On this day…
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We should, in all serious, have a “This Day in JoCo” page on the wiki.
You know what to do!
(also, if we get a lot of content, and if possible, I might one day code up a “this day in JoCo history” box on the main page)in all serious
I’ve edited my post to fix this typo, and I’m very tempted to edit Lex’s to complete the coverup. Instead I’ll work out my frustration and embarrassment on a hapless wiki page…
(Most of the content, I think, will be stolen from Mark’s posts above.)
Ooh! Almost forgot! Apologies to those east of here, for whom these are technically late:
On this day (April 6) in 1928, DNA researcher James Watson was born.
On this day in 1930, the Hostess Twinkie was invented.A day late, but on Apr 9, 1928, Tom Lehrer (one of JoCo’s inspirations) was born. Happy 80th!!!
BTW, I recently came across videos of some of his performances from That Was The Week That Was (U.S.) in the 60s. w00t! (Also how I found out about his birthday.)
Oops, a day late:
On April 10, 1794, Commodore Matthew Perry (recipient of a boat from Millard Fillmore) was born.
ETA: FWIW, I’m done collecting my set of noteworthy dates. I have 275 distinct events, though they’re not all on distinct days of the year; for example, I have two events queued up for tomorrow. I’ll add them all to the wiki when I get a chance, and I’ll post them in this thread as the days come around.
On this day (April 12) …
…in 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt died, and Harry S. Truman sworn in.
…in 1989, Walker Smith, Jr. (Sugar Ray Robinson) died (1989).My uncle was Sugar Ray Robinsons sparring partner for a while and travelled around the world with him. My uncle was a pretty good boxer in his own right but his wife asked him to retire. His last fight, he fought the world champ to a draw.
@Gle3nn: Sounds like your uncle could have kicked George Plimpton’s ass.
On this day (April 13)…
… in 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born
March 30: Mark Gordon’s birthday
I missed your birthday! Happy birthday!
(I was busy celebrating mine, which was March 31st. 😛 )
@muckalarkuary: That’s an excellent excuse. On that note: I missed your birthday! Happy birthday!
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