On this day in history.

[Iriana]

1630 - Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil.

 

[J. A.]

February 15, 1988: American theoretical physicist Richard P. Feynman dies

 

[J. A.]

February 16, 1959: John McEnroe, US- american tennis player, is born

 

[goofy8275]

February the sixteenth: This Day In History.
What follows is a list of some of the major events that happened this day in history (February the sixteenth). Credit goes to history.com.

1778: John Adams prepares to sail to France.
1848: Chopin plays his final Paris concert.
1878: Silver dollars are made legal.
1923: English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the Egyptian pharaoh, King Tutankhamen (Tut).
1944: Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford is born.
1997: Jeff Gordon becomes the youngest Daytona winner ever.

2013: This post is typed.


Regards.
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[Richard Brown]

February the sixteenth: This Day In History.
What follows is a list of some of the major events that happened this day in history (February the sixteenth). Credit goes to history.com.

1778: John Adams prepares to sail to France.
1848: Chopin plays his final Paris concert.
1878: Silver dollars are made legal.
1923: English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the Egyptian pharaoh, King Tutankhamen (Tut).
1944: Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford is born.
1997: Jeff Gordon becomes the youngest Daytona winner ever.

2013: This post is typed.

Regards.
From the iPad of Goofy8275, iPadForums.net user

That was a busy date, Goofy! . It's great to see you around the forums.

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[goofy8275]

That was a busy date, Goofy! . It's great to see you around the forums.

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If you think that's busy you should see the list for events on my birthday!

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[J. A.]

February 17, 1972 – the sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model-T

 

[goofy8275]

February 17, 1801: Thomas Jefferson is elected
1904: Madame Butterfly premieres

2013: this post is typed

Regards.
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[scifan57]

February 17, 1904; Madame Butterfly premieres at the La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madama_Butterfly


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hohenstein_Madama_Butterfly.jpg

 

[J. A.]

February 17, 2013: scifan writes post # 6000 in the "Anything goes" thread.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Today in 1962 - Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin".

AA

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[scifan57]

February 18, 1885; Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

 

[J. A.]

February 18, 1885; Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Wikipedia tells me that they were published in Canada and Great Britain December 1884, and on February 18, 1885 in USA.

 

[The OB]

Wikipedia tells me that they were published in Canada and Great Britain December 1884, and on February 18, 1885 in USA.

I believe Scifan is not wrong on this because, although it was published in England in December 1884, there is a geographical consideration to take into account. It was published in the US in Feb 1885, a matter of a mere 2 months later. Although there was the obvious affiliation between Canada and England when a British publication was announced in London Dec '84, the February '85 Publication in the US would have been the more practical and expedient one given the geographical and communications proximity of US and Canada, where publishing houses had a close affiliation.




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[J. A.]

I believe Scifan is not wrong on this because, although it was published in England in December 1884, there is a geographical consideration to take into account. It was published in the US in Feb 1985, a matter of a mere 2 months later. Although there was the obvious affiliation between Canada and England when a British publication was announced in London Dec '84, the February '85 Publication in the US would have been the more practical and expedient one given the geographical and communications proximity of US and Canada, where publishing houses had a close affiliatin.

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I wanted to confirm Scifan's post, my intention was not to prove he's wrong.
If it seems so, I've obviously chosen the wrong words. Sorry!