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Started by Icarus, December 14, 2014, 06:50:36 PM

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Icarus

June sixth was the anniversary of the D- day invasion, the largest concentration of armed attack forces in history. That was a pivotal event in WWII.

Magdalena

In my insignificant life, there was another pivotal event on 6-6-16.
Tank announced that Crow had retired from the forum.


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Tank

Quote from: Magdalena on June 09, 2016, 07:00:06 AM
In my insignificant life, there was another pivotal event on 6-6-16.
Tank announced that Crow had retired from the forum.
Is is email address public?
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Magdalena

Quote from: Tank on June 09, 2016, 12:43:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on June 09, 2016, 07:00:06 AM
In my insignificant life, there was another pivotal event on 6-6-16.
Tank announced that Crow had retired from the forum.
Is is email address public?
Oh, yes. We have about seven pages of emails going back and forth, so far.

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

Ecurb Noselrub

#34
Today, June 19, is "Juneteenth" in Texas.  On June 19, 1865, news of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves, finally reached Texas, as it was announced in Galveston. Of course, the Civil War was still going on, so not much happened when the Proclamation was made.  But blacks celebrate this day every year in Texas and other places in the South. 

xSilverPhinx

I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Icarus

In 1789 in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille. and released the seven prisoners inside.


MariaEvri

today in history
a military coup d'état by the Cypriot National Guard and the Greek military junta of 1967–1974

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Cypriot_coup_d%27état
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Dave

Quote from: MariaEvri on July 15, 2016, 08:37:37 PM
today in history
a military coup d'état by the Cypriot National Guard and the Greek military junta of 1967–1974

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Cypriot_coup_d%27état
I was out there for the squabble before that. Think most of the National Guard casualties for that one were self-inflicted.

That was Greeks v Turks. The UN stopped a Greek plan to flood the old, walled city (Turkish quarter) with petrol then mortar it.

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OldGit

Problem was, that coup landed Greek Cypriots in very deep shit which is still there today.

No, I'm not taking sides.

MariaEvri

I try not to take sites either since, I wasn't alive then and today each party is telling their own version. But from what I understand this coop opened the way for the turkish invasion
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OldGit

On this day in 1971 Mrs Git and I got married.

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: OldGit on July 17, 2016, 08:58:33 PM
On this day in 1971 Mrs Git and I got married.

Happy anniversary!  :cheers:
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Recusant

Quote from: OldGit on July 17, 2016, 08:58:33 PM
On this day in 1971 Mrs Git and I got married.

Happy anniversary!  :beer:
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Ecurb Noselrub

Congrats!  How did she do it for so many years?