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To: Rushmore Rocks

What do you think the 10-10 means? Be careful on October 10th?


37 posted on 09/17/2007 9:00:02 AM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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To: Greg F
Some hits on the date 10-10 from Wikipedia:

10-10-680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Shi'a Muslims as Aashurah.

10-10-732 - Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.

10-10-1933 - United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

10-10-1944 - Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp.

55 posted on 09/17/2007 9:15:47 AM PDT by Sender ("Kill the terrorists, secure the border, and give me back my freedom.")
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To: Greg F

I got a 10-4 on your 10-10 good buddy.

10-8


80 posted on 09/17/2007 10:01:14 AM PDT by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: Greg F

New moon time for the loonies.


137 posted on 09/17/2007 11:31:18 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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