[Sooperdooper]

I'm going to say September 28th, 1972.

That's the real End of the Cold War, right there.

[Daver]

Sooperdooper, on Oct 23 2007, 08:42 PM, said:

I'm going to say September 28th, 1972.

That's the real End of the Cold War, right there.

Beating the Soviets to the moon.

[Nalka]

End of the Cuban missile crisis?

[Sooperdooper]

Daver, on Oct 23 2007, 06:46 PM, said:

Beating the Soviets to the moon.

Nope.

[Daver]

Sooperdooper, on Oct 23 2007, 08:50 PM, said:

Nope.

And why not? I's on the same level as Columbus getting to the New World w/o the slavery.

[Robert Davidson]

best event of the 20th century is the 1980 defeat of the Soviets in the Olympics in hockey

[Carrick]

June 6th 1944

[ScottenBurgh]

Fall of the Berlin Wall... and the fall of communism around the world

[Rather Dashing]

January 9th 1993 my birthday

Seriously though I must say makin it to the moon, developing better forms of communication like satalites, and well the fall communism in Russia.

[Jacob the Malignant]

The fall of the Nazi Empire and the end to the holocaust definitly is up there with the best...

[blizzardman1219]

Fall of communism.

[Kenadian_2006]

Discovery of insulin...by a Canadian.

[Comrade Mao]

April, 1945.

[Kenadian_2006]

Mao Zedong, on Oct 23 2007, 10:23 PM, said:

April, 1945.

And why's that? The defeat of Germany? Didn't happen till May didn't it?

[Comrade Yev]

Sooperdooper, on Oct 23 2007, 08:42 PM, said:

I'm going to say September 28th, 1972.

That's the real End of the Cold War, right there.

Wikipedia has nothing except Dita Von Teese being born.

Daver, the moon landing was 1969.

[America]

Kenadian_2006, on Oct 24 2007, 02:24 AM, said:

And why's that? The defeat of Germany? Didn't happen till May didn't it?

Thats when WWII ended...by an America.

And a lil help from the Soviets.

[Kenadian_2006]

America, on Oct 23 2007, 10:28 PM, said:

Thats when WWII ended...by an America.

And a lil help from the Soviets.

Ehh...nut uh. The first surrenders occurred on May 2nd, VE-Day was on May 8th and 9th in the Soviet Union (time zones) with some resistance continuing till the 11th and 12th.

[America]

But the main action ended in April. It was officially declared over in May, but April was the final month.

[Kenadian_2006]

America, on Oct 23 2007, 10:31 PM, said:

But the main action ended in April. It was officially declared over in May, but April was the final month.

I suppose you're right. I'm just splitting hairs because I'm a WW2 buff.

[America]

As am I. Awesome people love awesome things.

This post has been edited by America: 23 October 2007 - 08:34 PM