What's today?

Post by **Render** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:01 pm

Happy 35th Birthday, Jenson Alexander Lyons Button!

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:33 pm

Correct. Should have gone with Bob Gerard.

Interestingly 6 racing drivers born on the 19th, 4 are/were F1 drivers, 2 British.

Post by **Render** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:11 pm

ArcFlight wrote:Correct. Should have gone with Bob Gerard. Interestingly 6 racing drivers born on the 19th, 4 are/were F1 drivers, 2 British.

Yeah, interesting coincidence.

I'm also searching for a person for today, the 21st.

Here's a pic for you:

Post by **Render** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:14 am

Okay, you need a hint! For those who couldn't identify the building, here's the company's logo:

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And because I think that doesn't really help... I have another hint for you:

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Here's another hint (that's the guy I'm looking for):

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This seems to be harder than I thought...

Here's my last hint - no picture this time, just text:

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Cook’s night out

Post by **Render** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:25 pm

Nobody?

Okay, then I'll tell you. I was looking for Marcel Boulestin, who became the first chef in a TV cooking show. The show "Cook’s night out" aired the first time on January 21st in 1937.

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So, here's something new. What happened today (26th of January) some years ago?
This guy was involved:

VEB152 · Post by **VEB152** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:41 pm

That... Took me on way more tangents than I'm comfortable with admitting.

Glenn Curtiss performs the first flight on a seaplane in the US in 1911?

Post by **Render** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:47 pm

First thing I want to say: Welcome back in your game, VEB!

Second thing: You're right, that's exactly what I was looking for.

VEB152 · Post by **VEB152** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:58 pm

A bit overdue, aren't I?

Well then, let's see if this and 29th of January are easily connected:

Thanks Wiki for the pic.

Post by **Render** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:36 am

1616, the Dutch seafarers Willem Cornelisz Schouten and Jakob Le Maire discovred Cape Horn.

Schouten and Le Maire wrote:“... on 29 January 1616 we saw land againe lying north west and north northwest from us, which was the land that lay South from the straights of Magelan which reacheth Southward, all high hillie lande covered over with snow, ending with a sharpe point which wee called Cape Horne [Kaap Hoorn] ...”

VEB152 · Post by **VEB152** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:27 pm

Looks like it is. Good job, Rendeer, and take it away from me with a new task

Post by **Render** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:57 pm

Great, thanks!

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Then I'll start directly with a new event that happened today 29th of January.
Check out this nice bird, maybe it'll show you the way.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:34 pm

That looks suspicuiously like a Raven. I'm guessing this is either something to do with the Tower Of London, or Edgar Allan Poe

If so, this'll be all too easy. Let's do some not-so-shallow digging in Google...

Wikipedia wrote:"The Raven" was first attributed to Poe in print in the New York Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845.

Quoth The Blue Fox; You coulda come up with something more obscure than THAT, Render.

Post by **Render** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:41 pm

Gratz, Thom, that's right. It's your turn now.

The Blue Fox wrote:You coulda come up with something more obscure than THAT, Render.

Nobody even tried the last more obscure thing.. Also not when typing the words and the date into google would bring the result. So I picked something more easy.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:58 am

Well I knew yer last thing had to be a BBC cookery show, but the only BBC cookery show I knew of was Ready, Steady, Cook, and that didn't come on till the 90's, and TV was in colour by then, and at any rate I had no idea who the guy was.

Anyway I'll do some digging and see what I can come up with for my challenge...

Oh-ho-hooo...I got a good one here.

First clue;

Post by **ArcWolf** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:19 pm

Psssst
Mr. Fox

what's the date?

Post by **Render** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:46 pm

I think, it's the 30th, because he posted it in the afternoon.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:22 am

Oh right I forgot to put the date. Yes its something to do with the 30th of January I'm looking for.

And here's another clue;

See if that helps.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:56 am

Franklin D Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882. He was stricken with polio which left him without the use of his legs, hence the picture of the child with leg braces.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:59 am

Bingo, you got it Hlaoroo!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:39 am

Yay! Thanks!

Okay, what happened on this day, February 6th, relating to this picture?

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:27 am

1952 - Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:34 am

Of course a British person would recognise Her Majesty's personal flag. ^^
Well done, TBF.
The exact phrasing I was looking for was "Elizabeth II accedes to the throne after the death of her father, King George VI" but you were clsoe enough so I'll give it to you.

Although she wasn't coronated until June the next year, in British tradition, the monarch never dies so Her Majesty was technically speaking queen from the instant her father passed away and remains Queen Regnant to this day.
Long Live the Queen!

Your turn, TBF.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:12 pm

All too easy

Alright let's see what I can dig up heeerrreee...

...let's not go for somebody's birthday this time...

...ah here's a good one...

...Okay, for clue number one, let's start with this;

And hope folks recognizing which airport it is won't give the game away too early.

Post by **Render** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:38 pm

First I thought if might be Paris, the planes looked like Concordes to me...

But then I found an event that happened 50 Years ago at the John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Beatles arrived there on their first trip to the US.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:17 am

Ahhh, nuts. Ya got it, Render.

Post by **Render** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:04 pm

Ah, nice.

Here's a (maybe) hard thing. Something happened on the night of 8 to 9 February many years ago. It was discovered the next morning and the following drawing was created.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:36 pm

Good thing I like reading mystery books.

I knew this one without even having to look it up.

On the night of 8-9 February, and for a couple of nights after there was a heavy snowfall in Dorset and Devon, England. In this snowfall, hoof prints appeared in single file across a couple of towns. It's estimated they covered between 40-100 miles. The footprints apparently went straight over walls, roofs and haystacks in their path. Due to lack of evidence, no one has ever been able to fully explain the marks.

Post by **Render** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:40 am

You're right, Hlaoroo... They've been called "Devil's Footprints" and most senseful explanation is that it have been hopping rodents (like wood mice) that have caused this trails while searching for food. But nobody knows for sure.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:40 am

Yay!

Okay, what happened today, February 10, relating to this picture?

Post by **Render** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:47 am

Okay, I'll give it a try.

I found two things, the first being 1910 - Emanuel Lasker defended his title as World Chess Champion against Carl Schlechter.
And the second is from 1996 where Deep Blue defeated the reigning world champion Garry Kasparov in the first game of their match.

It's hard to decide what to pick, but I think I'll go with the 1996 event.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:53 am

Well, you did twice as well as I did, Render, but I'm afraid you don't get any bonus points.

1996 was the correct answer! Deep Blue was an IBM computer if anyone is wondering.

Post by **Render** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 2:57 pm

Helle there.

I'm sorry, it took a while. It was a mixture of haven't found anything nice and forgetting about it. But now we can continue.

Something happened today, 21th February, and this guy was involved

What happened?

Post by **Render** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:56 pm

Here's a hint for you:

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:34 pm

Okay, no idea who the guy is. Thought he might be an astronaut but the suit's the wrong colour.

All I'm getting from the second clue is it's supposedly something to do with hot air balloons.

Looked up 21st February Hot air balloons, got nothing.

I imagine this is some kinda world record. I thought it mighta been Felix Baumgartner but his supersonic skydive was in October according to Wikipedia.

So nope, no idea what it is so far.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:17 am

Is that by any chance Steve Fossett who made the first solo balloon flight across the Pacific Ocean, landing in Canada on 21st February 1995?

Post by **Render** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:27 am

Hlaoroo, you're right, that's Steve Fosset, who landed in Canada after starting in South Korea with his balloon four days earlier.

(If you look carefully, you can also see the name on the lower part of the helmet.)

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:46 am

Yay!

Okay, what happened on this day, February 26, relating to this picture.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:20 am

Oooh. Something to do with The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, eh? Let's see what I can dig up...

*has a nosey round with Google search while humming "The Bells Of Notre Dame" From Disney's adaptation of the tale.*

...hmmm. Don't see anything that would particularly warrent a mention here. I'll wait for the next clue.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:51 am

Time for a hint, I think. Here you go:

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:18 am

I think I might've gotten it, is it the birthday of Victor Hugo?