Pinch Punch

First of the month!

[peewhy]

No one else said it:)

Anyone got any today in history facts?

[DaveN]

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[Paul in South Africa]

OK, I'll bite.

China regained control over Hong Kong on this day in 1997 after Britain had contolled it as a colony for 156 years.

<added>To slow today</added>

[edited by: Paul_in_South_Africa at 11:41 am (utc) on July 1, 2003]

[edit_g]

1993 - 1 second is added to the clock

Does anyone know why? Was it just for fun?

[DaveN]

1993 - 1 second is added to the clock

They realised it had been running slow for 1993 years?.

Dave

[peewhy]

On a similar topic, when we are say 65 years old, how old are we really on our birthday?

[edit_g]

lol - would you believe that they're leap seconds?! :)

http**://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/office/given/timekeeping.html

<edit>link fixed/broken

[Dayo_UK]

I dont think I ever changed my clocks/watches etc to take in that 1 second!

[peewhy]

Last year someone told me all my clocks had to go back, I returned five of them but I still can't remember where I got the others from.

[georgeek]

On the 1st July 1646 Gottfried Leibniz was born. His many achievements included the development of the binary system and a calculating machine calculating machine [www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk].

Missed by Google but not forgotten :)

[peewhy]

Messed by Google but not forgotten

[werty]

this is a long one:
July 1 , 1378- Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
July 1 , 1523- Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
July 1 , 1523- John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
July 1 , 1589- Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
July 1 , 1592- Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies
July 1 , 1627- Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
July 1 , 1662- Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61
July 1 , 1691- Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77
July 1 , 1723- Willem van de Pose, gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
July 1 , 1742- Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58
July 1 , 1774- Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68
July 1 , 1776- Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
July 1 , 1782- Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, does at 52
July 1 , 1784- Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
July 1 , 1805- Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60
July 1 , 1839- Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
July 1 , 1847- George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
July 1 , 1863- John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42
July 1 , 1883- Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39
July 1 , 1885- Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73
July 1 , 1894- Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77
July 1 , 1896- Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85
July 1 , 1910- Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
July 1 , 1916- William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies
July 1 , 1922- Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies at 81
July 1 , 1925- Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
July 1 , 1925- Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61
July 1 , 1939- Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
July 1 , 1943- Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
July 1 , 1943- C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1943- C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1943- Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1943- Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1943- Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
July 1 , 1943- Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed
July 1 , 1943- Karl Gr”ger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1943- Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1943- Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1943- Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1943- Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
July 1 , 1944- Carl Mayer, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies at 49
July 1 , 1947- Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80
July 1 , 1949- Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
July 1 , 1950- Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
July 1 , 1950- Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76
July 1 , 1953- Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
July 1 , 1953- Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
July 1 , 1958- Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies
July 1 , 1958- Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
July 1 , 1958- Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78
July 1 , 1963- Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies
July 1 , 1964- Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
July 1 , 1965- Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55
July 1 , 1965- Wally Hammond, S African cricketer (7,249 runs for England), dies
July 1 , 1968- Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies
July 1 , 1968- Virginia Weidler, actress (All This & Heaven Too), dies at 42
July 1 , 1971- Lord Learie Constantine, WI cricketer (all-rounder & fielder), dies
July 1 , 1973- Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76
July 1 , 1974- Juan D Per¢n, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78
July 1 , 1979- Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64
July 1 , 1980- Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends & Associates), dies at 75
July 1 , 1981- George Voskovec, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76
July 1 , 1982- John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51
July 1 , 1982- Shon Coco Palm, [Jacobo JM Palm], Cura‡an composer, dies
July 1 , 1982- Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
July 1 , 1983- R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87
July 1 , 1986- Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
July 1 , 1988- Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
July 1 , 1988- Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68
July 1 , 1989- William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
July 1 , 1990- Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
July 1 , 1990- Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
July 1 , 1991- Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies
July 1 , 1991- Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Hwy to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54
July 1 , 1992- Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies
July 1 , 1994- Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies
July 1 , 1995- Bruce Mitchell, S Afr cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies
July 1 , 1995- Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49
July 1 , 1995- Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57
July 1 , 1996- Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75
July 1 , 1996- Margaux Hemmingway, actress (Lipstick), dies at 41
July 1 , 1996- Richard Michael Fraser, political administrator, dies at 80
July 1 , 1996- Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright, dies at 53
July 1 , 1997- Joshua Hassan, head of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies
July 1 , 1997- Robert Mitchum, actor (Winds of War), dies at 79

[juniperwasting]

Wow,

That is a depressing list.

[peewhy]

werty, what happened in the 1400's?

You've let the side down...and you've got too much time on your hands. :)

[werty]

All I had to do was track down that script...I installed it a while back on my server.