On this date

Wolfgang59 cretade such a thread but it closed some time back.

This is the new edition.

On this date 545 years ago the University of Usala was established.

@Ponderable

On this date in 1959 people were able to see the dark side of the moon for the first time when Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 circled the moon and sent back pictures.

Some years later English musician Roger Waters wrote a song about it (Brain Damage).

@tea said
@Ponderable

On this date in 1959 people were able to see the dark side of the moon for the first time when Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 circled the moon and sent back pictures.

Some years later English musician Roger Waters wrote a song about it (Brain Damage).

Gotta go with Floyd

"Dark Side of the Moon"

Today, 9th October 1972, my friend's big sister came home with David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars which she'd bought in Cloud 9 in St. Albans High Street. It'd been out for 115 days. Strange she waited so long given how good Hunky Dory had been.

Leif Ericson discovers Vinland, 1000 AD

@kewpie said
Leif Ericson discovers Vinland, 1000 AD

40 years ago the December Murders took place in Suriname.

It’s been 27,998 days since I took my first breath.😲

@great-big-stees said
It’s been 27,998 days since I took my first breath.😲

@trev33 said
Same length as our game 😃

"December 10 is the 344th day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day, the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was published, Mississippi became the 20th state in the U.S., and the first Nobel Prize ceremony was held in Stockholm. Famous birthdays include Emily Dickinson, Raven-Symone, and Gonzalo Higuain." Plus Torunn.

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