on this day in 1798 v.s. today
 

Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt.

v.s.

88 die in blasts
AT LEAST 88 people were killed and 200 injured when car bombs ripped through markets and hotels in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday in Egypt's worst terrorist attack in nearly a decade


Anyone remember when people did big shit, like, i dunno....continent taking. :1orglaugh

Just because you can take it, doesn't mean you can keep it......

witness, Iraq.

Napoloen was a short dude with big dreams.

just like george washington he was smart....find a rich ugly older widow to propel your political ambitions :thumbsup

Or some willing corporations with Dad's old cronies on the Boards

Lots of cool things happened on July 23rd:

636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine
1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus
1215 - Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1253 - Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III
1298 - Jewish community Wurzburg Germany annihilated
1840 - Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada
1935 - Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building
1946 - Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel
1967 - 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
1968 - Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed

BUT - most important thing to ever happen on July 23
1904 - Ice cream cone created
:1orglaugh

:thumbsup