Winters 1 Posted June 6, 2003 Everyone go out and find a Veteran and give him a salute, no matter which nation he fought for. Normandy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 6, 2003 June 6th, Remember: Sweden's national day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedyDonkey 0 Posted June 6, 2003 June 6th, Remember: Sweden's national day I associate June 6th with people driving around in nice, honking cars, with posters and twigs sticking out from the car. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winters 1 Posted June 6, 2003 Just remember what happened 59 years ago today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Die Alive 0 Posted June 6, 2003 On this day... 1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) 1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill 1813 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont) 1816 10" snowfall in New England, the "year without a summer" (Krakatoa) 1831 2nd national black convention (Phila) 1844 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London 1862 Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered 1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000 1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC 1885 The opera "Lakm‚" is produced (Paris) 1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks 1890 United States Polo Association formed, NYC 1896 George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic 1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ 1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified) 1913 Rabbit Maranville, was thrown out trying to steal home 3 times 1914 1st air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway) 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st US victory of WW I 1919 Man O' War wins 1st victory as a 2-year-old at Belmont 1924 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica 1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp (Iacocca was 8 months old) 1931 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1210 Morosovia 1931 Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to the Indians 1932 US Federal gas tax enacted 1933 1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ) 1933 US Employment Service created 1934 Securities & Exchange Commission established 1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game 1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ 1937 Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game 1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched 1942 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray) 1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1942 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich 1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1944 Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor 1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV 1946 The 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season 1953 J Churms discovers asteroid #2025 1955 Bill Haley & Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1 1960 Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely" 1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for the 1st time      Beatles record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums 1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive homers beating White Sox 12-0 1966 Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi 1966 Claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed 1966 James Meredith wounded by white sniper 1966 NFL & AFL announce their merger 1967 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin 1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die 1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station 1972 David Bowie releases "Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust" 1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia) 1972 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London 1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market 1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 1976 Celtics beat Suns for NBA championship, 4 games to 2 1977 Doobie Brothers sponser a Golf Classic & Concert for United Way 1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss) 1977 Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws 1978 A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet & #3339 1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57% 1979 200th running of horse's Derby in England 1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 HRs in the majors 1980 Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title 1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO 1982 Israel invades southern Lebanon, site of Palestinian guerrilla 1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India 1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed 1985 Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French) 1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the NC State track      team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself 1987 NY Yankees play their 13,000th game 1988 George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II      Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989) 1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store 1992 2nd WLAF World Bowl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winters 1 Posted June 6, 2003 WOW, where did you get all that from? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedyDonkey 0 Posted June 6, 2003 WOW, where did you get all that from? here or here or here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Die Alive 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Quote[/b] ]WOW, where did you get all that from? I got a team of librarians, archivist, and historical researchers working under me.  Now I got them looking for the precise date and time of the first fart. 1 year ago today, top billboard chart 1 Foolish, Ashanti 2 Need A Girl (Part One), P. Diddy Featuring Usher & Loon 3 Hot In Herre, Nelly 4 Without Me, Eminem 5 What's Luv?, Fat Joe Featuring Ashanti 6 A Thousand Miles, Vanessa Carlton 7 The Middle, Jimmy Eat World 8 U Don't Have To Call, Usher 9 Oh Boy, Cam'ron Featuring Juelz Santana 10 Addictive, Truth Hurts Featuring Rakim  5 years ago today, top billboard chart 1 The Boy Is Mine, Brandy 2 Too Close, Next  3 You re Still The One, Shania Twain  4 My All, Mariah Carey  5 I Get Lonely, Janet Featuring BLACKstreet 6 Everybody [backstreet s Back], Backstreet Boys  7 All My Life, K-Ci 8 Madly Deeply, Savage Garden  9 Arms Of The One Who Loves You, Xscape  10 Sex And Candy, Marcy Playground 10 years ago today, top billboard chart 1 That s The Way Love Goes, Janet Jackson 2 Freak Me, Silk  3 Knockin Da Boots, H-Town 4 Weak, SWV 5 Show Me Love, Robin S. 6 Looking Through Patient Eyes, P.M. Dawn 7 I m So Into You, SWV  8 Bad Boys (Theme From "Cops"), Inner Circle 9 Have I Told You Lately, Rod Stewart 10 Come Undone, Duran Duran 15 years ago today, top billboard chart 1 Together Forever, Rick Astley 2 One More Try, George Michael 3 Foolish Beat, Debbie Gibson 4 Dirty Diana, Michael Jackson 5 Make It Real, The Jets 6 Everything Your Heart Desires, Daryl Hall John Oates 7 Circle In The Sand, Belinda Carlisle 8 The Valley Road, Bruce Hornsby & The Range 9 The Flame, Cheap Trick 10 Alphabet St., The Artist -=Die Alive=- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MLF 0 Posted June 6, 2003 I thought this thread is memorium for ppl who died liberating Europe and other vetrans from other conflicts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Die Alive 0 Posted June 6, 2003 I thought this thread is memorium for ppl who died liberating Europe and other vetrans from other conflicts. We have Memorial day, Veteran's Day, and Remembrance days for that. hehe, in my daily newspaper, I had to go to page 42 to see anything on D-Day, and even then, it was 2 sentences saying that tonight will be some documentary on TV about DDay. -=Die Alive=- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 6, 2003 I thought this thread is memorium for ppl who died liberating Europe and other vetrans from other conflicts. I'm commerating Gustav Vasa who liberated Sweden from Danish occupation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MLF 0 Posted June 6, 2003 yes i know that Denoir (been educated by a few Swedish friends) It was towards Die Alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted June 6, 2003 I'm commerating Gustav Vasa who liberated Sweden from Danish occupation hmm.......Sweden was under Denmark's mercy...... D-day. kinda fitting for WW2 island that was released. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 6, 2003 hmm.......Sweden was under Denmark's mercy...... Â Â It was a union with a rotating king (Swedish and Danish and once or twice Norwegian). The last union king, Danish Kristian II "The Tyrant" executed over 100 Swedish noblemen in 1520 in an attempt to seize complete power. Gustav Vasa then lead a rebellion against the king and kicked the Danish out of Sweden and absolved the union. All well that ends well: After the last Danis-Swedish war, Denmark had lost 1/3 of its territory plus Norway to Sweden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Die Alive 0 Posted June 6, 2003 yes i know that Denoir (been educated by a few Swedish friends)It was towards Die Alive. I know, but the topic title, is June 6th: Remember. So, as I pointed out, lots of stuff happened on June 6th. If the title was, oh, say, D Day, June 6th: Remember, my replies would be more war related. Anyway, it's the 59th anniversary, next year should be covered more than today. I remember the 50th, live TV coverage, interviews, all sorts of nice stuff. -=Die Alive=- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FSPilot 0 Posted June 6, 2003 I'll bet saving private ryan is sold (er... rented) out at blockbuster. i'm watching a documentary on d-day right now anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Die Alive 0 Posted June 6, 2003 This week, the Longest Day DVD is on sale for 10 bucks. -=Die Alive=- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hovmand 0 Posted June 6, 2003 hmm.......Sweden was under Denmark's mercy......   It was a union with a rotating king (Swedish and Danish and once or twice Norwegian). The last union  king, Danish  Kristian II "The Tyrant" executed over 100 Swedish noblemen in 1520 in an attempt to seize complete power. Gustav Vasa then lead a rebellion against the king and kicked the Danish out of Sweden and absolved the union. All well that ends well: After the last Danis-Swedish war, Denmark had lost 1/3 of its territory plus Norway to Sweden Argh Denoir you really know how to break a mans national pride Lousy beautiful blonde swedes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CuteQA 0 Posted June 6, 2003 3days before my birthday :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Civilians don`t salute to military. They can show their respect and good will with other gestures, e. g. shake hands or wave and so on. Only military salutes to military, at least that is what we german armed forces do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winters 1 Posted June 6, 2003 I didn't mean salute in the literal sense. But if you want to literally salute a soldier go ahead, i doubt he will shoot you for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Well, I will. Remember that is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted June 6, 2003 But if you want to literally salute a soldier go ahead, i doubt he will shoot you for it. He`ll smile under normal circumstances or if he`s in bad mood he`ll think somethink like "Stupid #!&$$# civilians. Too stupid to follow the correct procedure!" . I won`t tell you what I thought when guys that avoided their military time tried to salute me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akira 0 Posted June 6, 2003 First thing I said to my fiancee this morning was "Happy D-Day Day." She rolled over... But anyway she promised we could watch a World War 2 movie this weekend. Alls well that ends well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Don`t watch "Windtalkers" with her. I bet she wouldn`t like this clichee-stuntshow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
