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Title: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by Baz on Jul 17th, 2005, 1:28pm 50 today eh? Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday dear STN....Happy Birthday to you!! Today in History July 17 1453 France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years' War. 1762 Peter III of Russia is murdered and his wife, Catherine II, takes the throne. 1785 France limits the importation of goods from Britain. 1791 National Guard troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in Paris. 1799 Ottoman forces, supported by the British, capture Aboukir, Egypt from the French. 1801 The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli. 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France. 1821 Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida. 1864 Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaces General Joseph E. Johnston with General John Bell Hood in hopes of defeating Union General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta. 1898 U.S. troops under General William R. Shafter take Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. 1944 Field Marshall Erwin Rommel is wounded when an Allied fighter strafes his staff car in France. 1945 End of a big war! 1946 Chinese communists attack the Nationalist army on the Yangtze River. 1960 American pilot Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty to spying charges in a Moscow court. 1966 Ho Chi Minh orders a partial mobilization of North Vietnam to defend against American airstrikes. 1987 Lt. Col. Oliver North and Rear Adm. John Poindexter begin testifying to Congress regarding the Iran-Contra scandal. Born on July 17 1674 Isaac Watts, English minister and hymn writer. 1763 John Jacob Astor, American fur trader and entrepreneur. 1888 S.Y. Agnon, Israeli writer (The Day Before Yesterday). 1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, detective writer, creator of Perry Mason. 1894 Georges Lemaitre, Belgian astronomer. 1898 Bernice Abbott, photographer. 1899 James Cagney, American actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mister Roberts). 1902 Christina E. Stead, novelist and screenwriter. 1912 Art Linkletter, radio and television personality. 1922 Donald Davie, English poet and literary critic. 1923 James Purdy, writer (Cabot Wright Begins). 1925 Laszlo Nagy, Hungarian poet. 1935 Peter Schickele, composer, creator of P.D.Q. Bach. 1955 Bill (STN) Of course if it isn't, just ignore this!! Baz |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by scorpio_man on Jul 17th, 2005, 1:33pm ;D ;D }{ |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by Mike-OddJob on Jul 17th, 2005, 2:18pm [] }{ |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by SaveTheNight on Jul 17th, 2005, 2:54pm haha !! .. thanx gentleman ..and Barry !! arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!! .. and what's all that 1945 stuff !!... grrrrrrrr .... anyway .. I seem to be in very distinguished company so i'll keep quiet ... thanx mate ! ... ...STN < eagerly waiting for Baz's biggy !! so I can return the " favour ".. lol > |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by music_master on Jul 17th, 2005, 3:00pm happy birthday stn ;D |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by Dave on Jul 17th, 2005, 5:30pm Happy Birthday! :) |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by SaveTheNight on Jul 17th, 2005, 6:13pm thankyou again !! ..... very nice of you ... STN |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by Paul B on Jul 17th, 2005, 6:29pm I'm a bit late, but I'm jumping on the birthday bandwagon anyway... Happy birthday young man. :) Hope you've had a good one so far. Make sure you have a great night to follow it up. |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by nic on Jul 17th, 2005, 6:51pm Happy Birthday STN, catching up to Dave EH. have a great day and night, enjoy |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by Geoff_W on Jul 17th, 2005, 7:18pm Well we all know that 50 is the new 35ish, happy birthday!! 8) |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by locky on Jul 17th, 2005, 7:20pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! ;D |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by SaveTheNight on Jul 17th, 2005, 7:36pm jeeeeeeeeeeez !!!!!!!! ... stop rubbing it in guys !! .... THANX AGAIN ALL ....... STN |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by DJWerkz on Jul 17th, 2005, 10:41pm You old git! :P |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by SaveTheNight on Jul 17th, 2005, 10:57pm lol !! .. |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by Boblavens on Jul 19th, 2005, 10:28am Happy Belated Birthday! Been away for the weekend and didn't Know Welcome to the club! I joined it last year! bob |
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Title: Re: It's STNs Birthday!! Post by SaveTheNight on Jul 19th, 2005, 9:08pm cheers Bob ! |
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