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**Oberst Hajj** · 01-20-2014 18:00

Originally Posted by Jager

I'm glad you didn't wait, because that makes the forum's birthday MINE!!!
So cheers to our mutual day of birth:

Karl

You and me, were meant to be. So happy together! lol

**7eat51** · 01-20-2014 18:08

Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj

So happy together!

Now I have that song in my mind.

**Jager** · 01-21-2014 00:16

Originally Posted by Blackronin

Your birthday is August, 10, Karl?

Indeed!

**Blackronin** · 01-21-2014 03:17

Well, Karl, I thought you would like to know this:

612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh.
70 - "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)
610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.
843 - Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German & Charles the Bare divide France
955 - Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, King of the Germans defeats the Hungarian, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of Western Europe.
991 - Battle of Maldon: English, led by Bryhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. The English are defeated and the story is immortalised in a well-known poem.
1304 - Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch & French fleet beat Flemish fleet
1316 - Second Battle of Athenry
1461 - Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain
1497 - John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
1500 - Portuguese sea captain Diego Dias is first European to sight Madagascar
1511 - Portuguese troops occupy parts of Malacca
1512 - Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
1519 - Magellan's 5 ships set sail to circumnavigate the Earth. The name is Magalhães.
1557 - Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France
1566 - Iconoclasm begins
1585 - English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Netherlands
1622 - County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges. English Monarch Queen Elizabeth IEnglish Monarch Queen Elizabeth I 1627 - Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
1628 - Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
1653 - Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch
1664 - Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vásvár
1675 - King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1675 - Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam
1678 - Netherlands & France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen
1680 - In New Mexico, Popé leads rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spaniads
1743 - Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated
1774 - 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing
1776 - American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
1787 - Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik" (Probably the most important event in your birthday - I would venture that in 10.000 years it will be the only thing that it will still be on vogue from all these events)
1787 - Turkey declares war on Russia
1790 - Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage
1792 - Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI
1809 - Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1821 - Missouri admitted as 24th US state
1822 - Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die
1827 - Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
1831 - Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery
1831 - Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die
1833 - Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200
1835 - Mob of whites & oxen pulled black school to a swamp out of Canaan NH
1846 - Congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution
1856 - Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana
1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek (Oak Hills) Missouri during US Civil War - General Lyon killed
1862 - Battle of Nueces River TX
1866 - Transatlantic cable laid - President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria
1869 - O B Brown patents moving picture projector
1876 - 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada
1877 - Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM
1885 - Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)
1889 - Dan Rylands patents screw cap
1895 - 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi")
1897 - Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club)
1900 - 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0)
1904 - Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur
1913 - 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
1914 - At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary
1914 - German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany
1914 - German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas
1916 - Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia
1920 - Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia & Romania
1920 - Treaty of Sèvres (Allies & Turkey)
1920 - Turkish government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate
32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1921 - FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello
1926 - Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
1932 - A 5.1-kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
1941 - Roosevelt & Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland
1942 - Gen B Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in N Africa
1943 - Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf HitlerDictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1943 - Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots
1944 - US recaptures Guam from Japanese
1944 - US/French offensive at Alencon
1945 - Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged

**Blackronin** · 01-21-2014 03:18

Las Tortugas!!

**Blackronin** · 01-21-2014 04:28

I've just listened to "Happy Together" 17 times or more. Time to end this...

**GhenrikG** · 03-09-2015 15:16

GhenrikG, reporting for duty!

Long time lurker, first time poster. Just wanted to say hi to all of you!

Happy flying and gaming!

**Blackronin** · 03-09-2015 15:49

Hi Henrik!
Welcome to the Skies.

**Blackronin** · 03-09-2015 15:49

Hi Henrik!
Welcome to the Skies.

**Nightbomber** · 03-09-2015 16:13

Welcome from Poland, Henrik

**fast.git** · 03-09-2015 17:40

Hi from Connecticut, Henrik!

**Teaticket** · 03-09-2015 17:58

Welcome to the Drome from Cape Cod.

**gully_raker** · 03-09-2015 21:54

G'day Henrik & welcome to the 'drome on behalf of the Pilots who fly in NSW down in Australia.

Lots of great info available here so be sure to check out the different sections.

Enjoy your visits.

**GhenrikG** · 03-09-2015 23:08

Thanks for the warm welcome!

If any of you guys has the opportunity to come to Tirol in Austria (Kundl-Innsbruck area) make sure to contact me.
There are planes in the hangar ready for take off.

Clear skies to everyone!

Henrik

**Boney10** · 03-10-2015 01:00

Hi Henrik, welcome to you, from Bristol, UK.

**Flying Helmut** · 03-10-2015 02:50

Welcome to the Drome , Henrik, from Middlesex in the U.K.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 03-10-2015 03:51

On behalf of the rest of the pilots based here in the U.K. welcome to the Drome Henrik.
Rob.

**Naharaht** · 03-10-2015 04:16

Welcome to the Aerodrome, Henrick, from here near Norwich in the United Kingdom.

**tikkifriend** · 03-10-2015 04:19

Bienvenue to the Drome Henrik. Got any preference to flying periods ?

**GhenrikG** · 03-11-2015 12:16

Bon soir Paul!

I am collecting planes of both periods. I just love planes... (My wallet hates me... Don`t mention the kickstarter...)
Started collecting during the Wings of War times and still going strong. Just a lack of players here. But got some vict... *ahem* friends I try to get into playing...

How about you? Due to your avatar, I assume WWI?

**tikkifriend** · 03-11-2015 13:13

Originally Posted by GhenrikG

Bon soir Paul!

I am collecting planes of both periods. I just love planes... (My wallet hates me... Don`t mention the kickstarter...)
Started collecting during the Wings of War times and still going strong. Just a lack of players here. But got some vict... *ahem* friends I try to get into playing...

How about you? Due to your avatar, I assume WWI?

Hi Henrik WWI is my first love but over the years WWII has sucked me in. Have a look at our OTT scenarios (WWI) and the Fire in the skies forums for some ideas and scenarios you might want to drop in to. Take a look at the dicless solo chart Blackronin and Oldguy59 have produced for us solo guys or if you have Skype we do hve a Skype forum which is international and open to all. PM me if you want more details.
Bon courage mon comarade : salute:

**GhenrikG** · 03-11-2015 13:21

Merci beaucoup!

Will do and check it out immediately. Sth like a dynamic campaign would come in handy. I am off to dig around a bit.

Cheers!

**Lt. S.Kafloc** · 03-11-2015 14:04

Whey'aye man, gaen canny.

A warm welcome from UK North of England Squadron Henrik.

**grumpybear** · 03-11-2015 14:34

Hi and welcome from Alberta

**Nordkopf** · 02-16-2021 12:33

Hello,
Greetings from good old Germany. My name is Soenke and i live in Glueckstadt. That is near Hamburg.
"Hals und Beinbruch" es werden das.
Greets Soenke

**Teaticket** · 02-16-2021 14:07

Welcome to the Aerodrome Soenke. Glueckstadt sounded familiar. I had one of my pilots in the OTT Solo Campaign come from Glueckstadt!

Watch your back and in the US, we say "break a leg" for good luck.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 02-16-2021 14:23

On behalf of the pilots stationed here in Dear old Blighty welcome to the Drome Soenke.

Rob.

**malachi** · 02-16-2021 14:39

Welcome, Soenke!

**Baxter** · 02-16-2021 16:47

Hello Soenke, welcome to our group.

**Stumptonian** · 02-16-2021 17:12

Welcome from Portland, Oregon, Soenke.

Originally Posted by Nordkopf

Hello,
Greetings from good old Germany. My name is Soenke and i live in Glueckstadt. That is near Hamburg.
"Hals und Beinbruch" es werden das.
Greets Soenke