On this day in history.

[J. A.]

March 31, 1889: The Eiffel Tower is officially opened

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

 

[scifan57]

March 31, 1836; the first installment of "The Pickwick Papers", Charles Dickens' first novel is published.

 

[J. A.]

April 1, 1946: Aleutian Island earthquake: A 8.6 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo.

 

[Iriana]

April 1 1748 - Ruins of Pompeii found

1924 - Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Today in 2013 - I didn't get sucked in by a single April Fools gag.

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[twerppoet]

Today in 2013 - I didn't get sucked in by a single April Fools gag.

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Are you sure. That Cylon armada might be real, even if the formation does look like Pac-Man. You should assume Ghost formation and intercept them before they reach that moon. It looks suspiciously like a power up.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Lords of Kobol! I spoke too soon. Jump!

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[zstairlessone]

Lords of Kobol! I spoke too soon. Jump!

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It's ok, they are really a Klingon armada under disguise.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

It's ok, they are really a Klingon armada under disguise.

So they're cloaked ! Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. Hard to port and engage!

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[AdmiralAdama]

Today in 1868 - First Canadian April Fools' Day on record. Poisson d'avril!

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[Richard Brown]

April 1 1748 - Ruins of Pompeii found

1924 - Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted

We watched a programme on "The other Pompeii: life and death in Herculaneum" on BBC2 last night. That was a truly fascinating programme. Herculaneum (Hercules's town) was better preserved than Pompeii with wooden artefacts, documents etc surviving, albeit charred.

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[J. A.]

April 2, 1912: RMS Titanic begins sea trials.





Wikipedia

 

[J. A.]

April 3, 1885: Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.

 

[Richard Brown]

3rd April 1973 the first mobile phone came out.

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[scifan57]

April 03, 1860; the Pony Express debuts, with mail taking about 10 days to go the 1,800 mile distance between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sactamento, California.