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okay, well really this is just a spot for me to ramble on about random topics

Saturday, December 25, 2004

Today in History:

6 BC - Christ is Born

1066 - William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.

1223 - St. Francis of Assisi assembled one of the first Nativity scenes, in Greccio, Italy.

1776 - George Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians.

1821 - The founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton, was born in Oxford, Mass.

1926 - Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito.

1977 - British film actor, director, and producer Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland at age 88.

1989 - Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed.

1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigned following the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

1995 - Singer Dean Martin died at age 78.

2002 - Katie Hnida became the first woman to play in a Division I football game.

2004 - I asked Amanda to marry me. She accepted. The wedding will be Columbus Day Weekend 2005.

// posted by Gina @ 5:45 PM

Comments:

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY.

WE ARE SOOOOO THEREEEEEEEEE.

You are goign to invite us right?

# posted by

Joe B : 7:07 PM

Well. It seems to me that after that LAST bit of tidbit, the fact that Jesus was born in 6BC and the part about the first chick to play football is it a bit of an anti-climax. :o) And I can't agree with Joseph more. It is in our calendar... :oD

# posted by

J : 8:16 PM