ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
08.07.08 (10:51 am) [edit]
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1917: British pilot EH Dunning, the first to land an aircraft on a ship, is killed trying another landing.
•1926: Britain’s first motor racing grand prix is held at Brooklands, Surrey, and is won by the French team.
•1962: US congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, increasing American military involvement in Vietnam.
1917: British pilot EH Dunning, the first to land an aircraft on a ship, is killed trying another landing.•
1926: Britain’s first motor racing grand prix is held at Brooklands, Surrey, and is won by the French team.•
1962: US congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, increasing American military involvement in Vietnam.
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 08.07.08 (4:30 am)
•2008 A blogger from the U.S. named surrogate drinks his morning coffee without dribbling down his shirt, a true "first" -for him, anyway.
posted by: raggedtiger (reply)
post date: 08.07.08 (4:33 am)
Reply to: surrogate
lol...i will note that down in my history files for next year