On this day in history.

[Ryan O'Dine]

Oh bugger, I forgot to send him a card!

I looked for one, but couldn't find any with a teddy bear and ice cream cones that said, "Happy Birthday 1904 year old! You're a Big Boy now!"

 

[P.J. Denyer]

I looked for one, but couldn't find any with a teddy bear and ice cream cones that said, "Happy Birthday 1904 year old! You're a Big Boy now!"

Still, at least Marcus never makes a fuss about these things...

 

[Jack by the hedge]

I looked for one, but couldn't find any with a teddy bear and ice cream cones that said, "Happy Birthday 1904 year old! You're a Big Boy now!"

Seriously, drawing elaborate in-joke custom birthday cards is the one thing AI is genuinely useful for.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Seriously, drawing elaborate in-joke custom birthday cards is the one thing AI is genuinely useful for.

You would think so but I just tried to get a birthday card for Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and got the message "Content wasn't generated because your prompt includes wording that may be in violation of Designer code of conduct."

 

[Andy_Ross]

Happy birthday KatePierson

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Miniature Dachshund Valerie found after more than 500 days in the wilderness

 

[Andy_Ross]

1828

The opening of the London Zoological Gardens in Regent's Park, London.

 

[Andy_Ross]

1939

Conscription for men aged 20 - 21 was announced in Britain.

 

[Andy_Ross]

1865 The worst maritime disaster in U.S. history occurred when the overloaded steamship SS Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River, killing some 1,800 people, many of whom were former Union POWs returning home from the Civil War.

 

[Andy_Ross]

1884 Oxford University agreed to admit female students to examinations. However, woman were not to be awarded degrees.

 

[Andy_Ross]

1935 First 'Cats' Eyes' retro reflectors installed for the first time in a road just one year after their invention by Percy Shaw in Yorkshire.

 

[Andy_Ross]

1945 The German army in Italy surrendered General Alexander.

 

[Andy_Ross]

1945 U.S. Seventh Army liberated Dachau concentration cam.

 

[Andy_Ross]

1770 James Cook made his first landing in Australia

 

[Andy_Ross]

1429 Joan of Arc and her troops entered the besieged city of Orléans

 

[catsmate]

1884 Oxford University agreed to admit female students to examinations. However, woman were not to be awarded degrees.

Which was my the came, after 1904, to Dublin.

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[Dave Rogers]

1943 - the corpse of "Major William Martin," probably actually that of Glyndwr Michael, was released by HMS Seraph and found by a Spanish fisherman. Faked papers on his body formed the basis of the strategic deception Operation Mincemeat, to divert Axis attention away from the planned invasion of Sicily.

Dave

 

[Andy_Ross]

1789 George Washington was inaugurated this day in in Federal Hall in New York City,

 

[Andy_Ross]

1975 Saigon fell to North Vietnamese troops

 

[Andy_Ross]

1945 Hitler committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin.