What's today?

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:28 am

I suppose so, but I do wonder how far the connections can/are pushed here... Still fun working it out though.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:22 am

The Blue Fox wrote:That looks suspiciously like Anne Boleyn. Let's see, what did Henry the 8th do to her again?

Ooooh! 28th June 1941. Henry the 8th himself was born!

Too easy

Well done, Thom! Nailed it! Only, you got the year slightly wrong.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:09 pm

Oh, woops. Of course I meant to put 1841 =^w^;=

Oookay let's see what we can dig up for the 1st of July...

Oooh, here's a good one.

Okay, what happened today, July 1st, in relation to this location;

Post by **Render** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:40 pm

The Blue Fox wrote:Oh, woops. Of course I meant to put 1841 =^w^;=

You probably meant 1491...

Hmm.. Presently no idea what library that is. Have to search.

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:36 pm

I'm gonna try this.

In 1862, the Russian State Library was founded as the first public library in Russia. Its original name was The Library of the Moscow Public Museum and Rumiantsev Museum, and it was also nicknamed "Leninka".

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:18 am

Nope. Try again. Here's another clue.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:20 am

Nobody?

Okay this last clue should be a dead giveaway.

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:20 pm

Well, I would like to guess at the day Charles Darwin published his theory on Evolution.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:30 am

Yep. The first picture is supposed to be of the place he posted it at.

Name the place if you can, and I'm still gonna need the year he posted it too.

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:38 pm

You see, this is where my History/Biology falls down.

Post by **Render** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:03 pm

HoundInATree wrote:You see, this is where my History/Biology falls down.

I'm gona help you with this:
On July 1st, 1858 two scientific papers, one from Charles Darwin and the other from Alfred Russel Wallace, have been presented to the Linnean Society of London under the joint titel "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection".

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:02 am

You got it, Render.

Post by **Render** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:16 am

The Blue Fox wrote:You got it, Render.

YAY!

I'll give it to Hound since he had the solution first, I just added the details.

Please come up with the next "What's Today?".

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:55 am

Render wrote:
The Blue Fox wrote:You got it, Render.
YAY!

I'll give it to Hound since he had the solution first, I just added the details.

Please come up with the next "What's Today?".

awww, thank you. (<3?)

Well, for me today is 5th July. So the picture for today is...

It was a bit of a pain to try and find a photo of these, plenty of detailed drawings though.
Good luck to you all.

Post by **Render** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:45 am

Are you asking for a person, an object or an event?

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:26 pm

It's something that happened.

Edit:

Ok, here's another clue...

Post by **Render** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:44 am

Sir Isaac Newton published his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica on July 5th, 1687.

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:45 am

Yes! Thought this had gone dead for a while. Out of interest did you get the first clue?

Post by **Render** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:10 am

I've had no idea at all for a long time and then I searched again for things that happened that day and I suddenly saw the name Isaac Newton nd together with the apple...
I only found out about the first thing being a test-object for experiments after reading throught stuff about Newton.

I thought all the time it's something to move furniture

This was never dead for me, I just had no clue what it could be... And I always wanted to give it another try but sadly forgot...

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:02 am

Your most likely to come across those trolleys in A-level physics (or an equivalent). They're good for demonstrating the principle of conservation of momentum, especially with explosions (doesn't necessarily mean fire and stuff). I'm not able to explain that simply though.

Anyway, congrats and enjoy choosing what today is.

Post by **Render** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:36 am

Well... We might have had those (or something similar) in school, but that was about 25 years ago... xD

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Okay I found some event that happened today, 10th August and here's your picture:

Post by **Render** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 11:10 am

You need a hint? Here it is:

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 12:30 pm

First broadcast of the Olympics?

Post by **Render** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:49 pm

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:44 am

On August 10, 2003, Russian astronaut Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko became the first person to be married in space when he was on the ISS and married Ekaterina Dmitrieva who was on the ground in Texas at the time.

Post by **Render** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:03 am

That's exactly what I meant, Hlaoroo!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 9:44 am

Yay!

So, what happened today, August 18, in relation to this guy?

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:04 am

The day Gengas Khan died from a nose bleed?

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:42 pm

Close enough. We don't actually know for sure how he died but yes, that's what I was looking for. Well done!

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:46 pm

Also yay!

Before I post should I wait a day? It's still the 18th here, by 15 minutes.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:52 pm

It's up to you. You can post whenever you like.

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 7:23 am

Ok, found one for what's today (22nd August). It's an event in relation to this...

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:05 am

Captain James Cook claims the East of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III in 1770?

Post by **Render** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:13 am

1851 Gold has been found north east of Melbourne and that started a gold rush.

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:31 am

Roo got it.

Bonus Question: Can you name the Island he landed on?

Render wrote:1851 Gold has been found north east of Melbourne and that started a gold rush.

I didn't notice that one...

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:50 am

It was Possession Island.

So, what happened today, August 30, relating to this picture?

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:54 am

Well the black and white picture narrows the time period done a lot. So what ever happened was in the last 200 years, but no later then WWII. So, I'm going to take a guess at the invention/discovery of Nitroglycerine.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:35 pm

Erm, sorry for the delay, guys.
Sorry, Hound, but that's not right.

Here's another clue.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:42 pm

Well it's something to do with Frankenstein, that's for sure. It's not the publication date... nor the date it was first adapted on film...

But it does seem to be the author Mary Shelley's birthday.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:42 pm

Is it the day Frankenstein got published?