Sunday, January 6, 2008

Today in History: January 6

  • 1941 The New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn lays down the keel of USS Missouri (BB-63).
  • 1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school.
  • 1745 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier born, Annonay, Ardèche, France
  • 1706 Benjamin Franklin born, Boston, Massachussets


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Posted by The Monster at 12:00 AM

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  1. qwerJanuary 6, 2008 at 4:27 AM

    I have a few more candidates for Today in History, the 6th:
    Heinrich Schliemann, born 1822, believed in and found Troy.
    Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail, 1838, demonstrated telegraphy.
    Leon Foucault, 1851, proved the Earth rotates with his pendulum.

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  2. daddyquatroJanuary 6, 2008 at 7:32 AM

    qwer,
    "proved the Earth rotates with his pendulum."
    So, Foucault was like Chuck Norris?
    But in Chuck's case it would be...
    The Earth rotates around his pendulum."

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