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quote: some believe is the most important phase in the history of life since end of the cretaceous...
The finale of Seinfeld (May 14, 1998) ? |
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Here are some other trivial facts about today's date -- May 14th -- in history: - In 1607 Jamestown is founded -- the first permanent British settlement of North America.
- In 1948 Ben-Gurion pronounces the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel.
- In 1643 four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father
- In 1804 Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast
But you called it "a major step in a man-made process", which sounds technological rather than political. There's also: - 1908: The first passenger flight in an airplane
- 1853: Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk
Admirable steps, but somehow fall short of being the top event in the past 1012 years.  How about self-awareness, walking upright, making tools, learning to build fires, inventing the wheel -- and purchasing Geico Insurance online.  I'm pretty sure those all happened on a May 14.  |
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quote: Originally posted by Professor: Here are some other trivial facts about today's date -- May 14th -- in history: - In 1607 Jamestown is founded -- the first permanent British settlement of North America.
- In 1643 four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father
- In 1804 Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast
- In 1948 Ben-Gurion pronounces the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel.
But since you called it "a major step in a man-made process", I'm thinking technological rather than political. There's also: - 1908: The first passenger flight in an airplane
- 1853: Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk
Admirable steps in the march of progess, but somehow fall short of being the top event in the past 1012 years. How about self-awareness, walking upright, making tools, learning to build fires, inventing the wheel -- and purchasing Geico Insurance online. I'm pretty sure those all happened on a May 14.
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Don't shoot the messenger -- I just copied and pasted from here. Misinformation is afoot. |
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First, in my earlier post I meant to say ...108 years (and that's stretching it!)  One of those senior moments quote: Perf got it, he will soon piece it together
Not soon enough, I guess. From among all the events mentioned so far, I would nominate 'fuse's smallpox vaccine as the most important step in altering mankind's destiny. Is it related to air travel and globalism?  |
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Excellent, excellent, Moze!!! It was a tough one.
From the May National Geographic:
"For English America, Jamestown was the opening salvo in the Columbian Exchange. ... it began 400 years ago ... on May 14th, 1607, when 104 colonists disembarked on Jamestown peninsula..." By 1624 at least 6,000 colonists had arrived. Most of them died.
The article goes on to describe how the almost exponentially-growing demand for tobacco caused the native corn crops to be displaced and the forest to be cleared. The colonists brought in goats, cattle, horses, pigs and honeybees; some of the latter two immediately went 'wild' and soon there were wild apple and peach trees and a proliferation of insect-pollinated native species. English settlers brought in malaria, in their blood, from the marshes of south-eastern England, and local mosquitoes picked up the plasmodium parasite and spread it to everyone -- English and native alike. But it was the beginning of the near-extinction of native peoples, too, by disease, while the imported humans spread because they had better resistance to their familiar diseases.
And as Mozart has said, species traveled to the old world, too. This transfer of species 'reknit the torn seams of Pangaia', one historian has said.
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That was tricky. I assumed that a "man-made process" was something to specifically benefit man. Never assume... |
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Sorry.
Hint #2: Perf's 'Jamestown' fact was getting very close.
