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Today In History (january 25)

1533 Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn.

1787 Small farmers in Springfield, Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays, revolt against tax laws. Federal troops break up the protesters of what becomes known as Shay's Rebellion.

1846 The dreaded Corn Laws, which taxed imported oats, wheat and barley, are repealed by the British Parliament.

1904 Two-hundred coal miners are trapped in their Pennsylvania mine after an explosion.

1915 Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission.

1918 Austria and Germany reject U.S. peace proposals.

1919 The League of Nations plan is adopted by the Allies.

1929 Members of the New York Stock Exchange ask for an additional 275 seats.

1930 New York police rout a Communist rally at the Town Hall.

1943 The last German airfield in Stalingrad is captured by the Red Army.

1949 Axis Sally, who broadcasted Nazi propaganda to U.S. troops in Europe, stands trial in the United States for war crimes. American-born Axis Sally.

1951 The U.S. Eighth Army in Korea launches Operation Thunderbolt, a counter attack to push the Chinese Army north of the Han River.

1955 Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock that is accurate to within one second in 300 years.

1956 Khrushchev says that he believes that Eisenhower is sincere in his efforts to abolish war.

1959 American Airlines begins its first coast-to-coast flight service on a Boeing 707.

1972 Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to U.S. Congress, announces candidacy for president.

1972 Nixon airs the eight-point peace plan for Vietnam, asking for POW release in return for withdrawal. Operation Kingpin Raid.

1984 President Reagan endorses the development of the first U.S. permanently-manned space station.

2001 karen finally wins an effing FORUM TRIVIA POINT! yeah! eat it! eat it!


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Karen did ,however, break her "re-fresh button" in getting this point.

"Re-fresh" button hmmmm....never heard it called that.

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did i write it like that in there?
haha
if i did, then that shows my state of mind.
refresh, foo

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Originally posted by karen:
2001 karen finally wins an effing FORUM TRIVIA POINT! yeah! eat it! eat it!

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neener neener.
hey, i usually miss these things, so its not like Ill get another one months. heh.

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I'm actually quite surprised how bad I am under pressure.

I knew quite a few of the answers, but i just freeze up and forget everything.

I would suck on a tv game show......

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'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here'.

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i dont have any points..

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you suck!

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nu uh! all of mine are invisable....

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