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On this day in American history
Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:25 am
Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:25 am
1776- Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense" in which he set forth his arguments in favor of American independence.
1861 - The Union ship Star of the West was fired upon as it approached Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. This event was the first time that shots were fired between the North and South.
1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the union
1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon was born. He became the thirty-seventh president of the United States.
1940 - Television was used for the first time to present a sales meeting to convention delegates in New York City.
1975 - In Whittier, CA, 14 people were killed when a Golden West Airlines flight and a private Cessna collided in the air. Twelve people were killed on the Golden West Airlines flight and the other two deaths were on the private plane.
1977 - Super Bowl XI set a pro attendance record with 103,438. The NBC telecast was viewed by 81.9 million.
1991 - A special committee of Major League Baseball authorities officially banned Pete Rose from being elected into the Hall of Fame.
2012 - tDecline officially begins as Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide takes the soul of the entire LSU football program by way of a 21-0 mauling in New Orleans in a game that would award the Crimson Tide with the 2011 BCS National Championship and would retroactively award Alabama the 2011 SEC Championship. This would be Alabama's 2nd BCS National Championship and their 23rd SEC Championship.
1861 - The Union ship Star of the West was fired upon as it approached Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. This event was the first time that shots were fired between the North and South.
1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the union
1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon was born. He became the thirty-seventh president of the United States.
1940 - Television was used for the first time to present a sales meeting to convention delegates in New York City.
1975 - In Whittier, CA, 14 people were killed when a Golden West Airlines flight and a private Cessna collided in the air. Twelve people were killed on the Golden West Airlines flight and the other two deaths were on the private plane.
1977 - Super Bowl XI set a pro attendance record with 103,438. The NBC telecast was viewed by 81.9 million.
1991 - A special committee of Major League Baseball authorities officially banned Pete Rose from being elected into the Hall of Fame.
2012 - tDecline officially begins as Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide takes the soul of the entire LSU football program by way of a 21-0 mauling in New Orleans in a game that would award the Crimson Tide with the 2011 BCS National Championship and would retroactively award Alabama the 2011 SEC Championship. This would be Alabama's 2nd BCS National Championship and their 23rd SEC Championship.
This post was edited on 1/9/15 at 10:33 am
Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:28 am to 14&Counting
Is this in order from most important to least important?
Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:32 am to Tuscaloosa
An LSU fan already posted about it earlier. Would have been funnier had you been first.
Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:33 am to Tuscaloosa
Solid post. pi/4
This post was edited on 1/9/15 at 9:34 am
Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:50 am to spslayto
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An LSU fan already posted about it earlier. Would have been funnier had you been first.
I know... I'm convinced he set his alarm early just to be the first to mention it just so it would take away some of the sting. He started that thread at 6:09am
Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:53 am to Tuscaloosa
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retroactively award Alabama the 2011 SEC Championship. This would be Alabama's 2nd BCS National Championship and their 23rd SEC Championship.
LSU was and will always be the SEC champs... Mulligans do not count in the SEC.
most folks (excluding Bama Fan) did not believe Bama deserved a Mulligan. LSU was at a huge disadvantage in having to beat Alabama twice..
Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:58 am to TigerMeister
this board really is LSUsessed
Posted on 1/9/15 at 10:03 am to Tuscaloosa
Jan 9 1815, British naval forces attacked Fort St. Philip which protected New Orleans from an amphibious assault from the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River.
..and proceeded to get their royal asses kicked.
..and proceeded to get their royal asses kicked.
Posted on 1/9/15 at 10:03 am to allin2010
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LSU was and will always be the SEC champs... Mulligans do not count in the SEC. most folks (excluding Bama Fan) did not believe Bama deserved a Mulligan. LSU was at a huge disadvantage in having to beat Alabama twice..
Well said, allin2010.
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