July 16th 1212: the important battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, in Andalucia, was fought and won by the Christian armies of Spain and Portugal. It was also Pope Innocent III’s fourth Crusade( 2 had been to the Holy Land and the other against the Albigensian heretics). It was a great feat to get the warring and jealous kings of Aragon, Navarre and Portugal to fight alongside Castille, but it was very necessary. The Moors had been on the Iberian Peninsula since the Arab chief Tarik crossed at what is now Gibraltar, in 711AD.
The battle did not see the eviction of the Moors from Spain, but it was the beginning of Spanish resurgence, which would culminate with Ferdinand and Isabella’s capture of their last stronghold, that of Granada in 1492.
Never again did Europe have to fear from Muslim invasion from this direction.
The next wave would come from the East and towards Constantinople and then Vienna.
Can you guess whos Birthday it is today?
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Hmmm… keep thinking…
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Hitlers :-P
Also my nephew… the anniversary of Columbine…
Yesterday was MY birthday… and the anniversary of Waco, OKC, and Ruby Ridge.
Oh, and today is officially “Pot Smoking Day, 4-20” according to Bob and Tom :-P
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Dammit! you guessed it correct…… its your nephews birthday… happy birthday to him… :-D
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Beat me to it switch. IL, come on now - this is an A&A forum! I have had some stoner friends, the 420 is the amount of chemicals in pot. As far as columbine goes… pot smoking nazis? That’s a bad combo for crazies.
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Thats it! The graphic depiction for April 20…
Hitler, with a bong and a gun in a school :-)
No need to refer to the date anymore, just draw that picture and everyone will know… “Oh, it is April 20th”
:mrgreen:
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Beat me to it switch. IL, come on now - this is an A&A forum! I have had some stoner friends, the 420 is the amount of chemicals in pot. As far as columbine goes… pot smoking nazis? That’s a bad combo for crazies.
of chemicals? Seriously?
And isn’t it Earth Day? Or is that in a few days?
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no, thats actually not true zooey, thats one of many myths. the real origin is unknown, go to snopes.com and look it up
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Without peeking at others answers…
a charismatic Charlie Chaplin with a bad combover…
Happy birthday in Hell, little Corporal!
His b-day was the first one I learned and remembered outside of family… :-o
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no, thats actually not true zooey, thats one of many myths. the real origin is unknown, go to snopes.com and look it up
There’s apparently an answer.
http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/articles/2006/04/20/features/12847.html
Maybe you’ve heard about that by now…
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