aethelbert
Dec 25, 2008, 11:49 PM
For most of the world, it is Friday 26 December now! Happy [winter holiday of preference] to BlueVelvet; now you don't have to come up with Friday facts. Post any random, aimless garbage or productive, constructive information here. Happy Friday.
Today in history:
1792 - The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.
1793 - Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians (!).
1862 - The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, killing 38.
1933 - FM radio is patented.
1980 - Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
1996 - Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
Fun Friday facts:
Today is Friday
TGI Friday's stock is in the crapper
Friday comes after Thursday
At the beginning of this Friday, there were 6,684,787 posts on the macrumors forums
Photo (http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_imageoftheday/0,,3901656_lang_1,00.html) of the [Fri]day (selected by Deutsche Welle):
Today in history:
1792 - The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.
1793 - Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians (!).
1862 - The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, killing 38.
1933 - FM radio is patented.
1980 - Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
1996 - Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
Fun Friday facts:
Today is Friday
TGI Friday's stock is in the crapper
Friday comes after Thursday
At the beginning of this Friday, there were 6,684,787 posts on the macrumors forums
Photo (http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_imageoftheday/0,,3901656_lang_1,00.html) of the [Fri]day (selected by Deutsche Welle):
