March 25th.The Fall of Barad-dûr anniversary!

POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Saturday, March 26, 2005 00:38
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AURAPTOR

Friday, March 25, 2005 2:36 PM

Hail the Halflings! All praise Frodo the Brave!

As legend has it, it was on THIS date untold years ago that the Ring of Power was cast into the cracks of Mt Doom and Sauron was defeated. While scholars debate on the EXACT day ( depending on how the different callenders match up with each other ) today has been generally accepted by the Kings and Stewards Reckoning to celebrate the blessed event.

So, raise your pint and celebrate on this GREAT Friday!

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

HARDWARE

Friday, March 25, 2005 3:02 PM

Just to keep things in perspective...

On this day...
0001 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
0031 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
0421 Friday at 12 Prime Minister: city of Venice founded
0708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0752 Stephen ends his reign as Catholic Pope (or 26th)
1133 William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England
1306 Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland
1409 Council of Pisa opens
1571 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
1581 Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal
1584 Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore North America
1598 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies
1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co
1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland
1647 Cape of Good Hope; tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay
1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)
1668 1st horse race in America takes place
1669 Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000
1700 England, France & Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty
1753 Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia
1774 English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill
1776 Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington
1802 France, Netherlands, Spain & England signs Peace of Amiens
1807 1st railway passenger service began in England
1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade
1807 George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs
1813 1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex
1814 Netherlands Bank established
1817 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack
1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)
1847 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland"
1852 Friedrich Hebbel's "Agnes Bernauer" premieres in Munich
1856 A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine
1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse
1863 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded
1863 Skirmish at Brentwood TN
1864 Battle of Paducah KY (Forrest's raid)
1865 Battle of Bluff Spring FL
1865 Battle of Fort Stedman VA: in front of Petersburg
1865 Battle of Mobile AL (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely)
1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400
1876 Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0)
1882 1st demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York NY)
1888 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber
1889 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town vs England
1894 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon OH for Washington DC
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1896 Modern Olympics begin in Athens Greece
1898 Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in New York NY
1900 US Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis
1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown IA
1902 Irving W Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine
1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South
1907 Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup
1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champion
1911 146 die in a fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York NY
1911 L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay
1913 Great Dayton Flood
1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York NY) starring Ed Wynn
1915 1st submarine disaster; a US F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21
1915 German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea
1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard & Franc Moran fight to no decision in 10 for boxing title (New York NY)
1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
1920 Greek Independence Day
1923 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy
1924 Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriótis as premier
1924 S

MONTANAGIRL

Friday, March 25, 2005 8:04 PM

How sad am I that I got really excited by this?

And I see that you added that quote of Faramir's to your info page. Good work! Glad I could be of assistance for that.

Packer fans welcome.
All others tolerated.

RHYMEPHILE

Friday, March 25, 2005 8:43 PM

Holy crikey, I hope that was a cut-and-paste job.

Hooray for the Fires of Mount Doom! Huzzah! Poor Smeagol, though. Tricksy Hobbitses.

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"I've seen life on this planet, Scully, and that's precisely why I'm looking elsewhere."

-- Fox Mulder, The X-Files

HARDWARE

Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by RhymePhile:
Holy crikey, I hope that was a cut-and-paste job.

If it wasn't I have the typing speed of Clark Kent!

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

AURAPTOR

Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:38 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by montanagirl:
How sad am I that I got really excited by this?

And I see that you added that quote of Faramir's to your info page. Good work! Glad I could be of assistance for that.

Packer fans welcome.
All others tolerated.

A most worthy quote,...

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "