THIS DAY IN HISTORY

[weimy froob]

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 28



Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Built as Byzantium about 657 , then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

[Night Train]

I like that when I listen to the radio on Alexa, they don't air local commercials so they fill in with a 'This day in sports/or music history'.

[Hummdrum]

I like that when I listen to the radio on Alexa, they don't air local commercials so they fill in with a 'This day in sports/or music history'.

Me too. The one I heard was this week in history Herbert Hoover became the first U.S. President to have a telephone at his desk. They had access to one but never on the desk.

[Night Train]

I like that when I listen to the radio on Alexa, they don't air local commercials so they fill in with a 'This day in sports/or music history'.

Me too. The one I heard was this week in history Herbert Hoover became the first U.S. President to have a telephone at his desk. They had access to one but never on the desk.

That's interesting because I think I heard that Garfield was the first president to talk on a phone and that's a lot of time between Garfield and Hoover.

Spoiler:

I wonder if Garfield is afraid of Hoover... because cats are naturally afraid of vacuum cleaners.

[Hummdrum]

That's interesting because I think I heard that Garfield was the first president to talk on a phone and that's a lot of time between Garfield and Hoover.

Spoiler:

I wonder if Garfield is afraid of Hoover... because cats are naturally afraid of vacuum cleaners.

baw dow

Garfield probably was the first President to talk on the phone but no President had one on his desk until Hoover. It apparently took a while to have a desk phone.

[Night Train]

a new thread that should have legs.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 28



Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Built as Byzantium about 657 , then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

Istanbul! Not Constanstinople is a catchy tune

[weimy froob]

a new thread that should have legs.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 28



Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Built as Byzantium about 657 , then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

Istanbul! Not Constanstinople is a catchy tune

yep. did you hear that on theme time radio hour?


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[Night Train]

Istanbul! Not Constanstinople is a catchy tune

yep. did you hear that on theme time radio hour?


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Oh, I heard it long before that. It was in my dad's record cabinet next to Beethoven's second, Handel's 4th, and a 5th from Jack Daniels.

[weimy froob]

1979

At 4:00 an automatic valve mistakenly closed at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, culminating in radioactive leakage.

[Bleeds Purple]

a new thread that should have legs.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 28



Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Built as Byzantium about 657 , then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

Istanbul! Not Constanstinople is a catchy tune

Probably the best version of this song!


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[weimy froob]

a new thread that should have legs.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 28



Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Built as Byzantium about 657 , then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

Istanbul! Not Constanstinople is a catchy tune

Probably the best version of this song!


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[realjazzguy]

1969 - -I registered for the draft; einsenhower died; I played hockey at the Roseville arena, which had just opened

[tbgh]

1969 - -I registered for the draft; einsenhower died; I played hockey at the Roseville arena, which had just opened

Happy bday?

[Drizzay]

1979

At 4:00 an automatic valve mistakenly closed at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, culminating in radioactive leakage.

I don't want to land on no Three Mile Island; I don't want to see my skin a-glow

[Hummdrum]

Mac Murray College in Illinois closed this week after 174 years.
The Gophers might have played them in non-conference football a few times many decades ago.

https://wgntv.com/news/illinois-college ... iE7IyavGkk

Posted: Mar 28, 2020 / 12:10 PM CDT / Updated: Mar 28, 2020 / 12:10 PM CDT
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — A central Illinois college will close its doors after 174 years due to declining enrollment and other financial challenges.

The State Journal-Register reports the chairman of the Mac Murray College board of trustees said Friday the four-year liberal arts college in Jacksonville will close at the end of the spring semester. Charles O’Connell said there was no viable path forward for the college, and cited rising costs and an insufficient endowment as factors.

“The board spent more than a year exploring potential new sources for capital, but we were unable to solve the serious financial difficulties facing us,” O’Connell said. “We deeply regret the decision and are sorry for the disruption and disappointment it will have for everyone in the Mac family.”

Methodist clergy founded the college as the Illinois Conference Female Academy in 1846. The name was changed several times, and in 1955 the board of trustees established a college for men. The two colleges merged as MacMurray College in 1969.

The college currently has 527 full-time students and 101 faculty and staff. Students already have moved off campus and are taking classes online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The college has negotiated transfer agreements for students at other Illinois colleges. The future of the 60-acre Jacksonville campus wasn’t immediately clear.

[Slap Shot]

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 28



Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Built as Byzantium about 657 , then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

Istanbul! Not Constanstinople is a catchy tune

yep. did you hear that on theme time radio hour?


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I had no idea this was a remake:


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[weimy froob]

MARCH 29



Dominion of Canada created
On this day in 1867, with the British North America Act, the British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada were united as the Dominion of Canada, and the province of Canada was separated into Quebec and Ontario.

[weimy froob]

1999

Canadian ice-hockey player Wayne Gretzky, considered by many to be the greatest player in NHL history, scored the final goal of his career; he retired at the end of the season.

[Hummdrum]

1999

Canadian ice-hockey player Wayne Gretzky, considered by many to be the greatest player in NHL history, scored the final goal of his career; he retired at the end of the season.

I think I read that Gretzky's first NHL All-Star game was Gordie Howe's last.

He made a brief return to the NHL in 1979–80, playing one season with the Hartford Whalers, then retired at age 52.

Gordon Howe OC (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played twenty-six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings.

[weimy froob]

1999

Canadian ice-hockey player Wayne Gretzky, considered by many to be the greatest player in NHL history, scored the final goal of his career; he retired at the end of the season.

I think I read that Gretzky's first NHL All-Star game was Gordie Howe's last.

He made a brief return to the NHL in 1979–80, playing one season with the Hartford Whalers, then retired at age 52.

Gordon Howe OC (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played twenty-six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings.

gordie was a legend. tough as nails. i think he passed a year or two ago.

anyways it looks like today's a big day in canadian history.

[Bob Wiley]

Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees the remaining American prisoners of war held in North Vietnam. America’s direct eight-year intervention in the Vietnam War was at an end. In Saigon, some 7,000 U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees remained behind to aid South Vietnam in conducting what looked to be a fierce and ongoing war with communist North Vietnam.

[Old_Kid]

Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees the remaining American prisoners of war held in North Vietnam. America’s direct eight-year intervention in the Vietnam War was at an end. In Saigon, some 7,000 U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees remained behind to aid South Vietnam in conducting what looked to be a fierce and ongoing war with communist North Vietnam.

Army Master Sgt. Max Beilke was the last American combat soldier to leave Vietnam. He grew up in Alexandria.

[weimy froob]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MARCH 30



1981
Failed assassination attempt against U.S. President Ronald Reagan
In Washington, D.C., on this day in 1981, barely two months after his inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously wounded by would-be assassin John W. Hinckley, Jr.

[Bob Wiley]

I vaguely remember this. I was only ten, but I do remember all the talk about Brady and his recovery.

[weimy froob]

indiana beat north carolina for the ncaa basketball championship that night. remember that?

[weimy froob]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MARCH 31



1596: French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher René Descartes, widely considered the father of modern philosophy and perhaps best known for the famous phrase “I think, therefore I am,” was born.

[weimy froob]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY APRIL 1



Sergey Rachmaninoff

RUSSIAN MUSICIAN

BORN
April 1, 1873
Oneg, Russia
(Born on this day)

DIED
March 28, 1943 (aged 69)
Beverly Hills, California

[weimy froob]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY APRIL 2



1865: In the face of advancing Union forces, Confederate troops evacuated Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War .

[Night Train]

44 years ago yesterday Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father. I wonder if Bararreio commemorated it.

[weimy froob]

44 years ago yesterday Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father. I wonder if Bararreio commemorated it.

PA did in a tweet. this is a today in history thread-not a yesterday in history thread btw.