Friday, March 11, 2011

Friday March 11th, 2011

1824: Bureau of Indian Affairs is established in the U.S.

1861: Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted

1958: Nuclear bomb accidentally dropped in South Carolina. Does not detonate a nuclear explosion, but leaves 75 foot crater

1967: Pink Floyd releases first song "Arnold Layne"

1985: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes U.S.S.R.'s General Secretary of the Communist Party

1993: Janet Reno is sworn in as the first female Attorney General of the United States, though who can be sure

1997: Ashes of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry launched into space (nerds)

1998: Cicero, IL agrees to pay 10,000 towards printing KKK literature mailed to residents in return for the Klan not holding a scheduled meeting in the town

2004: Madrid train bombings


Finally friday. It's a little cold for the beach but fuck it, gotta GTL. Then going on a man-date to see Battlefield Los Angeles which was released today. Slightly ironic due to the earthquake in Japan this morning (Godzirra?) and consequent standing tsunami warning in California.

17 comments:

  1. nice blog.. well good luck at the beach :)

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  2. Have fun at the beach, I've seen the trailer for Battlefield Los Angeles. It looks awesome!

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  3. Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks that all that commotion in Japan was called by the one and only Godzirra!

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  4. yeah buddy. It's a one man show over at Me and the Midget.

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  5. lol.. Gene Roddenbery's ashes launched into space? That's crazy

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  6. Very cool blog, I'll definitely be checking in, keep up the good work!

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  7. Nice timeline, it's a blast from the past, yeah I'll shut up now..

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  8. Great blogging idea, always lots to post :P

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  9. Well i learned something new. Thank you.

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  10. I never knew bout the nuclear bomb incident.

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  11. So cool facts! Can't wait the next day.

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  12. okay, very interesting for me to see your posts...!

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  13. WOW never knew about the bomb thing i'm gonna google this now!

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