home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
BBS in a Box 7
/
BBS in a Box - Macintosh - Volume VII (BBS in a Box) (January 1993).iso
/
Files
/
Hyper
/
N-O
/
On this Date 3.0.cpt
/
On this Date 3.0
/
card_58459.txt
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-02-12
|
1KB
|
44 lines
-- card: 58459 from stack: in.0
-- bmap block id: 0
-- flags: 0000
-- background id: 4410
-- name:
-- part contents for background part 14
----- text -----
June 6
-- part contents for background part 13
----- text -----
In 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.
In 1918, the World War I Battle of Belieau Wood, which would result in a U.S. victory over the Germans, began in France.
In 1925, Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corp.
In 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, N.J.
In 1934, the Securities and Exchange Commission was established.
In 1942, Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle of Midway.
In 1944, the "D-day" invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
-- part contents for background part 16
----- text -----
Baseball hall-of-famer Bill Dickey (1917)
California Gov. George Deukmejian (1928)
Singer-songwriter Gary "U.S." Bonds (1939)
Playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein (1954)
Retired tennis player Bjorn Borg (1956)
-- part contents for background part 17
----- text -----
"The only soul a man must save is his own."
---------------------------------------------
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)