Trivia 21 May 2012

May 21, 1901:
Connecticut enacts first speed-limit law

On this day in 1901, Connecticut becomes the first state to pass a law
regulating motor vehicles, limiting their speed to 12 mph in cities and
15 mph on country roads.

May 21, 1939
Ironic heroism

Ottawa Ontario - King George VI 1895-1952 unveils the National War
Memorial in Ottawa. National War Memorial commemorated those whose gave
their lives in World War One - in less than six months the Commonwealth
would be involved in World War Two

May 21, 1940:
Nazis kill "unfit" people in East Prussia

On this day in 1940, a "special unit" carries out its mission-and
murders more than 1,500 hospital patients in East Prussia.

Mentally ill patients from throughout East Prussia had been transferred
to the district of Soldau, also in East Prussia. A special military
unit, basically a hit squad, carried out its agenda and killed the
patients over an 18-day period, one small part of the larger Nazi
program to exterminate everyone deemed "unfit" by its ideology. After
the murders, the unit reported back to headquarters in Berlin that the
patients had been "successfully evacuated."

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Thought of the Day

Here's to the crazy ones, the isfits, the rebels, the troublemakers,
the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things
differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree
with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is
ignore them because they change things... they push the human race
forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius,
because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the
world, are the ones who do.
Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)

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Question of the Day

Which German city is known locally as Koln?

Yesterdays Question

Which country is known locally as Osterreich?

Answer

Austria

On 21/5/12 04:53 , Davey wrote:
On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:56:24 -0400
Dan Gall<email@anonym; wrote:

May 21, 1901:
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Question of the Day

Which German city is known locally as Koln?


or really as Köln?

Just as yesterday's question should really have been written as
Österreich (or Oesterreich).


Correct, but that depends on the reading machines capability to display
such in the font chosen.