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  15. Posted

    not.... enuff....... exclamation........ points........ on keyboard.........

     

    OMG YES!!!!!!!

     

    see what i mean. I wanna see what happened. I found this great story years ago and have never been able to find it since about the last month or so b4 voyager got home and a little beyond. I was so well written. The author had written it b4 neelix left (sorry) and it was great. drat now i will have to find it.

     

     

    but yes VOYAGER MOVIE GOOD

  18. Posted

    The Dead Sea is not a sea, but a landlocked salt lake, 45 miles long by 9 miles wide.

     

     

    these things all happened on the day i was born

     

    1460 - In the Wars of the Roses, Richard of York with some 5,000 men was heavily defeated by Queen Margaret and the Lancastrians at the battle of Wakefield; nearly 3,000 Yorkists were killed.

     

    1803 - In the second Maratha War, the ruling Sindhia family member of Gwalior, Daulat Rao, finally surrendered to the British after being defeated in four battles.

     

    1803 - The United States took formal possession of the territory of Louisiana, an area of 828,000 square miles, nearly doubling the size of the country.

     

    1862 - Sixteen crew were killed when the ironclad Union ship USS Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during a storm.

     

    1873 - The American Metrological Society, the first organization to improve the system of weights and measures, was formed.

     

    1879 - Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta "The Pirates of Penzance" premiered in Paignton, England.

     

    1880 - The Transvaal, under Paul Kruger, declared itself a republic.

     

    1903 - A fire in the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago killed 588 people; public outrage led to new theater safety codes across America.

     

    1915 - In World War I, a German submarine torpedoed the British P & O liner Persia off Crete. At least 330 people were killed out of the 501 passengers and crew aboard.

     

    1916 - Grigory Rasputin, Siberian peasant, mystic, and favorite of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra was shot, was poisoned and eventually drowned at the house of Prince Feliks Yusupov.

     

    1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established through the confederation of Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation.

     

    1927 - The first subway in the Orient was dedicated in Tokyo, Japan. Its last extension was added in 1980, making the Tokyo underground railroad network the sixth longest in the world at 135 miles. It is surpassed only by subway systems in Washington, DC, London, New York, Paris and Moscow.

     

    1933 - Romanian Premier Ion Duca was assassinated by a member of the Iron Guard.

     

    1936 - The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited. After a 10-year-old performer finished a violin solo on "The Fred Allen Show", Mr. Allen said, “A certain alleged violinist should hide his head in shame for his poor fiddle playing.” It didn’t take long for Mr. Benny to respond. The humorous feud lasted for years on both comedian’s radio shows.

     

    1942 - "Mr. and Mrs. North" debuted on NBC radio. Joseph Curtin played Jerry North and Alice Frost played Pam. A typical "Mr. and Mrs. North" episode would find Pam leading Jerry on what seemed to be a wild-goose chase as they tracked down criminals. Pam always ended up being right and led police to the criminals. The theme song for the show was "The Way You Look Tonight". Sponsors included Woodbury soap, Jergens lotion and Halo shampoo.

     

    1947 - King Michael of Romania was forced to abdicate when the Romanian People's Republic was proclaimed.

     

    1948 - Alfred Drake and Patricia Morrison starred in "Kiss Me Kate" which opened at the New Century Theatre in New York City. Cole Porter composed the music for the classic play that was adapted from Shakespeare’s comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew". The show ran for 1,077 performances on the Great White Way.

     

    1942 - Frank Sinatra opened at New York’s Paramount Theatre for what was scheduled to be a 4-week engagement (his shows turned out to be so popular, he was booked for an additional 4 weeks). An estimated 400 policemen were called out to help curb the excitement. It is said that some of the teenage girls were hired to scream, but many more screamed for free. Sinatra was dubbed ‘The Sultan of Swoon’, ‘The Voice that Thrills Millions’, and just ‘The Voice’. Whatever he was, it was at this Paramount Theatre engagement that modern pop hysteria was born.

     

    1948 - Cole Porter's musical comedy, Kiss Me Kate, based on William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, opened at the New Century Theatre in New York.

     

    1953 - The film, The Wild One, starring Marlin Brando as a leader of tough motorcyclists terrorizing a small town, debuted in New York.

     

    1953 - The first color television sets went on sale for more than $1,000.

     

    1954 - Pearl Bailey opened on Broadway in the play, "House of Flowers", about two madams with rival bordellos. Diahann Carroll was also cast in the play, written by Truman Capote. Harold Arlen provided the musical score.

     

    1954 - James Arness made his dramatic TV debut on the "Lux Video Theatre" in "The Chase". The "Gunsmoke" series didn’t begin for Arness until the fall of 1955.

     

    1961 - Jack Nicklaus lost to Gary Player in an exhibition match in Miami, Florida. It was Nicklaus’ first attempt at pro golf. The following year he entered the pro tour, winning $61,868.95, more than any other golf rookie in history.

     

    1963 - The game show "Let's Make a Deal," hosted by Monty Hall, premiered.

     

    1967 - Hello, Goodbye, recorded by The Beatles, jumped into the top spot on Billboard's hit record charts, and stayed Number 1 for 3 weeks.

     

    1968 - Trygve Lie, Norwegian statesman and first secretary-general of the United Nations (1946-52), died.

     

    1969 - Peter, Paul and Mary received a gold record for the single, "Leaving On a Jet Plane". The song had hit #1 on December 20.

     

    1970 - Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest. The suit touched off a bitter feud between McCartney and the others, especially his cowriter on many of the Beatles compositions, John Lennon. The partnership officially came to end in 1974.

     

    1975 - The Malagasy Republic changed its name to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar.

     

    1976 - The Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, played their last show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas and retired as a team from show business. Each continued as a solo artist. They reunited years later for another stab at TV (on NBC) plus concert appearances that proved very successful.

     

    1978 - Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched Clemson University player Charlie Bauman during the Gator Bowl after Bauman intercepted an Ohio pass.

     

    1980 - The Selective Service System sent a warning to Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in Anaheim, California: Register for the draft or else! The Selective Service said that Mickey was in violation of registration compliance. Of course, Mickey, age 52 at the time, sent in his registration card proving that he’s a World War II veteran.

     

    1980 - The longest-running series in prime-time television history was canceled by NBC. "The Wonderful World of Disney" was axed after more than 25 years on the tube.

     

    1982 - An uncommon sight in the sky this night, as a ‘blue moon’ appeared. It was not really a blue moon, but one unobstructed by pollution and haze - appearing grayish in color. It was the second full moon of the month; a rare event that attracted many sky watchers. Now you know where the expression, “once in a blue moon” came from.

     

    1983 - ‘Dr. J’, Julius Erving, of the Philadelphia 76ers, sank a free throw in the third quarter to become the ninth pro basketball player to score 25,000 points. The 13-year veteran reached his milestone, but the Sixers still lost to the Seattle SuperSonics, 97-93.

     

    1985 - President Zia ul Haq of Pakistan ended martial law, in operation since he came to power in 1977.

     

    1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan and President-elect George Bush were subpoenaed to testify at the trial of former White House aide Oliver North on criminal charges stemming from the Iran-Contra affair.

     

    1988 - Yury Churbanov, son-in-law of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, was jailed for 12 years for bribery.

     

    1992 - Interim Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani was elected head of state for two years in a ballot in which he was the sole candidate.

     

    1993 - Israel and the Vatican signed an agreement on mutual recognition, seeking to put behind them 2,000 years of often bitter Jewish-Christian relations.

     

    1993 - Sudan, angered by the Archbishop of Canterbury's visit to the rebel-held south, ordered the British ambassador to leave the country.

     

    1995 - Tens of thousands of cheering Palestinians greeted PLO leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah in the West Bank after Israeli troops withdrew from the city.

     

    1995 - Hundreds of people, many weeping with joy, lined the streets of Gorazde in eastern Bosnia to welcome the first passenger bus into the Muslim enclave for over three years.

     

    1997 - More than 400 people were massacred in four villages in Algeria during the country's insurgency.