# Also occurring on the day I registered at the SDMB... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290 "2015-12-03T05:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/21 "2015-12-09T02:31:15Z")
My joining was quite an earth-shaking event – 12/26/2004 – A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/22 "2015-12-09T09:39:47Z")
Wow, after a lot of (let’s face it) fun but not momentous things, we get two biggies: a natural event causing about as any deaths as Hiroshima plus Nagasaki; and, a reminder that A BILLION MORE PEOPLE EXIST NOW than did when some of us signed up to this message board. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/23 "2015-12-09T14:19:06Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Wow, after a lot of (let’s face it) fun but not momentous things, we get two biggies: a natural event causing about as any deaths as Hiroshima plus Nagasaki; and, a reminder that A BILLION MORE PEOPLE EXIST NOW than did when some of us signed up to this message board. Which just goes to show that humans, in general, are quite horny little bastards. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/24 "2015-12-09T14:23:49Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > Which just goes to show that humans, in general, are quite horny little bastards. 😃 Nothing fifty thousand more Hiroshimas couldn’t fix! (Good lord, did I just say that? Me, the co-founder of an anti-nuke student group back in high school? Please believe me that I’m kidding!) ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/25 "2015-12-11T10:36:16Z")
Douglas Adams died. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/26 "2015-12-11T10:53:47Z")
International Volunteer Day on the International Year of the Volunteer. Bloody USA dating system. ::grumble grumble:: ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/27 "2015-12-11T10:58:49Z")
It’s okay, your first post made me aware that Dougoas Adans _had_ died, so thanks. (I guess I missed the news because I wasn’t living in an English-speaking country in May of '01). And I agree that the US month-day-year thing is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/28 "2015-12-11T11:54:17Z")
2007, June 18; The Gulf emirate of Dubai announced it had bought the Queen Elizabeth 2, one of the world’s most majestic cruise liners, and planned to turn it into a luxury floating hotel. It is still in Dubai and rotting ☹ #1 movie on Monday, June 18th 2007 was: _Evan Almighty_ #1 song ‘Umbrella’ by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z :dubious: Bernard Manning, English racist and thoroughly unpleasant comedian died Waterloo Day (United Kingdom) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/29 "2015-12-11T14:13:39Z")
The best headlines from my join date: “Mexicans Find No Bodies; Lawyer Says They Dug in Wrong Spot” and “Scuba Diver Gets Tangled in Kelp, Drowns” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/30 "2015-12-11T15:45:39Z")
The Cardinal’s Fernando Tatis hit _two_ grand slams in the same inning(top of the third), playing against the Dodgers in their own park. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/31 "2015-12-11T16:29:15Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > (You have to click “load more” to see the pic) > President Elect Barack Obama had lunch at Ben’s Chili Bowl: > [http://benschilibowl.com/history/](http://benschilibowl.com/history/) I just looked it up and the Bill Cosby mural is still there and on their menu they still have a chili dog named after him. Though in one article I found the family seems to be distancing themselves from Cosby. Anywho on Dec. 5th 2006: -Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji. -David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician died. -The French Government launches state-owned and controlled France 24, a 24-hour television news show. -An outbreak of E. coli bacteria has sickened more than a dozen people on Long Island, including several who ate at Taco Bell. Officials have asked eight Taco Bell restaurants be closed -“Happy Feet” was the #1 movie. -“I Wanna Love You” (Akon ft. Snoop Dogg) was the #1 single. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/32 "2015-12-14T01:02:11Z")
The Wiki article for 2006 lists nothing for 25 Aug. Elsewhere in Wiki I find that the Armenian poet Silva Kaputikyan died that day. The ISS was manned by Expedition 13 crewmembers Pavel Vinogradov (Russia), Jeffrey Williams (US), and Thomas Reiter (Germany). _Judge and Jury_, by James Patterson and Andrew Gross, was at the top of the NYTimes bestselling fiction list. Billboard’s “Hot 100” #1 was “London Bridge,” by somebody named Fergie; it stayed at #1 for two more weeks. (Don’t think I’ve ever heard of the song or the artist/group.) The #1 country hit was “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows),” by Rodney Adkins, and the #1 album was _Me and My Gang_, by Rascal Flatts. _How to Eat Fried Worms_, _Idlewild_, _Invincible_, _The Protector_, _Beerfest_, and _The Quiet_ were released. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/33 "2015-12-15T03:23:49Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Wow, after a lot of (let’s face it) fun but not momentous things, we get two biggies: a natural event causing about as any deaths as Hiroshima plus Nagasaki; and, a reminder that A BILLION MORE PEOPLE EXIST NOW than did when some of us signed up to this message board. We’re gonna need a bigger tsunami. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290/34 "2015-12-15T03:34:54Z")
\*The World Trade Organization ruled in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas. \* I’m really sorry I looked that up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/also-occurring-on-the-day-i-registered-at-the-sdmb/739290.md?page=1)