Quote:I also remember 1493!
Strange... I would never have believed you were that old; aside from the religious field, I, rather,
know of an event in
1492 for which we have minor holiday coming up mid-October.
Quote:i remember 333
Was that half way to... uh, never mind
Quote:Ruddy Normans
I can trace my heritage back to a mixture of Celt and Viking! Death to all invaders, Saxons, Normans...
Rollo was the initial leader of the particular
vikings to become known as the
Normans (Norse Man [aka viking] = North man [or man of the north] thus Nor-man).
Quote:Hmm... dictionary.com reveals that nymphomania is a typical femal problem... So it wasn't the male side of your family that made you what you are Ozzy!
Not all by themselves,
Omag. Besides, in most cultures it's the mother who has the most initial influence even in the area of learning. Perhaps
ozzy's reference is to whom wore the pants in the family
(for those familiar with the term)
-- or, more often, didn't.
Quote:Its standard stuff in Australia- Medieval History, First Form (Year 7).A.
Hmm, standard stuff? ... all this time I was sure Australia had advanced more than that. 8)
Quote:My history is a little rusty so I'm wondering why 1949. ...that was the year that the USSR detonated their first atomic bomb, therefore the quickly escalating Cold War had completely entered the atomic age... Is that a date that gets more attention in the other parts of the world?
1949 -- (aside from my own family link to that year):
in respect to
Heretic would most probably be that the Federal Republic of Germany was established and Nazi assets were returned to German supervision;
the era of U.S. television "sitcoms" began;
RCA developed a "compatible" color TV;
People's Republic of China was formally established;
The Geneva Convention (again).
I'm sure there are many others and I admit I don't remember exact dates -- but, hey, you can look them up:P. 8)
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