# On this day (non-media) **URL:** \ **Category:** Extra\ **Created:** [July 23, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222 "2018-07-23T04:25:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SEQTelevision](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/seqtelevision/32/246916_2.png) [@SEQTelevision](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SEQTelevision)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/1 "2018-07-23T04:25:24Z")
Thought I would create this thread to look back on significant moments in History. ---
**Author:** ![Biscuit45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/biscuit45/32/489507_2.png) [@Biscuit45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Biscuit45)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/2 "2018-07-23T04:45:39Z")
On this day July 23rd 2018, this thread was created. 😛 I think this a good idea for a discussion, can this be related to both Media and non-Media events or just non-Media related ones? ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/3 "2018-07-23T05:14:07Z")
> [@Biscuit45](#): > > On this day July 27th 2018, this thread was created. 😛 Getting ahead of yourself there. It’s only 23 July 2018. Unless this thread was created in the future and we have travelled back in time to now. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![SamSamTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/samsamtv/32/27247_2.png) [@SamSamTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SamSamTV)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/4 "2018-07-23T06:04:04Z")
Well, it could probably be both because there wouldn’t be a whole lot on media every day. Here’s this week in history from the ABC ![vlcsnap-2018-07-23-15h59m46s222](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/4/3416d27d400aa1775c9ca95060d6a0b5dc4c4a5b.jpg) ![vlcsnap-2018-07-23-15h59m50s256](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/5/9/59c0bfeedfe425fcf3334f70a29d8df4d1d9dfc4.png) ![vlcsnap-2018-07-23-15h59m55s464](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/4/f4aca93e37cb5397d62079b6cdc421771593e9f2.png) ![vlcsnap-2018-07-23-16h00m00s586](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/d/6d76ceafb638fa5f3ebd90ed58b50939df6a172e.png) * * * and some significant events on this day from [onthisday.com](http://onthisday.com): **1215** : Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen. **1829** : William Austin Burt patents America’s first “typographer” (typewriter). **1840** : Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada. **1944** : Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin. **1995** : Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/5 "2018-07-23T06:06:03Z")
> [@SamSamTV](#): > > **1215** : Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen. Yes. I remember it well. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![SamSamTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/samsamtv/32/27247_2.png) [@SamSamTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SamSamTV)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/6 "2018-07-23T06:08:16Z")
Good. Is it a story passed down through generations? Or perhaps he was your great, great, great, great, great, great x10 grandfather? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/7 "2018-07-23T06:09:36Z")
Yeah. My grandfather knew him. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Brettski\_1234](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/brettski_1234/32/60360_2.png) [@Brettski\_1234](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Brettski_1234)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/8 "2018-07-23T06:11:35Z")
> [@Biscuit45](#): > > On this day July 23th 2018, this thread was created. 😛 23th? ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/9 "2018-07-23T06:17:25Z")
Try one more time @Biscuit45. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Biscuit45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/biscuit45/32/489507_2.png) [@Biscuit45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Biscuit45)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/10 "2018-07-23T07:04:30Z")
> [@JBar](#): > > Try one more time @Biscuit45. 😂 Third time’s the charm 😂 Other than editing my posts, I will try to contribute to this discussion 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Media\_Guy12](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/media_guy12/32/56658_2.png) [@Media\_Guy12](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Media_Guy12)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/11 "2018-07-28T09:56:48Z")
July 28: 1794 French Revolution figure Robespierre & 22 other leaders of “the Terror” guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris 1914 Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden, in NYC, by Harry Fox 1914 Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war of WWI 1917 Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching 1932 “White Zombie” - 1st feature length zombie film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Béla Lugos is released in the US 1943 Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians 1976 Tangshan Earthquake, 8.2 in magnitude kills over 240,000 Northern China in the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century 1977 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge 1978 600,000 attend the “Summer Jam” rock festival at Watkins Glen, New York, at the time the largest ever audience at a pop festival 2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland Source: [onthisday.com](http://onthisday.com) ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/12 "2018-08-18T16:34:36Z")
On this day, Elvis Presley died: **16 August 1977** known as the “King of Rock and Roll” Aretha Franklin died: **16 August 2018** known as the "Queen of Soul " ---
**Author:** ![Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/salty/32/71_2.png) [@Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Salty)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/13 "2018-08-18T23:42:07Z")
> [@JBar](#): > > Elvis Presley died: **16 August 1977** known as the “King of Rock and Roll” > Aretha Franklin died: **16 August 2018** known as the "Queen of Soul Madonna (Queen of Pop)birthday on 16 August. Her 60th birthday this year 😱 ---
**Author:** ![TheHubMan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thehubman/32/276141_2.png) [@TheHubMan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheHubMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/14 "2018-08-19T08:15:58Z")
> [@Salty](#): > > Madonna (Queen of Pop) more like the queen’s mother > [@Salty](#): > > Her 60th birthday this year 😱 you forgot two 0’s to that number, behind the 6. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/15 "2018-08-19T08:18:43Z")
Respect your elders. You’ll be there sooner than you know it. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![TheHubMan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thehubman/32/276141_2.png) [@TheHubMan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheHubMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/16 "2018-08-19T08:19:50Z")
> [@JBar](#): > > Respect your elders. You’ll be there sooner than you know it. 😜 good, I hope I’m taken quickly then lmao ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/17 "2018-08-19T08:22:13Z")
That can be arranged. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TheHubMan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thehubman/32/276141_2.png) [@TheHubMan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheHubMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/18 "2018-08-19T08:23:48Z")
send death killer man machine to 28201 E. Bonanza St thank you ---
**Author:** ![Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/salty/32/71_2.png) [@Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Salty)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/19 "2018-08-19T08:24:14Z")
@TheHubMan behave kid! You don’t know who you are messing with 🤐 ---
**Author:** ![TheHubMan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thehubman/32/276141_2.png) [@TheHubMan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheHubMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222/20 "2018-08-19T08:25:17Z")
a sugar mummy/daddy? > [@Salty](#): > > behave kid! I’m 10, my mum says I’m a big boy now [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/on-this-day-non-media/5222.md?page=2)