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Old 11-22-2017, 10:11 PM   #1
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I thought it would be cool to track events in history inspired by the Death of Blackbeard, so I'll just keep posting events.

November 23

1889 - The first Jukebox goes into operation in the Palais Royal Saloon in San Fransisco




1924 - Edwin Hubble discovers that the Andromeda Nebula is actually another Galaxy



1943 - Tarawa and Makin fall to American Forces

1971 - The People's Republic of China attend the UN and the UN Security Council for the first time

1981 - Ronald Reagan signs an NSDD-17 giving the CIA the authority to recruit and support Contra Rebels as part of the Iran Contra Affair

1992 - The first smart phone, the IBM Simon debuts at Comdex Las Vegas



2011 - Arab Spring forces the President of Yemin to resign and hand power to his Vice President

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1887 - Boris Karloff, 1888 - Harpo Marx,
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Old 11-22-2017, 10:27 PM   #2
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I predict in one year this thread gets necro'd for a meta "this day in history" post.
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Old 11-23-2017, 05:53 AM   #3
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It's also Fibonacci Day....11/23. Gonna get crazy with pine cones and mollusk shells later.
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Old 11-23-2017, 07:25 AM   #4
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It's also Fibonacci Day....11/23. Gonna get crazy with pine cones and mollusk shells later.
How is today a Fibonacci day.

11+10=21
23+22 is 56
Fibonacci numbers are 1,1,3,5,8,13,21
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How is today a Fibonacci day.

11+10=21
23+22 is 56
Fibonacci numbers are 1,1,3,5,8,13,21
You are missing the all important 2.

1 1 2 3 5...
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You are missing the all important 2.

1 1 2 3 5...
Oops but it still doesn't answer the question of why today?
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oops but it still doesn't answer the question of why today?
1 1 / 2 3 [5 8...]
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1 1 / 2 3 [5 8...]
Pretty week.

1/2
2/3
3/5
5/8
8/13

All much more real Fibonacci days. Combining the numbers is cheeting
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Old 11-23-2017, 08:05 AM   #9
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Is Santa not real either? Gawd another Fibonacci Day ruined.
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Pretty week.

1/2
2/3
3/5
5/8
8/13

All much more real Fibonacci days. Combining the numbers is cheeting
I'm sorry you feal this way. Honestly, I'm not too kean on today beying fibonacci day, but I still sea it as the best day.

You need threa preferably four digits to make a fibonacci sequence evident. Your examples could all be from different seaquences.
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I predict the logistics of a single "This Day in the History" thread will become unmanageable in a week.
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Then I'll start a new one each week I guess, I can see your point.
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I'm sorry you feal this way. Honestly, I'm not too kean on today beying fibonacci day, but I still sea it as the best day.

You need threa preferably four digits to make a fibonacci sequence evident. Your examples could all be from different seaquences.
1123-5-8 would be Fibonacci day. Unfortunately that occurred 1000 years ago.
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1123-5-8 would be Fibonacci day. Unfortunately that occurred 1000 years ago.
Well, Fibonacci introduced his sequence in 1202 (according to wikipedia) though the sequence itself existed earlier. Not to mention the Gregorian calendar didn't come about until the 16th century.

A better date would be Jan 1, 2358, just over 340 years away. It works whether you prefer dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy formats.
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November 23, 1998 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released in North America. That's something to be thankful for!
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On this day in 1979, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
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On this day in history...
2017-Fuzz drinks a cup of tea while reading about events on this day in history.
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On this day in history...
2017-Fuzz drinks a cup of tea while reading about events on this day in history.
What kind of tea?
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Stash's Chai Spice. Delicious for contemplating important historic dates.
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Nov 24

1429 - The Hundred Year War - Joan of Arc fails to take La Charite
1835 - The Texas Rangers are founded
1859 - Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of the Species
1869 - The Battle of Lookout Mountain, General Grant captures Lookout Mountain and and begins to break the siege of Chattanooga1877 - Anna Sewell publishes Black Beauty
1941 - The United States grants Land Lease to the Free French Forces
1944 - The United States Air Forces bombs Tokyo launching the Attack from the Marinara's Islands
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald is killed by Jack Ruby
1969 - Apollo 12 successfully splashes down ending the second mission to the Moon
1974 - Donald Johanson and Tom Gray find the 40% complete skeleton of Autralopithecus Afarensis and nickname her Lucy

Notable Birthdays

1867 - Scott Joplin, 1925 - William F Buckley, 1938 - Charles Starkweather, 1946 - Ted Bundy,
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