS NAMED FOR THIS YOUNG OFFICER.

        NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY----TEMPLAR

[CoinCrusader42]

Thursday, December 17, 2009

1933 - The Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants in the first National Football League interdivisional championship game. The Bears won 23-21.

1967 - Noland Smith (Kansas City Chiefs) ran a kickoff return 106 yards to set an NFL record.

1984 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) set NFL season records for touchdowns (48), completions (362) and yards (5084).

1991 - The NBA's most one-sided game took place when the Cleveland beat Miami 148-80.

 

[Templar]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY--ALBERT WILLIAM KALINE--WAS BORN---HE IS 75  YEARS YOUNG TODAY---HE PLAYED BSEBALL FOR THE DETROIT TIGERS FOR 22 YEARS--HE IS IN THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AS ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT RIGHT FIELDERS---TRUELY A CLASS INDIVIDUAL AND A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR ANY YOUNG ATHELETE.

  GO TIGERS---THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR
                   THE TEMPLAR

[Templar]

DECEMBER 21ST IS THE WINTER/SUMMER SOLSTICE DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE SO I WISH SOME OF YOU A HAPPY SUMMER WHILE THE REST OF US ENJOY WINTER

    I WON'T MAKE IT TO STONEHINGE THIS YEAR--I HAVEN'T BEEN FORGIVEN FOR KNOCKING OVER ONE OF BIG ROCKS LAST YEAR----HEY--ACCIDENTS HAPPEN!

 YOUR SERVANT ALWAYS------THE DRUID TEMPLAR--BEWARE THE NUTS!

[Nighthawk]

January 14th:  1742:  Astronomer Edmund Halley dies.  1867:  French painter Jean-Auguste Ingres dies.  1875:  Theologian, philospher, organist and mission doctor Albert Schweitzer is born.   

[Nighthawk]

January 17th: 1706: Printer, postmaster, diplomat, inventor, philosopher Benjamin Franklin is born this day in Boston.  1773: Captain Cook is the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. 

[Templar]

HOT TAMALE AMIGOS!....GIVE US THE ALAMO BACK IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT TACO AND BURRITO CANTINA...COLD CERVESA AND A TWIST OF LIME WITH YOUR TEQUILAS----MUCHO CALIENTE SALSA TO CLEAN THE TARTAR RIGHT OFF YOUR TEETH

 ITS ONLY AN IDEA MI AMIGOS....VIA CON DIOS...FROM EL TEMPLAR

[CoinCrusader42]

January 21. 2010

January 21

1911 - The first Monte Carlo motor rally took place.

 

[Templar]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
        1189...PHILIP II---HENRY II AND RICHARD THE LIONHEARTED BEGIN 3RD CRUSADE
        1604...IVAN IV BECOMES TSAR OF RUSSIA
        1813...PINEAPPLE INTRODUCED IN HAWAII
        1861...JEFFERSON DAVIS RESIGNS AS SENATOR OF MISSISSIPPI
        1903...HARRY HOUDINI ESCAPES POLICE STATION IN AMSTERDAM
        1903...THE "WIZARD OF OZ" PREMIERS IN NEW YORK CITY
        1908...LAW PASSED AGAINST WOMEN SMOKING IN PUBLIC
        1990...JOHN MCENROE BECOMES 1ST EVER TO BE EXPELLED FROM THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN

         AND NOW YOU HAVE SOME OF THE HISTORY FOR THIS DAY IN HISTORY...TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

Thanks Joe! Also on this date:  1901: Queen Victoria dies at 81 years of age after 63 years on the throne.  1561: English writer Francis Bacon is born.  1788: English poet Lord Byron is born.   

[CoinCrusader42]

This is a repeat, however ruling a country for 60 plus years is quite an accomplishment.

January 22

1901 Queen Victoria died at age 81 after 63 years on the British throne.

 

 

[Nighthawk]

January 31st: 1943: The German Sixth Army surrenders at Stalingrad.  1543: Tokugawa Iayasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, is born.  1606: English terrorist Guy Fawkes and three others are hanged, drawn and quartered.  1797: Austrian composer Franz Schubert is born.   

[Templar]

ON THIS DAY IN THE 1500'S:c.1503...DAVINCI PAINTS THE MONA LISA...IN CODE..1509..HENRY VIII ASCENDS THE ENGLISH THRONE ONLY TO FIND THERE IS NO PAPER..1523...BALBOA IS 1ST EUROPEAN TO ENCOUNTER THE PACIFIC OCEAN--ITS A DRAW...1517..MARTIN LUTHER POSTS HIS 95 THESES--HE COULDN'T THINK OF 5 MORE...1519..CORTEZ CONQUERS MEXICO..1ST EUROPEAN TO GET MOTEZUMA'S REVENGE..1519..MAGELLAN BEGINS TO CIRCLE THE GLOBE..HIS BOAT MAKES IT-HE DOESN'T...1520...SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT BECOMES SULTAN OF TURKEY--ATTACKS HUNGARY,AUSTRIA,RHODES,MAKES PEACE WITH THE PERSIANS,DESTROYS SPANISH FLEET--DIES OF EXHAUSTION ...1532...PIZZARO CONQUERS THE INCAS OF PERU--OPENS 1ST LLAMA WITH PIZZA STAND...1532..MACHIAVELLI'S "THE PRINCE"IS PUBLISHED...MICK JAGGER THINKS ITS ABOUT HIM...1582 IVAN IV BECOMES CZAR OF RUSSIA---CHANGES NAME FROM MOMMA'S BOY TO THE TERRIBLE

[Templar]

IN ADDITION TO 1500'S
         1582...POPE GREGORY XIII THE GREAT IMPLEMENTS THE"GREGORIAN CALENDAR" BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LIKE THE DAY HIS BIRTHDAY FELL ON AND HE WAS POPE SO BECAUSE OF THIS ADJUSTMENT SOME OF MY EVENTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE INCORRECT....BUT THAT IS MY STORY AND I'M STUCK WITH IT.

  YOUR HISTORIAN AND FRIEND...THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

Now for a more serious side to history...... Feburary 7th...1812: Novelist Charles Dickens is born.  1478: English statesman and Catholic martyr Thomas More is born.  1807: Napoleon defeats the Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Eylau.  1950: The United States recognizes Emperor Bao Dai of Vietnam rather than Ho Chi Minh, who is recognized by the Soviets.