Today is a dreadful day in history

[RB TexLa]

On this date in 1929 the first Academy Awards were handed out. As actors and others first began their witty banter of "oh, you, you are so so great and wonderful." "No, it is you that are so gifted and oh so so great and wonderful a person." "oh no it is you that is so so much better than everyone else in the world." and so on and so on to this day.

:puke:

[Gabi Hayes]

1. eh?

[BrklynLiberal]

5. :D

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[karlrschneider]

19. ROTFLMFFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ffffucckk annotttkhker kkekkkkkkkkkkkkkyyboooooorad ruinnneed
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[novalib]

2. Thank You

I want to thank you for sharing that piece of information.

And I also want to thank all the people that supported you in posting that piece of information.

And thanks also to everyone who contributed to your knowledge of that piece of information.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. :D

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DiverDave]

3. HUH?

what you smokin?

[MichiganVote]

4. I take it you didn't get the part you wanted....and that's all

[dubyaD40web]

7. Lamest.Thread.Ever.

[ShortnFiery]

11. Awe, C'mon, let's make Lemon-ade? LOL n/t

[RB TexLa]

18. I've seen many that compete

[bertha katzenengel]

8. It does suck, it really does.

When an industry honors its best/most popular contributors.

:eyes:

[El Supremo]

9. A truely great movie won the first Best Picture.

[ShortnFiery]

10. "1929 the first Academy Awards were handed out"

And since they have not given Stephen Cobert one of those Coveted Academy Awards

Well, :thumbsdown: :evilgrin:

It's prime fixin's for another "Who's not honoring me now" skit! :-) :hi:

[Synnical]

12. May 16

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_16

* 1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
* 1843 - The first major wagon train heading for the Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
* 1866 - The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
* 1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
* 1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate.
* 1874 - A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroyed much of four villages and killed 139 people.
* 1877 - May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
* 1910 - The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
* 1918 - The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government a jailable offense.
* 1919 - US Navy Naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
* 1920 - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
* 1929 - In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
* 1938 - A fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 35 people.
* 1943 - Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
* 1943 - World War II: The Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams.
* 1948 - Chaim Weizmann is elected as the first President of Israel.
* 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from US President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris.
* 1960 - Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
* 1965 - Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
* 1966 - The Communist Party of China issued the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
* 1969 - Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
* 1972 - Decimal currency introduced in Malta. The Pound sterling is henceforth divided into 100 cents.
* 1975 - India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state held a referendum where popular vote was in favour of merging with India.
* 1975 - Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
* 1988 - A report by American Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
* 1992 - STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
* 2003 - In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
* 2005 - Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.
* 2006 - A large magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurs near New Zealand.

[RB TexLa]

13. I chose the most dreadful event off that list

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. What about the passing of the Sedition Act? -nt

[Synnical]

24. You beat me to it

I was at the office when I posted originally. Wow, the Academy Awards are worse than the Sedition Act? And now, that I think about it, has the Act ever been rescinded?

On edit, yes, to my question. But what wasn't sedition used during the McCarthy Era?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Wow...Either I didn't read about the Sedition Act of 1918

or I totally forgot about it.

Here's a link to more info for those who are interested:

http://www.lyceum.org/events/HD2003/2100/1918.htm

[Ian David]

14. Oh, that was a great and wonderful post! n/t

[fedupinBushcountry]

15. No it isn't

Today my husband and I celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary. So pooh on you for trying to destroy my special day.

[RB TexLa]

16. Congratulations!

:)

[bigwillq]

22. Happy Anniversary!

:toast:

[shadowknows69]

20. I have a worse one

On this day in 2000 - U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated to run for U.S. Senator in New York. She was the first U.S. first lady to run for public office.

Shadow ducks!

[MissMillie]

21. Do you suppose the host was funny?

:shrug:

[Blue_Tires]

25. i never really cared for them either