On August 25, 1944, the French 2nd Armored Division, attached to Patton's 3rd Army, outraces the US 4th Infantry Division into the streets of...
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The Good Morning Football cast was talking about him the other morning, and their big takeaway from talking to scouts is, while yes, you really...
On August 24, 1891, Thomas Edison is awarded a patent for his kinetographic camera, the first motion picture camera. [IMG]
Can't agree with the "suicide by cop" theory. Generally when you see that happen, the "victim" is not only armed, he approaches the cop in a...
Nothing wrong with what you're saying, but on draft day, a lot of teams' motto tends to be "what have you done for me lately?" Hell, we've seen...
You never offered an opinion on who would be the better pro, what you said was, the only reason Tua wasn't the number one pick was his injury....
Yes, Tua was a great college player. So was Joe. Tua's injury had nothing to do with Joe rewriting the record books. Would that have been...
Yep, and right now I'm reading "Gettysburg" by Newt Gingrich. Its his wet dream of how the Rebs destroy the North if Lee had not f'd up at...
On August 23, 1989, Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti bans Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose from baseball for life. The...
On August 22, 1864, The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field is adopted by 12...
Should have said (in our lifetimes)
By Monday we will have two hurricanes in the gulf at the same time, slated to hit the U.S. Coast about 8 hours apart. Has there ever been a worse...
August 21, 1863 is the most violent day of the Kansas-Missouri Border War. Civil unrest and guerilla violence had been ongoing between residents...
I've said it quite a few times the past few months.... A PERSON is smart. PEOPLE are stupid.
I'll just drop this here: [IMG]
On August 20, 1619, about 20 Angolans kidnapped by Portuguese arrive at the Colony of Virginia and are sold to English colonists there. Although...
On August 19, 1960, Francis Gary Powers, a pilot in the employ of the CIA, is sentenced by the Soviet Union to 10 years in prison for espionage....
Was scrolling back through this thread and found this entry. And I'm wondering, did Mel Brooks know about this when he gave that name to the...
