On this day

Is Uranuses the plural form of Uranus?

Originally posted by josephw
Is Uranuses the plural form of Uranus?

The correct form is Urani.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
13th March
Uranus was discovered

Whichever Roman or Greek god that planet was named after, he must have been a real arse.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
The correct form is Urani.

Uranodes if stem is Greek ?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Uranodes if stem is Greek ?

Uranoi... It should be o-Deklination from Uranos.

Originally posted by Ponderable
Uranoi... It should be o-Deklination from Uranos.

Thank you.
RHP is a real education! 🙂

1967
Zakir Husain becomes first Muslim Presidnt of India.

1807
28th June

Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata is defeated by the locals.

This was the catalyst for Argentine independence a few years later.

June 28, 1914 -- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,
were assassinated in Sarajevo, sparking events that led to World War I.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
June 28, 1914 -- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,
were assassinated in Sarajevo, sparking events that led to World War I.

Didn't know they hit his wife too. However, exactly 5 years later on this day, WW1 ended with the treaty of Varsailles, which also established the league of nations.

On this day in 1997, Mike Tyson bites off a bit of Holyfield's ear. Neither were the same after that🙂

oops wrong thread

On this day 60 years ago Paul McCartney met John Lennon.

8th July

1972 – Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani

2014 – Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers

July 11th

1987: world Population reached 5.000.000.000

60 years ago a air to air nuclear weapon was tested:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob#John