[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]

Trump - Red_Dragon - Jun 10, 2023 - 12:53pm
 
Country Up The Bumpkin - oldviolin - Jun 10, 2023 - 12:38pm
 
Automotive Lust - R_P - Jun 10, 2023 - 11:54am
 
The Obituary Page - rgio - Jun 10, 2023 - 10:44am
 
Radio Paradise Comments - GeneP59 - Jun 10, 2023 - 9:57am
 
Get the Quote - oldviolin - Jun 10, 2023 - 9:40am
 
If not RP, what are you listening to right now? - westslope - Jun 10, 2023 - 9:38am
 
Name My Band - oldviolin - Jun 10, 2023 - 9:36am
 
Today in History - Red_Dragon - Jun 10, 2023 - 9:10am
 
Coffee - islander - Jun 10, 2023 - 8:51am
 
Wordle - daily game - maryte - Jun 10, 2023 - 8:49am
 
Questions. - rgio - Jun 10, 2023 - 7:45am
 
What's your favorite quote? - miamizsun - Jun 10, 2023 - 7:30am
 
Song of the Day - miamizsun - Jun 10, 2023 - 7:19am
 
Stuff you didn't know - miamizsun - Jun 10, 2023 - 7:08am
 
Novelty songs - Proclivities - Jun 10, 2023 - 6:33am
 
• • • The Once-a-Day • • •  - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 4:24pm
 
Messages in a bottle. - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 4:21pm
 
China - R_P - Jun 9, 2023 - 3:31pm
 
Republican Wingnut Freak of the Day - R_P - Jun 9, 2023 - 1:31pm
 
Ukraine - VV - Jun 9, 2023 - 1:17pm
 
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum - VV - Jun 9, 2023 - 11:32am
 
Things for which you would sell ManBird's soul - miamizsun - Jun 9, 2023 - 11:20am
 
Big Brother is Watching You - R_P - Jun 9, 2023 - 11:19am
 
Upcoming concerts or shows you can't wait to see - pilgrim - Jun 9, 2023 - 10:26am
 
Shall We Dance? - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 8:30am
 
Live Music - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 8:29am
 
Climate Change - black321 - Jun 9, 2023 - 8:22am
 
Things You Thought Today - lily34 - Jun 9, 2023 - 7:44am
 
Vinyl Only Spin List - kurtster - Jun 8, 2023 - 6:28pm
 
2024 Elections! - Beaker - Jun 8, 2023 - 2:56pm
 
June 2023 Photo Theme - Lines - parallel, converging, cur... - Antigone - Jun 8, 2023 - 2:05pm
 
Canada - Beaker - Jun 8, 2023 - 12:23pm
 
ONE WORD - pilgrim - Jun 8, 2023 - 8:41am
 
FOUR WORDS - ColdMiser - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:52am
 
THREE WORDS - ColdMiser - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:51am
 
TWO WORDS - ColdMiser - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:49am
 
You're welcome, manbird. - oldviolin - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:32am
 
What Makes You Laugh? - oldviolin - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:28am
 
Come join us in Eureka! - bart.sp - Jun 8, 2023 - 4:40am
 
Russia - miamizsun - Jun 8, 2023 - 4:18am
 
Mixtape Culture Club - Beaker - Jun 7, 2023 - 9:35pm
 
New Music - oppositelock - Jun 7, 2023 - 8:51pm
 
The Great Reset - thisbody - Jun 7, 2023 - 5:38pm
 
Simulcast of VR Live? - thisbody - Jun 7, 2023 - 5:15pm
 
Guns - oldviolin - Jun 7, 2023 - 10:15am
 
Lyrics that are stuck in your head today... - oldviolin - Jun 7, 2023 - 10:12am
 
Artificial Intelligence - rgio - Jun 7, 2023 - 6:32am
 
Twitter and democracy - kurtster - Jun 7, 2023 - 2:15am
 
Independent Party Candidates - Lazy8 - Jun 6, 2023 - 10:16pm
 
A Picture paints a thousand words - oldviolin - Jun 6, 2023 - 6:00pm
 
Song information - Singletrack - Jun 6, 2023 - 4:23pm
 
Unquiet Minds - Mental Health Forum - miamizsun - Jun 6, 2023 - 2:06pm
 
Bad Poetry - GeneP59 - Jun 6, 2023 - 9:24am
 
TV shows you watch - Steely_D - Jun 5, 2023 - 11:45pm
 
Derplahoma! - Red_Dragon - Jun 5, 2023 - 4:28pm
 
• • • BRING OUT YOUR DEAD • • •  - oldviolin - Jun 5, 2023 - 7:52am
 
May 2023 Photo Theme - Buds, Sprouts & Beginnings - sunybuny - Jun 5, 2023 - 7:22am
 
Movie Recommendation - ScottFromWyoming - Jun 4, 2023 - 9:59pm
 
Tindersticks - oldviolin - Jun 4, 2023 - 8:53pm
 
just like old rario - KurtfromLaQuinta - Jun 4, 2023 - 7:41pm
 
Out the window - KurtfromLaQuinta - Jun 4, 2023 - 7:34pm
 
One Partying State - Wyoming News - geoff_morphini - Jun 4, 2023 - 1:48pm
 
Skeptix - R_P - Jun 4, 2023 - 12:04pm
 
USA! USA! USA! - R_P - Jun 4, 2023 - 10:22am
 
What Did You Do Today? - Antigone - Jun 3, 2023 - 4:40pm
 
Lyrics That Remind You of Someone - oldviolin - Jun 3, 2023 - 10:56am
 
Counting with Pictures - ScottN - Jun 2, 2023 - 8:28pm
 
Puzzle it - oldviolin - Jun 2, 2023 - 2:04pm
 
Fascism In America - R_P - Jun 2, 2023 - 1:24pm
 
(Big) Media Watch - R_P - Jun 2, 2023 - 12:43pm
 
Musky Mythology - Proclivities - Jun 2, 2023 - 11:50am
 
What Makes You Cry :) ? - Beez - Jun 2, 2023 - 9:00am
 
Allergies ( aka pollen hell) - black321 - Jun 2, 2023 - 8:02am
 
Food Democracy - Proclivities - Jun 2, 2023 - 6:23am
 
Index » Radio Paradise/General » General Discussion » Today in History Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 217, 218, 219 ... 235, 236, 237  Next
Post to this Topic
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 6:08am

2010: The Deepwater Horizon drilling platform explodes.
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 6:03am

1916: The Chicago Cubs play their first game in Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.
DD gypsyman

DD gypsyman Avatar

Location: Joined Nov 27, 2006
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 10:40am

 2cats wrote:


A terrible day.  My husband arrived in OKC that morning for a meeting, and they were told to get the hell out and go back home.  My baby sister worked at a bank 5 blocks south of the Murrah buidling.  We couldn't get in touch with her until late in the afternoon.  What a day.

 
I have visited the site twice. It left me with a very disquieting sense of awe.
black321

black321 Avatar

Location: An earth without maps
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 10:36am

On this day (-1) in 1775, there occurred one of the best known yet most misunderstood
events in American history. Thanks to Longfellow's famous poem, popularly but
mistakenly called, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," nearly every schoolchild has
heard of "that famous day and year."
But most of the image of the poem, while stirring, is not correct. Revere was not a
volunteer. He didn't ride alone. He never finished the ride and he didn't hang any
lanterns in the Old North Church.
Actually, Revere’s heritage was French. He was Appollos Rivoire before a name
change. Revere was a patriot, of course. He was one of the "Indians" at the Boston
Tea Party. He had been active in many pre-revolutionary groups. But that night he
was serving as a paid messenger, a role he had often before served. (He actually
submitted a bill for his famous ride.) Historians also believe the ride started at a time
earlier than midnight.
The lanterns signaling "one if by land and two if by sea" were actually set by church
sexton, Robert Newman. The signal meant the British regulars were setting out to
arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams (two higher profile patriots) at Lexington and
then to seize a stash of revolutionary arms and gunpowder at Concord.
Revere and a co-rider William Dawes rented horses and set out on their ride. They
made it to Lexington, warning Adams and Hancock. They were joined by Dr. Samuel
Prescott. On the way to Concord, Dawes and Revere were arrested. (Speeding?)
Prescott, however got through and so the patriots were ready the next day to fire
"the shot heard round the world."
And sources say that Revere didn't shout, "The British are coming!" Rather it is
believed he called out - "Awake! The Regulars are out!" (How riveting.)
And finally despite thousands of barroom bets that Revere’s horse was “Brown
Betty”, no one knows the name of the horse. (Not even the Boston Historical Society
- it was rented after all!)
2cats

2cats Avatar

Location: Oklahoma
Gender: Female


Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 5:50am

 triskele wrote:
1995- Oklahoma City bombing

 

A terrible day.  My husband arrived in OKC that morning for a meeting, and they were told to get the hell out and go back home.  My baby sister worked at a bank 5 blocks south of the Murrah buidling.  We couldn't get in touch with her until late in the afternoon.  What a day.
triskele

triskele Avatar

Location: The Dragons' Roost


Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 5:40am

1995- Oklahoma City bombing
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 6:03am

1930: BBC Radio announces that there is no news today.
pigtail

pigtail Avatar

Location: Southern California
Gender: Female


Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 1:35pm

 gypsyman wrote:

What?

 
{#Dance}
DD gypsyman

DD gypsyman Avatar

Location: Joined Nov 27, 2006
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 1:05pm

 pigtail wrote:


{#Eyes}

 
What?
pigtail

pigtail Avatar

Location: Southern California
Gender: Female


Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 12:51pm

 gypsyman wrote:
Ford Mustang debuts at World's Fair, 1964 (also in Ford showrooms)  22,000 Mustangs sold 1st day.

Strangely, I was at that World's Fair....

 

{#Eyes}
DD gypsyman

DD gypsyman Avatar

Location: Joined Nov 27, 2006
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 11:55am

Ford Mustang debuts at World's Fair, 1964 (also in Ford showrooms)  22,000 Mustangs sold 1st day.

Strangely, I was at that World's Fair....


CrawdadLA

CrawdadLA Avatar

Location: Austin Texas
Gender: Female


Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 11:39am

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 11:32am

1986: The longest war in history ends
sirdroseph

sirdroseph Avatar

Location: Not here, I tell you wat
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 10:28am

 DaveInVA wrote: 

Indeed a foreshadowing of what would eventually become Tax Day.{#Sad}
DaveInSaoMiguel

DaveInSaoMiguel Avatar

Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 10:26am

I'm surprised nobody posted this:

R.M.S. Titanic, perhaps the most famous ship that ever sailed, hit an iceberg, and the next morning - April 15, 1912 - sank beneath the North Atlantic waves. She took 1,517 women, men and children to the bottom of the ocean with her, including some of the most famous names of her time.
DD gypsyman

DD gypsyman Avatar

Location: Joined Nov 27, 2006
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 9:23am



President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, dies from an assassin’s bullet. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington the night before, Lincoln lived for nine hours before succumbing to the severe head wound he sustained.
MsJudi

MsJudi Avatar

Location: Houston, TX
Gender: Female


Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 8:44am

 Proclivities wrote:
Elizabeth Montgomery born - 1933.
liz 

 
Wow, what a great photo of her!
triskele

triskele Avatar

Location: The Dragons' Roost


Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 8:14am

1947- Jackie Robinson made his Major League baseball debut, breaking the race barrier by becoming the first black player in the League.
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 7:31am

 Proclivities wrote:
Elizabeth Montgomery born - 1933.
liz 

 
{#Hearteyes}
Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 7:29am

Elizabeth Montgomery born - 1933.
liz 
Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 217, 218, 219 ... 235, 236, 237  Next