Sunday, November 18, 2007 On This Day : Nov18 On this day… November 18: Independence Day in Latvia ( 1918 ), National Day in Oman ( 1940 ) . 1307 – William Tell , a legendary marksman in Switzerland , is said to have successfully shot an apple on his son’s head with a single bolt from his crossbow. 1626 – St. Peter’s Basilica , one of four major basilicas of Rome , was consecrated on the anniversary of that of the previous church in 326. 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark became Haakon VII (pictured) , the first King of Norway after the personal union between Sweden and Norway was dissolved. 1928 – Walt Disney ‘s Steamboat Willie , the first completely post-produced synchronized sound animated cartoon , was released. 1963- Frank Arrigo was Born 1985 – Calvin and Hobbes , a comic strip by Bill Watterson featuring six-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes , was first published. 1987 – An underground fire killed 31 people at London ‘s busiest underground station at King’s Cross St Pancras. 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: Republic of Serbian Krajina forces captured the Croatian city of Vukovar , ending an 87-day siege. 2007- Frank Arrigo turns 44 More events on this day… 9:57:40 AM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Family My Tweets De Jour #15 08:51 going for pancakes # 09:40 greenhorn, tenderfoot, Cheechako - which am i? # 09:45 waiting for my pancakes. where are they? # 10:03 overheard at pancake place - ‘i would love to get my hands on a chumby’. # 10:13 moira informs me i have to move more stuff today. wtf # 11:21 strangly enough, i find myself inside a bank on a saturday # 20:06 finally watched SiCKO # 22:36 checking out the new Chirp screensaver # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter 9:49:41 AM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek © Copyright 2007 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 12/1/2007; 9:19:13 AM.