234 years ago, Protestors shut down the court in Springfield, Massachusetts starting the Shay's Rebellion
106 years ago, the Federal Trade Commission was established (proving Big government is nothing new!)
72 years ago, singer Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1939 - Germany occupies Warsaw as Poland falls to Germany and the Soviet Union.
1964 - The Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, issues its report, stating its conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole gunman.
This day in history - 2020:
Think Tank ass-wipery leaking into another part of the forum. This is the games section. Keep your poisonous polluting petty sniping to where we can avoid it.
Oh look, let's whine about the think tank fuckery while at the same time abandoning this thread because it is no longer in the think tank.
What a bunch of assholes you guys are.
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Oct 1, 1971 - Walt Disney World Resort Opens
Walt Disney World Resort Opens in Orlando Florida, the resort opened with the Magic Kingdom theme park featuring the Cinderella Castle at it's center and has since added Epcot and the others. The project had begun way back in 1959 after the success of Disneyland in California (opened 1955), and because he did not want land speculators to realize what he was up to he bought land through dummy corporations 27,400 acres in the area. The Walt Disney World Resort is not actually in Orlando as it is outside city limits.
112 years ago today Henry Ford's company builds the first Model T car
Oct. 3, 1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on ABC-TV.
1962 The Beatles release their first record, "Love Me Do"
150 years ago today The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history. They were the first to stop a moving train.