Jun 4, 2008

Who knew?

Today is Wednesday, June 4th, the 156th day of 2008. There are 210 days left in the year.


On June 4th, 1942, the Pacific Battle of Midway began during World War II; three days later, American naval forces claimed a decisive victory over the Japanese.


In 1878, the Ottoman Empire turned over control of Cyprus to the British.


In 1896, Henry Ford made a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage, called a "quadricycle," through the streets of Detroit.


In 1940, the Allied military evacuation from Dunkirk, France, ended.


In 1989, Chinese army troops stormed Beijing to crush a pro-democracy movement, killing hundreds, possibly thousands, of people.


And in today's news:
Kari Byron talks about the night we spent together.

2 comments:

Yankee John said...

I think the dialog that went with this clip is as follows:
"Then I stuck one pinky in this end and the other pinky in his mouth and rolled him around like a spitted fetal pig."

Grant became very excited and left the room for some "alone time".

KAISER ANDY I said...

Alright, where'd you hid the bug this time?