# Count To A Million Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653 "2018-09-02T18:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 73
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1444 "2019-10-28T04:18:31Z")
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1445 "2019-10-28T05:10:13Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1446 "2019-10-28T07:38:20Z")
In 1475, the oldest recorded game of chess was played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1447 "2019-10-28T08:05:14Z")
1. In five hundred years, Jimmy Carter would be elected President of the USA. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1448 "2019-10-28T08:33:43Z")
1477 Ivan III of Russia marches against the Novgorod Republic, marking the beginning of Russian Colonialism. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1449 "2019-10-28T10:35:05Z")
1478: The beginning of the Spanish Inquisition (which nobody expected). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1450 "2019-10-28T14:02:45Z")
I sure didn’t expect that post! 1479 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1451 "2019-10-28T19:44:56Z")
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1452 "2019-10-28T21:22:24Z")
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1453 "2019-10-28T21:28:23Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1454 "2019-10-28T23:11:30Z")
On April 30, 1483, Pluto moved inside Neptune’s orbit until July 23, 1503, according to modern orbital calculations. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1455 "2019-10-28T23:43:00Z")
1. In five hundred years, Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1456 "2019-10-28T23:45:08Z")
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**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1457 "2019-10-29T00:07:58Z")
Year MCDLXXXVI was a common year starting on Sunday ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1458 "2019-10-29T01:55:13Z")
1487 Columbus was planning his second appeal to the king of Portugal to be called The Great Admiral of the Ocean and governor of all discovered lands. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1459 "2019-10-29T03:48:21Z")
1488 speculatively ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1460 "2019-10-29T04:05:39Z")
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1461 "2019-10-29T04:27:37Z")
1490, five hundred years before I got married. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1462 "2019-10-29T04:35:38Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1463 "2019-10-29T07:05:41Z")
1492: The Spanish Inquisition was going strong. Christopher Columbus didn’t expect that. What he did expect was to “sail the ocean blue” to Asia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=74)