On This Day (April 1)

**MSFixR** · 03-31-2008, 09:09 PM

1815 - Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany born. (d. 1898) (Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman of the 19th century. As Minister-President of Prussia from 1862–90, he oversaw the unification of Germany. From 1867 on, he was Chancellor of the North German Confederation. When the second German Empire was formed in 1871, he served as its first Chancellor, gaining the nickname "Iron Chancellor". As Chancellor, Bismarck held an important role in German government and greatly influenced German politics during his time of service.)

Otto von Bismarck
1865 – Ordered to hold Five Forks, Confederate General George Pickett instead lost almost 3,000.
1917 - Scott Joplin, American musician and composer died. (b. 1868) (Joplin was an American musician and composer of ragtime music. He remains the best-known ragtime figure and is regarded as one of the three most important composers of classic ragtime,[1] along with James Scott and Joseph Lamb.)

Maple Leaf Rag, Scott Joplin, piano
1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes the book Mein Kampf.
1969 – The British-born model Hawker Siddeley Harrier was introduced at a Royal Air Force event, becoming the only one in the 1960s to successfully perform on a short runway.
1970 – The first of over 670,000 gremlins were released into North America over a nine-year period.
1976 – Two college dropouts co-founded what is now Apple Inc. to sell their handicrafts, eventually offering them at a market-price of US$666.66 because they liked repeating digits.
1999 – The Canadian Government under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien forced the Northwest Territories to carve all of its inhabitants into two pieces.
2004 – Google launched a free Web-based service, providing users an unprecedented 1000 megabytes of storage for spam.

Blackmask · 04-01-2008, 04:49 AM

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1999 – The Canadian Government under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien forced the Northwest Territories to carve all of its inhabitants into two pieces.

huh?????

**MSFixR** · 04-01-2008, 06:12 AM

It will come to you.

03-31-2008, 09:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,501 My Profile	On This Day (April 1) 1815 - Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany born. (d. 1898) (Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman of the 19th century. As Minister-President of Prussia from 1862–90, he oversaw the unification of Germany. From 1867 on, he was Chancellor of the North German Confederation. When the second German Empire was formed in 1871, he served as its first Chancellor, gaining the nickname "Iron Chancellor". As Chancellor, Bismarck held an important role in German government and greatly influenced German politics during his time of service.) Otto von Bismarck 1865 – Ordered to hold Five Forks, Confederate General George Pickett instead lost almost 3,000. 1917 - Scott Joplin, American musician and composer died. (b. 1868) (Joplin was an American musician and composer of ragtime music. He remains the best-known ragtime figure and is regarded as one of the three most important composers of classic ragtime,[1] along with James Scott and Joseph Lamb.) Maple Leaf Rag, Scott Joplin, piano 1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes the book Mein Kampf. 1969 – The British-born model Hawker Siddeley Harrier was introduced at a Royal Air Force event, becoming the only one in the 1960s to successfully perform on a short runway. 1970 – The first of over 670,000 gremlins were released into North America over a nine-year period. 1976 – Two college dropouts co-founded what is now Apple Inc. to sell their handicrafts, eventually offering them at a market-price of US$666.66 because they liked repeating digits. 1999 – The Canadian Government under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien forced the Northwest Territories to carve all of its inhabitants into two pieces. 2004 – Google launched a free Web-based service, providing users an unprecedented 1000 megabytes of storage for spam.

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