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Posts Tagged ‘Misc.’
July 27th, 2018 - 4:56 am § in Misc.
End of Korean War
The armistice of July 27, 1953 ended the Korean War. North Korea today marks the 63rd anniversary of Korean war armistice A North Korean student choir sing as part of the celebrations at Kim Il-sung Square. Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP Emotional North Korean war veterans watch a parade celebrating the[...]
July 21st, 2018 - 9:10 am § in Misc.
Seventh Anniversary of Last Landing
Last flight, last landing, July 21, 2011 .. clickme for more[...]
July 19th, 2018 - 1:21 am § in Misc.
430 years ago today, the Spanish Armada was defeated
On Jun 6 2014 the last Spanish Aircraft carrier was decommissioned. It is hard to remember an era when the world’s dominant navies were Spanish. Dutch, and British.[...]
July 17th, 2018 - 5:17 am § in Misc.
Arrival of the Portland .. Why we have Seafair
The Golden Potlatch Festival was organized and held July 17 – 22, 1911 by the Seattle Carnival Association The slogan: “A hot time at a cool festival.” July 17th was chosen as the date when, in 1897, two tons of gold arrived in Seattle from the Yukon on the steamship Portland. A mile-long [...]
July 14th, 2018 - 3:12 am § in Misc.
Storm the Bastille
French revolutionaries storm the Bastille[...]
July 4th, 2018 - 1:43 am § in Misc.
Could YOU pass a US citizen test?
Could you pass a US citizenship test? Enlarge New citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) holds a naturalization ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Sept. 22, 2010. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg/Newsco[...]
July 1st, 2018 - 1:39 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Testing the Koran
Islamic science has come to this pitiful end from Pharyngula, PZ Myers The words of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu ‘aleihi was-sallam) have been tested scientifically, and found hilarious. In work carried out under the direction of Dr. Jamaal Haamid, students at Qassim University examined a sayi[...]