This day in history - September 10

[seamusTX]

1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.

1813 - Captain Oliver Perry sent the message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after defeating the British in the Battle of Lake Erie.

1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine.

1924 - Leopold and Loeb were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, after one of many "trials of the century."

1948 - Mildred Gillars, the American woman who had broadcast Nazi propaganda as "Axis Sally," was indicted in Washington, D.C., for treason.

She was eventually tried and found guilty of one count of treason. She was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison and released in 1961.

2001 - Some 3,000 people kissed their spouses and children good night, went to bed, or worked late, or worried about their problems, not knowing that they had seen their last sunset on earth.

- Jim

[USA1]

2001 - Some 3,000 people kissed their spouses and children good night, went to bed, or worked late, or worried about their problems, not knowing that they had seen their last sunset on earth.

- Jim

my prayers go out to all the Americans who were viciously murdered by those scum .

[Wisewr]

1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine.

My parents and grandparents had a few of the very old Singer sewing machines. Not sure when these particular models were made, but Singer started making machines in 1851. Reading on in wikipedia it says that Howe eventually took the Singer Corporation, originally know as I.M. Singer & Co., to court claiming patent enfringments and won. The Singer Corporation ended up giving him a lump sum for machines sold and then $1.15 a machine thereafter.

2001 - Some 3,000 people kissed their spouses and children good night, went to bed, or worked late, or worried about their problems, not knowing that they had seen their last sunset on earth.

I've never really thought of it from that point of view. That is a very sobering thought. That raises the question in my mind, what if today was my last day? Am I in good standings with my friends, family, and more importantly God? I hope that we, as a country, never have to go through something like that again, but I also hope that we never foregt about it and that we have the talk with our children and grandchildren about it. My thoughts, like USA1, are always with the victims familys.

Just to tie in yesterdays "Day in History," were the deaths due to inciderary bombs/ballons the last recorded deaths due to enemy violence in the states up until 9/11 or were there others?

[pdubyoo]

2001 - Some 3,000 people kissed their spouses and children good night, went to bed, or worked late, or worried about their problems, not knowing that they had seen their last sunset on earth.

We Will Never Forget!!

[seamusTX]

That raises the question in my mind, what if today was my last day? Am I in good standings with my friends, family, and more importantly God?

Some wise person said to live each day as if it were the last day of your life.

However, there are at least two ways of taking that advice, and one of them is not so good.

Just to tie in yesterdays "Day in History," were the deaths due to inciderary bombs/ballons the last recorded deaths due to enemy violence in the states up until 9/11 or were there others?

Just off the top of my head, there was the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. I'm sure there were other terroristic incidents aside from domestic terrorism, but I don't have time to look them up.

- Jim

[USA1]

That raises the question in my mind, what if today was my last day? Am I in good standings with my friends, family, and more importantly God?

Some wise person said to live each day as if it were the last day of your life.

However, there are at least two ways of taking that advice, and one of them is not so good.

Just to tie in yesterdays "Day in History," were the deaths due to inciderary bombs/ballons the last recorded deaths due to enemy violence in the states up until 9/11 or were there others?

Just off the top of my head, there was the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. I'm sure there were other terroristic incidents aside from domestic terrorism, but I don't have time to look them up.

- Jim

i thought of that too , but i don't recall anyone being killed . maybe i'm wrong

[seamusTX]

Six dead, 1,042 injured.

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If you have time on your hands: http://books.google.com/books?id=a2p6mq ... il&f=false" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim