1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
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and now we're in a Reverse Crusade, with THEM attacking US
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1633 – The formal inquest of Galileo Galilei by the Inquisition begins.
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and only 450 years later, the Pope said, the Vatican was wrong
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1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.
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this is why troops crossing bridges break stride now
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1861 – American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
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some southerners are still fighting this one, but MOST of the racist Democrats come from above the Mason-Dixon Line
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1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
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big deal, measure the hot air coming out of D.C., it'll be stronger
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1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England
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gas turbines are THE best use of hydrocarbon fuels, hands down
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1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President
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then Harry told someone to kiss his ass, and went out for a beer, and then he nuked the 'japs'
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1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
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but somewhere in the 70's we QUIT doing this and Polio is coming back
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1961 – The Russian (Soviet) cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1)
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this guy had big brass ones, rumors say he was the THIRD Soviet cosmonaut
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1999 – US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit
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BFD, he got nothing FOR lying, and he's got more money NOW than THEN
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In addition to those historical items, one of my favorite authors was born today,
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Tom Clancey
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And two of my favorite musicians,
John Kay & Herbert Khaury
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other than that, SS/DD
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Schteveo
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TODAY IN HISTORY, 4-12-11
1743 Thomas "Declaration of Independence" Jefferson, the eloquent voice of inalienable individual liberty is born in Shadwell, Virginia.
1861 After 34 hours of unrelenting bombardment, the slow on the uptake Yankees infesting Ft. Sumter finally take the hint and surrender to Confederates.
1865 A lowdown Yankee dog named William Tecumseh Sherman starts his rampage through Georgia, burning Atlanta to the ground.
1899 "Scrabble" inventor, Alfred Moser Butts, born; doctor's stammer gives him idea for "triple word score".
1957 Pleading poverty, the U.S. Post Office punks suspend Saturday mail delivery.
1959 Forty-two years after the Ruskies got revolting, Vatican bans its flock from punching a chad for commies.
1970 Oakland Athletics decided to make their home opener memorable by using gold-colored bases; unamused Rules Committee sez, "Don't try that again."
1976 Inexplicably obsessed with a $2 bill, Uncle Sam runs the damn thing up the U.S. currency flagpole, again, but nobody salutes this time, either.
Didn't those Mythbuster guys debunk the marching on the bridge thing?
Wait...
Ok, I just checked the Mythbusters site and they debunked it the first go-round and said it was plausible after tweaking the test and trying it again. Ok, cool.
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