... the day Wikipedia writes about "InChI=1S/2C5H5.Rh/c2*1-2-4-5-3-1;/h2*1-5H;/q2*-1;+2 Key: IWAKCRNSZSPDTB-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1/2C5H5.Rh/c2*1-2-4-5-3-1;/h2*1-5H;/q2*-1;+2 Key: IWAKCRNSZSPDTB-UHFFFAOYAC", the day pibbur doesn't know where his sitting-at-the-computer-glasses are, and another day in Edinburgh
0037: Roman emperor Caligula (who remained an emperor of Rome for 4 years (wow!) before being assassinated) accepted the title of Principate.
0193: Roman emperor Pertinax was assassinated after 3 months in office during the year of 5 emperors.
0364: Roman emperor Valentinia 1.0 employs his brother as co-emperor. Which seems to have been a wise choice, as this emperor lasted for an unheard-of period of 11 years.
0845: Ragnar Lodbrok sacks Paris and later accepts a lot of gold for leaving. He was Danish.
According to Wikipedia nothing happened on this day for the next 931 years. The dark ages, I presume.
1776: Juan Bautista de Anza finds the Presidio of San Francisco. Whioch reminds me: Has somebody seen my glasses?
1795: Duchy of Courland ceases to exist, according to Wikipedia, and becomes part of Imperial Russia. How can something that doesn't exist become part of something that does? JemyM, You're the philosopher here - care to explain?
(You don't have to, but if you do, I promise I'll say something nice about Sweden in the near future)
1802: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers the second astertoid known to man: 2 Pallas, a planet wannabe. But ultimately boring as it doesn't seem to collide with earth in the near future.
1871: Paris is established in Paris
1979: Three Mile Island event
Notable pwnings:
1794: Prince of Coburg pwns France
1809: France pwns Spain
1854: France and the UK wants to pwn Russia
1862: The unions pwn confederates at the Glorieta pass.
1986: Lady Gaga
Notable first time appearances:
1930: Istanbul and A nkara
1942: Conrad Schumann:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Conrad-schumann.jpg
Notable last time appearances:
1930: Constantinople and Angora
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened"
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