HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mark I hope you have a great day John Happy Birthday to Mark manly hugs and kisses.... hehe Dave, Pam and Nikki ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Comparison stories between Countries are always most welcome. These help to make the list interesting as well as educational. _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters

Happy Birthday Mark. . . . . Hope you've had a wonderful day. Here are some interesting events that happened on your special day. Jennifer 1595 - Henry IV's army defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Fontaine-Francaise. 1637 - American settlers in New England massacred a Pequot Indian village. 1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to demonstrate that lightning was a form of electricity. 1783 - A hot-air balloon was demonstrated by Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier. It reached a height of 1,500 feet. 1827 - Athens fell to the Ottomans. 1865 - The first safe deposit vault was opened in New York. The charge was $1.50 a year for every $1,000 that was stored. 1924 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson transmitted the first facsimile message across the Atlantic Ocean. 1927 - Johnny Weissmuller set two world records in swimming events. Weissmuller set marks in the 100-yard, and 200-yard, free-style swimming competition. 1940 - During World War II, the Battle of France began when Germany began an offensive in Southern France. 1942 - In France, Pierre Laval congratulated French volunteers that were fighting in the U.S.S.R. with Germans. 1956 - Premier Nikita Khrushchev denounced Josef Stalin to the Soviet Communist Party Congress. 1967 - The Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began. 1968 - U.S. <http://www.on-this-day.com/us> Senator Robert F. Kennedy was mortally shot in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy died early the next morning. 1973 - The first hole-in-one in the British Amateur golf championship was made by Jim Crowford. 1975 - Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping, eight years after it was closed because of the 1967 war with Israel. 1981 - In the U.S. <http://www.on-this-day.com/us>, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that five men in Los Angeles were suffering from a rare pneumonia found in patients with weakened immune systems. They were the first recognized cases of what came to be known as AIDS. 1994 - An earthquake in East Java killed 264 people. 1998 - Volkswagen AG won approval to buy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars for $700 million, outbidding BMW's $554 million offer.

Happy Birthday Mark, hope it was a good one. Jenny. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Clark" <john768@hotmail.com> To: <GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [TRIVVIES] Birthday Boy > HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mark > > I hope you have a great day > > John > > > > > Happy Birthday to Mark > > manly hugs and kisses.... hehe > > Dave, Pam and Nikki > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > Comparison stories between Countries are always most welcome. These help > to make the list interesting as well as educational. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! > http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > Pure Fiction messages are frowned upon - Elephants do not travel in > balloons - please use the Adventure List. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/354 - Release Date: 01/06/2006 > >