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Subject: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Suffet Date: 30 Jan 02 - 09:05 PM Is January 30 the worst date ever? Or at least the worst date in the 20th century, just passed? Consider the following: January 30, 1933: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. January 30, 1948: Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. January 30, 1972: Britsh troops open fire on unarmed civil rights demonstrators in Derry, NI, killing 13 and wounding many more. Need I say more? --- Steve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: wysiwyg Date: 30 Jan 02 - 09:10 PM AND it leads inexorably to.... FEBRUARY! Hardiman says even God hates February-- gave it as few days as possible. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Morticia Date: 30 Jan 02 - 09:21 PM Ah but my best beloved Gomez was born on 30th January;it may not make up for these things on a global scale, but I'm pretty chuffed :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Amos Date: 30 Jan 02 - 09:24 PM I'm sorry but that was done by the Roman Emperor Numa and modified later by the Decemvirs, a panel of ten magistrates, around 450 BC. Julius Caesar and his advisor Sosigenes then straightened out the loose ends around 46 BC. It was finally trimmed back to match the solar cycle by Pope Gregory in 1582. Render unto Caesar...
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Bobert Date: 30 Jan 02 - 09:28 PM The bad stuff comes in 3's. THE JINX IS OVER! HAPPY JANUARY 30TH, SUFFET. Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Suffet Date: 30 Jan 02 - 09:31 PM Glad to hear that, Bobert. --- Steve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Jim Dixon Date: 30 Jan 02 - 10:14 PM My worst date ever was when I was fixed up with my college roommate's girlfriend's sister. Let's see, was that in January...? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Charcloth Date: 30 Jan 02 - 11:38 PM Hey! It's me birthday. I kinda like it |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Benjamin Date: 30 Jan 02 - 11:45 PM It's my birthday as well (happy birthday Charcloth) and no it's not the worst day ever. Nominate your own birthday. I'm sure we could dig up some dirt on that day! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Charcloth Date: 30 Jan 02 - 11:49 PM Yeah! I second that Benjamin! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: alison Date: 30 Jan 02 - 11:59 PM my hubby's birthday too.... happy birthday all of you slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Don Firth Date: 31 Jan 02 - 12:20 AM So happy birthday, you two! See? January 30th ain't so bad after all! Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 31 Jan 02 - 12:26 AM It's the day before I started to work for the IRS..... does that make it good or bad??? LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Melani Date: 31 Jan 02 - 01:53 AM George W started bombing Afghanistan on my birthday. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: GUEST Date: 31 Jan 02 - 06:27 AM The WTC hit was on my BD (thank goodness it doesn't happen every year!) I also had an abcess tooth which landed me in the hospital that week, when the infection travelled to my eye. Jan 30th was also Veep Dick Cheney's bd I believe. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Wolfgang Date: 31 Jan 02 - 07:53 AM I second Benjamin of course. Go to one of the many sites who list events per day of the year and you'll see that. But just to keep in step with the start of the thread I just went to such a site and can add: Jan 30, 1945: 'Wilhelm Gustloff' torpedoed by allied submarine, more than 7000 refugees dead in worst single vessel loss ever Jan 30, 1958: House of Lords passes bill allowing women in, oh wait, does that come under bad or under the heading of good news? Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Wolfgang Date: 31 Jan 02 - 08:02 AM Just to follow Benjamin's idea I choose the second to last day of the following month as a target and here you go (only from one site with such dates): Feb 27, 1925, Hitler forms NSDAP party in Munich Feb 27, 1932 Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA (38 dead) Feb 27, 1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on communists Feb 27, 1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 US warships sunk-2 Japanese over to someone else for second to last day of March Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: SharonA Date: 31 Jan 02 - 08:59 AM Wellllll...... Janet Reno fainted yesterday, during a speech in Rochester, NY. Doees that count? For some reason, this news site calls her "Jeno Reno": Jeno Reno collapses |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Kim C Date: 31 Jan 02 - 10:56 AM Oh, I thought this was a thread about Dates! Like when I went to the 99-cent movies with a guy who made me buy my own ticket. Lessee... on my birthday, September 7.... Keith Moon died.... Buddy Holly was born.... and in 1876, the citizens of Northfield, Minnesota fought back against the James-Younger gang in a botched bank robbery attempt. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Bill D Date: 31 Jan 02 - 10:59 AM seeing as how theres only 365 days, and there's been ...oh, I calculate 'bout 893 horrible events (that's just since 1066!) (count 'em if you doubt me)...we need a list and a graph...and a rating system!! YES!...and a voting procedure...and a permathread to track the results!...Wow....and songs to commerate the ones that have been missed....and new holidays on the days that are decided to be the saddest!..... So...lets get at it...hey..NO...wait don't....ulllmmmmmmppppfffffffffff |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: simon-pierre Date: 31 Jan 02 - 05:23 PM January 30 To see other dates, check the Daily Bleed (with a somewhat anarchist point of view, but they're funny) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Desdemona Date: 31 Jan 02 - 05:36 PM I agree with Bill D.: there's only limited number of dates from which to choose, so inevitably there will be good, bad & indifferent events occurring somewhere on all of them! (Personally, I've observed that no good ever seems to comes of Valentine Day, but thst's just me...) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Peg Date: 31 Jan 02 - 05:46 PM I have heard that most political assassinations or coups happen on or near the 23rd of the month... Peg, born on the 23rd of October, which biblical scholars calculated to the the day of the creation, in 4004 BC.
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: GUEST Date: 31 Jan 02 - 07:28 PM gee my worst date ever was with valerie klassen |
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Subject: RE: BS: Jan. 30: worst date ever? From: Susanne (skw) Date: 31 Jan 02 - 08:56 PM Maybe it's partly a national thing. For Germany, one contender surely is 9 November: 1918 German capitulation ends WWI (a good thing, on the whole...) 1923 Hitler and associates stage the March on the Feldherrnhalle, Munich (and fail - a good thing in the short term only) 1939 State-engineered pogrom against the Jews known as 'Kristallnacht' in Germany (a thoroughly bad thing) 1989 The Berlin Wall comes down (the jury is still out on whether this was a bad or a good thing) I'm sure Wolfgang or someone else will come up with more events. |