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stormiestl
stormiestlOct 7-11, (in St Louis) have the opportunity to take a new 'Vette for a spin on
a slalom, or a Hummer over an obstacle course, along with several other
vehicles.
http://www.autoshowinmotion.com
This link includes a photo-review of Comike 2004 in Japan. Great costumes, and a bit of resentful poetic justice for an unknown Porshe owner. There is nudity on this site so be aware.
http://masamania.com/
Patriot Missle Lauch - Ok... Now THIS would be fun at work!!!
http://store.price-works.com/patriotmissile.html
On This Day: Tuesday September 14, 2004
This is the 258th day of the year, with 108 days remaining in 2004.
Holidays
Nicaragua: Battle of San Jacinto
Pakistan: Jamat Ul-Wida
Bolivia: public holiday.
Events
1741 - George Friedrich Handel completed "The Messiah.
1812 - French emperor Napoleon enters Moscow, but finds it deserted. After waiting a month for a surrender that never came, Napoleon, faced with the onset of the Russian winter, was forced to order his starving army out of Moscow. The Grande Armeacutee finally escaped Russia, having suffered a loss of over 400,000 men during the disastrous invasion.
1814 - Francis Scott Key is inspired to write a poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" when he witnesses an attack on Baltimore by a British fleet and the bombing of Fort McHenry. It later becomes the national anthem of the US.
1862 - At the battles of South Mountain and Crampton's Gap, Maryland Union troops smash into the Confederates as they close in on what will become the Antietam battleground.
1911 - Russian Premier Piotr Stolypin is mortally wounded in an assassination attempt at the Kiev opera house.
1936 - First prefrontal lobotomy performed in attempt to relieve depression and anxiety, by Dr. Walter Freeman in Washington DC.
1940 - Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in US history.
1948 - Groundbreaking ceremony in New York for the United Nations' world headquarters.
1959 - Soviet space probe "Luna Two" became the first manmade object to reach the moon as it impacted the lunar surface.
1960 - Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia form OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).
1975 - Pope Paul the Sixth declared Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first US-born saint. She founded the United States' first religious order, the Sisters of Mercy of St. Joseph.
Births
1769 - Baron Freidrich von Humbolt, German naturalist and explorer who made the first isothermic and isobaric maps
1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist who studied conditioned reflexes.
1864 - Lord Robert Cecil, a founder of the League of Nations, its president 1923-1945.
1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator of the 'Gibson Girl.'
1879 - Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood and proponent of birth control.
1898 - Hal B. Wallis, film producer.
Deaths
1321 - Dante Alighieri, author and poet.
1638 - John Harvard dies at 31, leaving his library and half of his estate to Cambridge College. In his honor, the name was changed to Harvard College.
1901 - President William McKinley, of an assassin's bullets.
1927 - Isadora Duncan, modern dance pioneer, when her scarf became entangled in the steering wheel of her car.
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, of injuries from a car crash the previous day.
1982 - Lebanon's president-elect, Bashir Gemayel, by a bomb.
1984 - Janet Gaynor, actress.
1989 - Robert Penn Warren, writer, critic, and teacher.
a slalom, or a Hummer over an obstacle course, along with several other
vehicles.
http://www.autoshowinmotion.com
This link includes a photo-review of Comike 2004 in Japan. Great costumes, and a bit of resentful poetic justice for an unknown Porshe owner. There is nudity on this site so be aware.
http://masamania.com/
Patriot Missle Lauch - Ok... Now THIS would be fun at work!!!
http://store.price-works.com/patriotmissile.html
On This Day: Tuesday September 14, 2004
This is the 258th day of the year, with 108 days remaining in 2004.
Holidays
Nicaragua: Battle of San Jacinto
Pakistan: Jamat Ul-Wida
Bolivia: public holiday.
Events
1741 - George Friedrich Handel completed "The Messiah.
1812 - French emperor Napoleon enters Moscow, but finds it deserted. After waiting a month for a surrender that never came, Napoleon, faced with the onset of the Russian winter, was forced to order his starving army out of Moscow. The Grande Armeacutee finally escaped Russia, having suffered a loss of over 400,000 men during the disastrous invasion.
1814 - Francis Scott Key is inspired to write a poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" when he witnesses an attack on Baltimore by a British fleet and the bombing of Fort McHenry. It later becomes the national anthem of the US.
1862 - At the battles of South Mountain and Crampton's Gap, Maryland Union troops smash into the Confederates as they close in on what will become the Antietam battleground.
1911 - Russian Premier Piotr Stolypin is mortally wounded in an assassination attempt at the Kiev opera house.
1936 - First prefrontal lobotomy performed in attempt to relieve depression and anxiety, by Dr. Walter Freeman in Washington DC.
1940 - Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in US history.
1948 - Groundbreaking ceremony in New York for the United Nations' world headquarters.
1959 - Soviet space probe "Luna Two" became the first manmade object to reach the moon as it impacted the lunar surface.
1960 - Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia form OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).
1975 - Pope Paul the Sixth declared Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first US-born saint. She founded the United States' first religious order, the Sisters of Mercy of St. Joseph.
Births
1769 - Baron Freidrich von Humbolt, German naturalist and explorer who made the first isothermic and isobaric maps
1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist who studied conditioned reflexes.
1864 - Lord Robert Cecil, a founder of the League of Nations, its president 1923-1945.
1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator of the 'Gibson Girl.'
1879 - Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood and proponent of birth control.
1898 - Hal B. Wallis, film producer.
Deaths
1321 - Dante Alighieri, author and poet.
1638 - John Harvard dies at 31, leaving his library and half of his estate to Cambridge College. In his honor, the name was changed to Harvard College.
1901 - President William McKinley, of an assassin's bullets.
1927 - Isadora Duncan, modern dance pioneer, when her scarf became entangled in the steering wheel of her car.
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, of injuries from a car crash the previous day.
1982 - Lebanon's president-elect, Bashir Gemayel, by a bomb.
1984 - Janet Gaynor, actress.
1989 - Robert Penn Warren, writer, critic, and teacher.
