Hugi Nine-year Anniversary
category: general [glöplog]
Today it's exactly 9 years since the release of the first issue of the Hugi Magazine (May 25th, 1996). Happy birthday, Hugi!
Ideas to get some attention are hard to come these days, aren't they ?
it must be hard. very.
It is tradition to inform people on Hugi's anniversaries.
post mortem?
does this mean free beer at some coming demo party - paid by the infamous hugi-crew??
congratulations, nine bloody years! i bet the heights reached were worth it
You can imagine all of us having a birthday party.
- 1521 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
- 1865 - In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
- 1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of sodomy and gross indecency and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- 1953 - At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
- 1979 - American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.
- 1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
- 1985 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
- 1996 - Hugi is born
- 2002 - A China Airlines Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.
- 1865 - In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
- 1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of sodomy and gross indecency and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- 1953 - At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
- 1979 - American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.
- 1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
- 1985 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
- 1996 - Hugi is born
- 2002 - A China Airlines Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.
:)
havoc you forgot the titanic :P
boyc, it sank 41 days early for this list ;(
Thanks, havoc, it's very interesting to see what other historical events happened on May 25th.
Other events on May 25th in the scene:
Err?
Err?
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/todayinhistory/ is quite fun.
1993: Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence for a home run
This is SO history.
This is SO history.
1961 - Apollo program: U.S. president John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon" before the end of the decade. (source: wikipedia)
1986: 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
(Wow, that means she'll be 115 at Hugis 10th birthday.)
1986: 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
(Wow, that means she'll be 115 at Hugis 10th birthday.)
