Today in History.....

[haiducii]

On this day: 20th February

American grunge rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) was born on February 20, 1967. Feb. 20 will be dedicated to Kurt Cobain in the late singer’s hometown of Aberdeen, Wash. Local officials have pegged the late Nirvana frontman’s birthday as Kurt Cobain Day, which will be recognized annually in his memory.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 21st February

In 1965 Malcolm X was on stage and about to speak at a rally at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, N.Y., when three members of the Nation of Islam shot him. He was pronounced dead at nearby Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 24th February

In 1981 Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 27th February

In 1892 French businessman, craftsman, designer, and founder of his namesake leather goods brand, Louis Vuitton, died.

 

[littlebob]

Today is the day Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the very anti gay bill in Arizona. Why did it take her so long?

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 28th February

In 1984 Michael Jackson won eight awards at the 26th GRAMMYs. His wins included Record Of The Year for "Beat It" and Album Of The Year for ''Thriller''. Jackson still holds the all-time record for most Grammys won in one night (btw, Santana tied Jackson's record in 2000).

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 1st March

In 1994 Justin Drew Bieber, a Canadian pop musician, actor, and singer-songwriter, is born.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 12th March

In 1857 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra" premieres in Venice.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 14th March

In 1879, Albert Einstein is born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein's theories of special and general relativity drastically altered man's view of the universe, and his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics and, ultimately, the atomic bomb.

I never realized Albert Einstein was born on Pi day.

 

[gorgik9]

Hrmmm...I think you're wrong on quantum mechanics and Einstein...

Einstein would never accept quantum theory fully, since he thought that the fundamental consequence would be, that there wouldn't be any real binding laws in nature on the atomic and sub-atomic level. There's a famous anecdote about this, about a discussion between Einstein and the great danish scientist Niels Bohr, who was one of the founding fathers of quantum physics.

So Einstein said : "I can't accept that God would play dice with the universe!!!"
Bohr, who was the coolest cat ever,said : "And you shouldn't try to tell God what he can't do! That's not YOUR business!!!"

Into his old age, Einstein was trying to design experiments that would prove, that Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg and the quantum theorists were wrong. To no avail.

Without the shadow of a doubt, Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists in history. But even Einstein shouldn't tell God what he couldn't do...

 

[haiducii]

@gorgik9

Thanks for your kind comment.

I wrote:''...his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics''. I know his relation to quantum theory was very complex. But in fact he helped invent quantum mechanics.

 

[gorgik9]

I guess this could be a matter of semantics, what the expression "he helped invent" should mean. But I won't argue about that kind of booooring niceties...

 

[dargelos]

Today will be remembered by me and many others as the day we mourned the loss of a great man, Tony Benn. Some politicians are respected, some are admired, most are regarded with contempt, few are loved the way he was. It is no tragedy to die after a long and eventful career, we all have to go sometime and it was a peaceful end. When I think of him it will be with deep affection. What more can you ask?

Watch this and remember Tony with a smile.

 

[ihno]

I guess this could be a matter of semantics, what the expression "he helped invent" should mean. But I won't argue about that kind of booooring niceties...

... since when? ...

(Sorry, could not resist :big hug: )

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 21st March

In 1960, Ayrton Senna was born in Sao Paulo. He was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships. He was killed in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He is among the most dominant and successful Formula 1 drivers of all time and is considered as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport. [W1K1]

 

[voccu]

23.03.1839.

OK, 'most spoken word on the planet', marks its 175th anniversary!

It will be 175 years since OK - or, as some prefer, okay - first appeared in print, on page two of The Boston Morning Post, then one of the most popular newspapers in the United States.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 26th March

In 1944, the "Female Entertainer of the Century" was born in Detroit.



Diana Ross is an American singer, actress and record producer...
And at 70 years young, Ms.Ross shows no sign of stopping yet.
Happy birthday, Diana!

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 29th March

In 1969, four countries won the Eurovision Song Contest, the first time ever a tie-break situation had occurred. However, there was no rule at the time to cover such an eventuality, so all four countries were declared joint winners.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 30th March

In 1987, Japanese insurance magnate Yasuo Goto paid about US $40 million for Van Gogh's Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers (from Sunflowers series) at auction at Christie's London, at the time a record-setting amount for a work of art.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 1st April

In 2008, the BBC reported on a newly discovered colony of flying penguins. An elaborate video segment was even produced, featuring Terry Jones walking with the penguins in Antarctica, and following their flight to the Amazon rainforest.