On April 6, 1917, the US enters WW1

102 years later....a historic day indeed.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-enters-world-war-i

Ha! That's nuthin'! On April 6th 1952 I was born! Beat that!

Pick one:

Born on April 6

1483
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), Italian painter (Sistine Madonna).

1786
Sacagawea (also Sacajawea), American explorer.

1866
Lincoln Joseph Steffens, journalist.

1905
W. Warrick Cardozo, physician, researcher of Sickle Cell Anemia.

1927
Gerry Mulligan, jazz saxophonist.

1928
James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.

1929
Andre Previn, pianist and conductor.

1937
Merle Haggard, American country musician.


This Day in History

1199
English King Richard I is killed by an arrow at the Siege of the Castle of Chalus in France.

1789
The First U.S. Congress begins regular sessions at Federal Hall in New York City.

1814
Granted sovereignty in the island of Elba and a pension from the French government, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates at Fontainebleau. He is allowed to keep the title of emperor.

1830
Joseph Smith and five others organize the Church of Latter-Day Saints in Seneca, New York.

1862
Confederate forces attack General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee.

1865
At the Battle of Sailer's Creek, a third of Lee's army is cut off by Union troops pursuing him to Appomattox.

1896
The Modern Olympics begin in Athens with eight nations participating.

1903
French Army Nationalists are revealed to have forged documents to guarantee a conviction for Alfred Dreyfus.

1909
Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first men to reach the North Pole.

1917
The United States declares war on Germany and enters World War I on Allied side.

1924
Four planes leave Seattle on the first successful flight around the world.

1938
The United States recognizes Nazi Germany's conquest of Austria.

1941
German forces invade Greece and Yugoslavia.

1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the use of ground troops in combat operations.

...and happy birthday, Pooch!

Well, okay. I'll give ya' Sacagawea. But the rest are more important than me being born? I'm highly insulted. And thank you for the Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday Pooch.

Ok, I’ll play. How about July 4; my birthday and July 4, 1776.

Pooch

Please don't hold it against me. Trump has the same birthdate as me but a year earlier.

As far as I can remember, the only important event to happen on my birthday was German reunification (October 3).

"Please don't hold it against me. Trump has the same birthdate as me but a year earlier."

Krazi, is there any way that you can have your birthday legally changed the way they do with names!?
But thanks gentlemen...and of course any ladies. Spent the day at Sun n Fun. Geez it was hot!!! Thanks again.

Oh, and Old....do you sometimes make believe that all the fireworks are for you?

You really should not have implied that the fireworks are not for him... (It's like telling somebody that Santa Claus isn't real)



Now I'm probably going to have to drive down there and give him a hug.

Guess April is birthday month April 26th 1949 here

Funny you should mention that Pooch. My birth certificate has the 12 crossed out and 14 inserted.

What do you mean ? My father told me they were and that’s the end of it.

How old were you when they started celebrating Independence Day?

Now, that would be telling wouldn’t it ?

"Now I'm probably going to have to drive down there and give him a hug."

"What do you mean ? My father told me they were and that’s the end of it."

Lol!!!!! Oh God, now I feel awful. Group hug!

My worst...I mean first...wife and I were married on July 4, 1976. A date not easily forgotten. And believe me, I've tried.

OTOH, I was born on May 31, 1954, exactly 24 years to the day after Clint Eastwood.