shropshire 0 #1 May 6, 2009 06-May-1954 Roger Bannister ran a mile in less than 4 minutes (3mins 59.4 seconds) (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #2 May 6, 2009 His wife with the rolling pin came in second...2.3 seconds behind.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 May 6, 2009 There speaks a man who's been there!! (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifall 0 #4 May 6, 2009 And in 1937 this happened. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #5 May 6, 2009 Very sad event (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhatter 0 #6 May 6, 2009 Some other good things: 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris. 1992 - Mary Evans Young instigates International No Diet DayA VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! D.S # 125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifall 0 #7 May 6, 2009 Sure was. So, here is something on the other end of the spectrum. http://www.travel-watch.com/baseballflashback%20babe%20ruth.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #8 May 6, 2009 1940 John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,354 #9 May 7, 2009 Hi shrop, Thanks. I remember it well as I was delivering newspapers that day. Gettin' old . . . . . (edit) not 'gettin' - - am old JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #10 May 8, 2009 Quote 06-May-1954 Roger Bannister ran a mile in less than 4 minutes (3mins 59.4 seconds) To think... he accomplished that without doping or Red Bull! What an athlete! Too cool! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amma 0 #11 May 8, 2009 08 May 1945 England and US celebrate V-E day. 08 May 1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented the flavor syrup for Coca-Cola Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
