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RaderOfTheLostArk
post Sep 9 2017, 04:33 AM
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It seems like there isn't a precedent for a thread such as this in this corner of the Internet, so I thought it would be interesting and fun to make this. Hopefully this is kept going every so often.

What happened on this day in history? Can be just about anything (within the rules and within reason, of course): birthday, deaths, premieres, releases of movies/video games/books/whatever, etc.

I'll start us off. Today in history:

Birthdays:
Richard the Lionheart (1157)
Peter Sellers (1925)
Patsy Cline (1932)

Apparently Star Trek also premiered on NBC in 1966 and Michelangelo debuted his statue of David in Florence in 1504 on this day.

EDIT: information courtesy of http://www.onthisday.com/

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post Aug 15 2019, 03:19 PM
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Well, here's something we haven't done in a while. Let's see some of the things that happened on this day, August 15th, in history. Lots of interesting things happened, but the list will have to be whittled down.

Events:
1457 - Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed
1548 - Mary Queen of Scotland arrives in France, aged 6
1620 - Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims
1900 - The Boxer Rebellion
1918 - 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1939 - "The Wizard of Oz", American musical fantasy film directed by Victor Fleming and King Vidor, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
1945 - Victory over Japan Day, when Japan surrendered to end WWII (due to time zones 14th Aug in the Americas)
1947 - India gains independence from Great Britain
1969 - Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in New York State on Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm
1971 - Bahrain gains independence from Britain
1979 - "Apocalypse Now" is released in theaters
1993 - Nolan Ryan, 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1 (he was a pitcher in the MLB in the U.S.)

Births:
1769 - Napolean Bonaparte
1890 - Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (she was the oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death in 2006)
1912 - Julia Child
1964 - Melinda Gates


Well, this still turned out to be a long list, but whatever.

Source: https://www.onthisday.com/today/events.php


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RaderOfTheLostArk   On This Day in History...   Sep 9 2017, 04:33 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Ooh ok! Khajiit will add that, according to th...   Sep 9 2017, 05:05 AM
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Dark Reaper   9-11 the day that pretty much changed America.   Sep 11 2017, 10:24 PM
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Acadian   Nice history tidbits. Thanks! :)   Sep 26 2017, 06:15 PM
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ghastley   Khajiit is not familiar with this?   Dec 5 2017, 12:40 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Khajiit is not familiar with this? No Khajiit ha...   Dec 5 2017, 12:48 AM
RaderOfTheLostArk   This news just in: Generalissimo Franco is still...   Dec 5 2017, 03:11 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Thank you, Khajiit. If I remember to post, there ...   Dec 5 2017, 03:33 AM
RaderOfTheLostArk   Today we have several big-name birthdays in histor...   Dec 5 2017, 08:21 PM
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TheCheshireKhajiit   Major events in history: 1014 - King Brian Boru o...   Apr 23 2018, 09:18 PM
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