What's today?

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:10 pm

On December 16th, 1773 a group of Americans known as the Sons of Liberty were so fed up with British taxes that they decided to rebel: That evening they dressed up as Mowhawk warriors, boarded three docked British ships, and dumped some 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This event came to be known as the Boston Tea Party.

Nostson · Post by **Nostson** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:38 pm

Yep! And dang, I should've made that second pic a native american headdress XD Ah, oh well, You win Doug!

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:01 pm

Since I solved it yesterday, I'm going to do December 17th's What's Today.

Here's the first clue:

Post by **ArcWolf** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:21 pm

Super easy

First successful powered flight

Kitty Hawk USA

December 17th 1903.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:25 pm

First successful powered and contolled flight - plenty of people had already tried powered flights with very limited success, but none of them were effectively controlled. The Wright Brothers used a wing warping system to control roll the aircraft and elevators to control pitch. But you got it, Arcwolf!

Post by **ArcWolf** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:29 pm

December 19th

Have fun!

Post by **ArcWolf** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 2:36 pm

Hint?

Sure.

Post by **ArcWolf** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:37 am

*raises hand*

Have people stopped reading this thread or did people give up?

Post by **Render** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:01 pm

I'm here, reading it, but I don't have any clue presently...

Post by **ArcWolf** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:40 am

Aaaaaaaaaand

last hint

Post by **ArcWolf** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:52 am

Sorry fellas! I might've picked a bit of an odd one.

December 19th 1903 was the birthdate of
Cyril D. Darlington who helped discover the mechanics of chromosomal cross-over.

Christmas fact!
*party*

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:00 am

Better pick another one, I reckon, Arc.

Post by **ArcWolf** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:20 pm

Happy January 6th!

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:17 am

Dave Davies! January 6th 1958: Gibson patents Flying V guitar?

Post by **Render** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:32 am

Hi Arc, it might be helpful if you could state (the next time) if you are looking for a person, an object, or an event.

Post by **ArcWolf** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:41 am

^^; I'll be sure to do that next time.

deepskycyan wrote:Dave Davies! January 6th 1958: Gibson patents Flying V guitar?

*confetti party!*
You're correct!

Please pass Go
collect 200 dollars
and post your "What's Today?" picture.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:27 am

Awright!

Soooo I've never done this before, hope this one isn't too easy for y'all!

January 9th

Aaaaand you're looking for an event! Good luck!

Post by **Render** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 1:58 pm

That's looking good. I'll try to find out what it is when I'm back home.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:24 am

Hmmm...maybe that was harder than I thought. The event itself is actually 2 steps (maaaaaaybe 3?) from the original pic.

Okay, hint time!

Actually just the original picture but zoomed out, so you get a larger scope. Try not to get thrown off track!

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:16 pm

Well that looks suspiciously like a map of times square in New York.

Hmmmm...so something that happened there January 9th some year, huh?

Nope, can't find anything on Google.

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:38 am

I think I have got it...

9th January 1988
The Phantom of the Opera
Broadway's longest running show.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:36 am

Ayy, ya got it!

"Phantom began Broadway previews at the Majestic Theatre on 9 January 1988 and opened on 26 January."

Your turn, Arcy!

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:32 pm

Wow. It is even harder finding your own fact than solving them.

We are looking for an event on the 14th of January.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:46 pm

That looks a lot like Antarctica to me. I'd love to visit there!

Just like the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen did on January 14, 1911, when he first landed on the Eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 1:00 am

You got that so fast! You did not fall into my trap of using a photo of Troll research station, Queen Maud Land. Queen Maud Land first claimed by Norway 14th January 1939.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:30 am

Heh. Funny thing. I didn't even find your trap.

I went Antarctica>South Pole>Scott/Shackleton>Amundsen.

Anyway, what event happened today, January 15, relating to this image?

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:26 am

Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of King Henry VIII, was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 15 January 1559 by the bishop of Carlisle?

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:05 pm

Well done, deepskycyan!

That chair is known as "King Edward's Throne" and it was commissioned in 1296. Since 1308 every English monarch has been coronated while sitting on it. How would it feel, do you think, to sit in a 600 year old chair and know that you're being given power and authority over a dominion a millennia in the making?

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:53 am

I knew that throne looked familiar! I've visited Westminster Abbey before, but they (fortunately) don't allow visitors to sit in it. Would be pretty cool though.

Oh hey, it's still the 15th!
Here's today's image!

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Good luck!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:11 am

Too easy.

January 15, 2001. Wikipedia goes online.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:22 am

heh, I thought the lack of a proper picture would throw you off somehow. Good job Hlaoroo!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:50 am

Heh, well, I saw that one when I was searching for my question for that same day so I had a bit of an advantage there.

Anyway, what happened today, January 17th, relating to the following image?

Post by **Render** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:58 am

That's easy.
Popeye's first appeared in the comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:03 am

So fast! But you're right!

Happy Birthday, Popeye!

Post by **Render** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:13 am

Great! Happy Birthday, Popeye!

Now it's my turn. What happened today, January 16th?

Post by **ArcWolf** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:35 pm

The picture is from SpaceX, but I can't find anything on them for January 16th,

so I'm going to have to go with:

Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for the last time on january 16th 2003?

Post by **Render** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:11 pm

ArcWolf wrote:Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for the last time on january 16th 2003?

That's a good guess, but it's not what I meant.

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:49 am

Would it happen to be...

January 16th 1969
Soyuz 4 & 5 perform the first manned docking of two spacecraft.

Post by **Render** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:47 pm

That's it, ArcFlight!

It's your turn!

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:56 pm

January 19. We are looking for a person.