THINGS OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE 18
1541 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto crosses the Mississippi River.
1778 - American forces enter Philadelphia as the British withdraw during the American Revolution.
1812 - The US declares war on Great Britain, beginning the War of 1812.1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte's troops are defeated by the French at Waterloo, Belgium.
1873 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1898 - The Steel Pier boardwalk opens at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1928 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, with a 21-hour solo flight from Newfoundland to Wales.
1983 - Sally Ride becomes the first US woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
2006 - I wrote the first entry in this blog.
And how does one celebrate "1st Entry Day?" Cause if there's booze involved, I'm pretty sure you should let me know sooner rather than later.
ReplyDeleteRupe now has "Hernando's Hideaway" engrained in his noggin. Thank you very much!
ReplyDelete(Oh. Significance. Right. Congratulations. Seriously.)
................ Ruprecht
Rupe: Thank you. Sincerely.
ReplyDeleteJessie: I can't speak for others, but I'll be marking the ocassion in solitude, silence and somber reflection. We must remind ourselves constantly so that it never happens again. Never again.
Since you prefer to celebrate in soliture,would it be in poor taste if some of us celebrated in your honor?
ReplyDeleteRupe rejects Clark's explanation about "never happening again" totally.
ReplyDeleteLess'n, of course, Clark's holdin' out something from us ... (?????)
A'sides: It will still happen ... whether we're around or not .....
ohhhhhh snap! you go boy.
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