Watching the world wake up from history

Feb 11, 2011 16:58

Feb. 11 gets a crowded entry in "this day in history."
* On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. He later becomes president of South Africa.
* On this day in 2006, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney shot a lawyer in the face in a hunting accident, for which the victim later apologized.
* Back in 1938, according to Wikipedia, a ( Read more... )

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__kat__ February 11 2011, 22:08:30 UTC
Hey I can use this icon!

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beldar February 11 2011, 22:09:34 UTC
OK, I literally LOLed at that.

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__kat__ February 11 2011, 23:18:31 UTC
I'm fairly certain it was the graphic used when Jon Stewart broke the story on the Daily Show.

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veronica_rich February 12 2011, 02:13:28 UTC
CAN I HAVE THAT? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE??

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veronica_rich February 12 2011, 02:12:24 UTC
You'd better speak more nicely of Darth Cheney. He might be watching through the Interwebs.

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