May 29th, 1848Wisconsin becomes a state
August 24th, 1814
August 24th, 1814: The British (Canadians, eh?) march on Washington and burn the White House.
May 10, 1869
I’m giving three dates at one time for a reason. The same event happened on all three dates:
November 9, 1965
July 13, 1977
August 14, 2003
May 10, 1869 - The transcontinental railroad was completed.
October 1, 1949
November 9, 1965
July 13, 1977
August 14, 2003
The “great blackout”
November 9, 1965
July 13, 1977
August 14, 2003
Major power outages strike the Eastern US, and Central Canada
I’ll keep Palve’s on the go here,
October 1st, 1949
Damn Obsidian and her contagious dorkiness.
October 1st, 1949 People’ Republic of China became communist. Is that the right way to say it?
June 15th 1215
June 12th, 1215 The Magna Carta is signed, creating, in theory, the world’s first modern constitution.
21st October 1805
June 15th 1215 - King John signs the Magna Carta (…I hope)
July 16, 1918?
14 March 1879 – The month and day I was born, but not the year.
Oh well, I was late but I was right!
21st October 1805 - Battle of Trafalgar
January 26, 1788
March 14, 1879 - Albert Einstein was born.
January 26, 1788 - Captain Cook “discovers” Australia.
March 9, 1916
March 9, 1916: Germany declares war on Portugal AND Pancho Villa leads a band of men into Columbus, NM, killing a dozen.
October 13, 1660
hint: it was my poor, misunderstood Great-G-G-G-G-G-G Grandfather
July 16, 1918 Czar Nicholas of Russia and his family executed.
No new ones, but I dug through and found the ones that haven’t been answered yet. Two of them stump me, one was my own:
November 24, 1978
February 14, 1946
October 13, 1660
I don’t have any answers (the posted ones that I know have already been answered), but I have two dates.
May 18, 1980
September 1, 1983
May 18, 1980
Mt St Helens erupts.
Sept 1, 1983
Passenger flight KAL007 shot down by the Russians.
May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts
September 1, 1983 Korean Air Lines flight 007 shot down by Soviet fighters over USSR airspace.
**Earl of Sandwich-
What’s the answer to Nov 24, 1978?
It seems as though no one has answered it and it’s been on the board for a while. So, how about an answer?
I think I was wrong. I thought it was Jonestown. But maybe that happened on the 18th.