Monday 29 August 2011

9TH AUGUST 2011

Many momentous things happened on August 9th over the years. In 48BC Caesar defeated Pompey at Paharsulus. The Sistine chapel was opened in 1483. In 1892 Thomas Edison patented the telegraph. In 1930 Betty Boop appeared in comics. In 1944 Smokey The Bear was first used by the US Forest Service.
Nagasaki was devastated by the Fat Man in 1945. In 1965 Singapore gained independence from Malaysia. Charles Manson's cult murdered Sharon Tate and friends in 1969. President Nixon resigned in 1974. And, most recently both Twisted Scottish Bastard and Nicola ceased creating posts on their blogs. Have they run off together to somewhere where there is no internet connection we wonder?


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That Edison was a bit of a sneak. He probably stole Tesla's ideas anyway. Patents were probably country specific in those days too.Cooke and Wheatstone patented a telegraph in Great Britain in 1837.

THE WINE GUY said...

Get over it Second. I suppose next you will be banging on about the Treaty of Waitangi.

Anonymous said...

Reading your posts Wine Guy is like watching a low powered microwave heat a large meal on a thick porcelene plate.

Richard (of RBB) said...

Cut it out you too. I think we've lost Fflur too.