Happy Firday!!  

Today is the beginning of National Accordion Awareness Month!

Today, June 1st, the first batch of scotch whiskey was made.

Also, President James Madison asked Congress to declare war on England in 1812.  

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Today is the beginning of National Accordion Awareness Month!

Today, June 1st, the first batch of scotch whiskey was made.

Also, President James Madison asked Congress to declare war on England in 1812.

LOL.. those facts are just so random! hahahaha  

I know. All kinds of cool stuff happened.  

You guys frighten me.    

Today is hunger awarness day.... i was hungry when they brought in lunch 45 mins late. I was well aware of my hunger  

How do we frighten?

Today, June 5th, is World Environment Day. It is also Constitution Day in Denmark.

Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in 70.
In 1837, Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
1944 - World War II: The two largest invasion fleets heretofore in history sailed that morning on opposite sides of the world. Most of the ship were United States flagged vessels.
1944 - World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
1944 - World War II: Rome liberated by the Allies
1945 - Allied Control Council, military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
In 1975, the Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
In 1981, The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
1989 - The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
In 1998, A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).
In 2002, Mozilla 1.0, the first 'official' version, is released. (woot woot!!)
In 2006, Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro  

happy day to me!   I got a new pc at work and it runs!! (way better than the last one)

 

Coolness! What kind of PC?  

1952 : Chevrolet chassis completed


The Corvette when it was introduced in 1953Maurice Olley, Chevrolet's chief engineer, completed his chassis, code-named Opel, which would eventually become the chassis for the 1953 Corvette. The Opel project had been initiated after Harley Earls' General Motors (GM) Design Division created models and drawings for a new GM sports car. Later in 1952, a prototype GM fiberglass car accidentally rolled during testing. The car's fiberglass roof remained structurally intact, and GM engineers for the first time considered building an all-fiberglass body for one of their cars. As project Opel moved forward, the new sports car took shape as a rear-engine, all-fiberglass sports car, the first in America. In July of 1952, the Corvette got its name from an extensive search through an English dictionary, which found that a corvette was a small-sized, speedy warship of the Royal Navy. Strong consideration was also given to the name Corvair. In January of 1953, the Corvette was exhibited as a dream car at the Motorama Car Show in New York City. The first Corvette, a white convertible with red interior, drove off the assembly line on June 30, 1953. That year, the car was produced in limited numbers, but full-scale production began the following year after Ford released its T-Bird at the New York Auto Show in February. The small-car competition from Ford prompted Chevrolet officials to continue Corvette production in spite of misgivings. By 1954, the Corvette was a failure, with some 3,500 cars sold and another 1,200 left unsold by year's end. Chevy engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, initially brought on to develop the Corvette's performance, urged his superiors not to admit defeat on the project; instead, he sought to create a separate department to oversee development of the car. From this point forward, Arkus-Duntov took turning the Corvette into a legitimate sports car as a personal challenge. He overhauled the engine and drive-shaft. Over the next two years, minor adjustments were made to the car's body and styling. By 1955, the Corvette, equipped with new suspension and a 195hp engine, was tested in disguise at the Pike's Peak Hill Climb, where it shattered the stock-car record with Arkus-Duntov behind the wheel. In February of 1956, Arkus-Duntov drove a modified Corvette V-8 to a two-way stock-car record of 150mph at the Daytona Raceway. While the Corvette would not surpass the T-Bird in sales during the 1950s, it would fulfill its initial expectation to become the first American sports car.
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I went to corvette funfest last year.. I've never seen so meny vettes in one place..

http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/events/112_0609_2006_mid_america_corvette_fun_fest/photo_155.html