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Post by route66 on Jan 18, 2013 19:18:28 GMT -7
January 17 2013 Obama signs 20 executive orders on gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook School shootings in December 2012
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Post by route66 on Mar 5, 2013 16:02:05 GMT -7
Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuelan died today. He was a socialist, extreme, and he viewed the United States as evil. He was 58.
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Post by fhacette on Mar 13, 2013 19:11:46 GMT -7
And the new Pope is from Argentina, 76 JOGE Bergoglio, is now Pope Francis.
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Post by route66 on Mar 14, 2013 17:03:37 GMT -7
40 years ago, today, the release of viet nam POW's began with the release of John McCain and 107 others from the Hanoi Hilton. More POW's were released in the following days.
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Post by route66 on Apr 4, 2013 17:20:46 GMT -7
Today marks the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death.
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Post by route66 on Apr 27, 2013 12:50:54 GMT -7
April 8, 2013, Margaret Thatcher died, she was Prime Minster of the united kingdom from 1979-1990. She was the only woman ever to hold the office and once said "the trouble with socialism, is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." She was 88 years old.
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Post by route66 on Apr 27, 2013 12:52:13 GMT -7
April 15, 1990 two bombs explode at the boston marathon, killing 3 and wounded 282 others.
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Post by kbs on May 23, 2013 17:12:11 GMT -7
5-20: Oklahoma is hit by tornadoes, destroying two elementary schools. Several were killed, including children.
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Post by fhacette on Jun 8, 2013 14:39:21 GMT -7
June 6th, marked the 69th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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Post by route66 on Jul 1, 2013 20:43:50 GMT -7
150 years the three day civil war battle at Gettysburg began. It was turning point in the war, and 50,000 soldiers on both sides were killed.
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Post by route66 on Jul 8, 2013 15:46:06 GMT -7
Today marks the 66 years since the reports of UFO 's, at Roswell, New Mexico and reports of government cover up.
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Post by route66 on Aug 27, 2013 18:05:18 GMT -7
Tomorrow August 28th marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream speech".
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Post by route66 on Sept 11, 2013 12:12:16 GMT -7
12th anniversary of 9-11-2011. Never forget!
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Post by route66 on Oct 2, 2013 9:42:47 GMT -7
October 1st the government is partially shut down by the failure of Congress to reach an agreement on a "CR" continuing resolution. The government has been running on a CR for years because it has failed to pass a budget.
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Post by kbs on Nov 14, 2013 18:33:42 GMT -7
11-8: A typhoon strikes the Philippines killing thousands and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
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Post by route66 on Nov 20, 2013 20:35:36 GMT -7
November 19, 2013 marked the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
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Post by kbs on Nov 22, 2013 20:21:52 GMT -7
11-22: It has been 50 years since John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the U.S., was killed in Dallas, TX.
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Post by Visitor on Dec 6, 2013 9:04:57 GMT -7
12-5: Nelson Mandela passes away at the age of 95.
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Post by kbs on Dec 7, 2013 9:11:23 GMT -7
12-7: Today marks the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Post by route66 on Dec 13, 2013 9:27:56 GMT -7
Nelson Mandela died Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95 years old and help to bring about the end of apartheid in South Africa.
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Post by kbs on Dec 31, 2013 15:26:36 GMT -7
12-31: The last day of 2013.
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