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by n11pilot
Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:45 am
Forum: Rants and Commentary
Topic: Not a rant, just musing.
Replies: 0
Views: 4546

Not a rant, just musing.

I was a bit bored tonight and didn't feel like going on Face Book so I decided to visit the old hangout. I first signed on here back in 2008 and after lurking for a while and reading what others had written I made my first post. Much to my surprise, my post was read and it was answered. It was answe...
by n11pilot
Thu Aug 22, 2019 5:24 pm
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3114 BC - The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins. This is a non repeating base 20 calendar. I thought both Long and Short Count calendars were repeating? "The Long Count, for which we do not know the Maya name, is c...
by n11pilot
Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:05 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History for 20 August. 1597 - 1ST Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East. This voyage opened up the spice trade directly between Indonesia and the Netherlands cutting out the middlemen and increasing the profits for the Dutch conglomerate. 1619 - First known African Americans in En...
by n11pilot
Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:27 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History for 19 August. 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Augustus is considered to be the first Roman Emperor. 1812 - "Old Ironsides" (the USS Constitution) won a battle against the British frigate Guerriere east of Nova Scotia. 1839 - Details ...
by n11pilot
Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:22 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History for 18 August. 1227 - The Mongol conqueror Ghengis Khan died. 1587 - Virginia Dare became the first child to be born on American soil of English parents. The colony that is now Roanoke Island, NC, mysteriously vanished. 1737 - First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at ...
by n11pilot
Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:07 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History for 17 August. 1590 - Governor of Roanoke Island colony, John White, returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he had left there 3 years earlier. John White intended to return much earlier with supplies and needed equipment but was stymied by a lack of ships due to English mobi...
by n11pilot
Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:53 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History for 16 August. 1777 - During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bennington took place. New England's minutemen routed the British regulars. 1812 - Detroit fell to Indian and British troops in the War of 1812. 1842 - In New York City, the U.S. government took over operations of th...
by n11pilot
Thu Aug 15, 2019 1:50 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History for 15 August. 1057 - Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan. 1461 - Empire of Trebizond under Emperor David surrenders to forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This was the last Byzantine Empire remnant to fall. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered. 1620 - Mayflowe...
by n11pilot
Thu Aug 15, 2019 1:41 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna have to read up on the Boxer Rebellion. Also as a side note; the Seminole Nation is the only one of the First Nations who has not had a treaty violated by the US. This is because they are the only one to have never signed a treaty with the US. In the long run, they all got treated the sam...
by n11pilot
Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:44 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 654656

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History for 14 August. 1248 - The rebuilding of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, began after being destroyed by fire. 1281 - During Kublai Khan's second Mongol invasion of Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near Japan. The typhoon was called "Divine ...