SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Idea Of The Day -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47543)12/17/2004 1:43:42 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Today in history-December 17:

National Day in Bhutan (1907)

1843 - A Christmas Carol, a fictional short story by Charles Dickens, was first published.

1903 - Orville and Wilbur Wright conducted the first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing aircraft.

1944 - Malmédy massacre: Waffen-SS troops under Jochen Peiper shot at about 150 unarmed prisoners of war with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.

1989 - The Simpsons made their debut as an animated series on the Fox television network.