Another Khemi Monday, Now With Added Ho!
DateTime:7/21/2009 11:56:42 AM

Hello and welcome to December! Today is the gold anniversary of one of my all-time favourite games, Quake 2. Me love you long time, Q2. Sucky, sucky, 5 dollah? Eleven years old today and still a sexy beast. December is the month of BINGO, Theft Prevention, Learning a Foreign Language, Tie Month, Safe Toys and Write a Friend Month. Yay? /Yawn.

On this day in history...

• 1653 - An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes.
  
• 1835 - Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales.
  
• 1896 - 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY).
  
• 1922 - 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA" -by Capt Turner, RAF.
  
• 1929 - Game of BINGO invented by Edwin S. Lowe.
  
• 1943 - FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day).
  
• 1951 - Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds.
  
• 1959 - 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space.
  
• 1967 - Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope.
  
• 1973 - Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year.
  
• 1976 - Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks".
  
• 1997 - Quake 2 goes gold!