Another Trivial Khemi Monday DateTime:9/27/2009 11:20:23 AM
Welcome back sports fans! Happy Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day. It may not be as unique as you think, so go ahead and spill it in the comments and we, the panel of judges, will decide if your talent is celebration worthy!
Trivia time... it's hard to keep track of the prize list, but it's growing all the time! I think just last week someone threw in a golden shower. That'll go great with the spongebath from my mom! Here's today's question, may the force be with you!
On this day in history...
- 1434 - Thames River freezes.
- 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species".
- 1874 - Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire.
- 1950 - UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas.
- 1954 - Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened.
- 1963 - 1st live murder on TV - Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald.
- 1966 - The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper".
- 1991 - Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year.
- 1992 - Sega releases the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 game for the Genesis and Game Gear game systems. Sega calls the day “Sonic 2sday”.
- 1995 - Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%).
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