Today in History

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no i think it was on 14th april :tear2:

poor titanic

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^deviji mujhe titanic se zyada usske musafiron ke liye afsos hai........

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waise maine titanic film cd laa ker dekhi thi...and that cd was dubbed in pakistan...the movie was in urdu instead or hindi....:D

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Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm (14th April) and the drowned on 15th April :crying:

Konse musafir ka ziada afsos hua :faizy:

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sabhi musafiron ka.....no discrimination based on age,sex,religion or race

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waise Devi ji ghar per sab kushal mangal to hai?

aap ek do roz se dikhai nahi di...

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Acha ji... They have shown some Arabs in the movie too reciting Quran.

Yes I hope everything is alright. What about that historical haleeem? Have you posted the pic?
aap ek do roz se dikhai nahi di...

One of my friend watched it for more than 20 times and he remembered most of the dialogues :D

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do you remember last scene when rose speaks about jack how he tried to save her life…:wub:

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I remember only one scene ;)

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yeah everthing is fne allhumdullah but GS is so slow in posting from last 2 days..... thts y
anyways titanic 3D is out anyone watched tht.....

i wasnt able to post about 16th april so lets start from 16th april....
lets c what happened on 16 april

16th April 1964 : At the old Bailey in London the great train robbers were
sentenced to up to 30 years for their part in the Great Train Robbery . Seven of
the defendants - Ronald Biggs, Charles Wilson, Douglas Goody, Thomas Wisbey,
Robert Welch, James Hussey and Roy James each received sentences of 30 years.
The robbery was from a mail train carrying 3.8 million pounds between Glasgow
and London when 15 masked robbers stopped the train at by changing the signals
to red and boarding the train armed with weapons

16th April 1943 : Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist accidentally consumes LSD-25.
After taking the drug, formally known as lysergic acid diethylamide, Dr. Hoffman
was disturbed by unusual sensations and hallucinations

16th April 1944 : Allied Bombers hit Budapest and Belgrade as continued attacks
on enemies lines of communications and Rail Lines were carried out overnight.

16th April 1963 : Police break up walk to city hall to register to vote in
Birmingham Alabama and arrested the first 15 Negroes in the walk to the county
courthouse

16th April 1964 : "The Rolling Stones band's debut album, "The Rolling Stones"
issued in the US as "England's Newest Hit Makers" was released. The band
consisted of Jagger, Jones, Richards, Wyman, and Watts

16th April 1972 : NASA launched the Apollo 16 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral,
Florida

16th April 1983 : China and Vietnam continue fighting on the border over the
killing of farmers and other Chinese civilians working near the border

16th April 2003 : Michael Jordan played his last NBA game for the Washington
Wizards

16th April 2008 : The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge on the use of
lethal injections as a means of execution. The Court rejected the case that was
made by two death row inmates in the state of Kentucky. They have already sued
the state, and said that the commonly used combination of three chemical
injections violated the Constitution's ban on cruel punishment. Executions
nationwide have been on hold since September 2006, and Virginia has just said
that it was lifting its moratorium on it

16th April, 2011 : Cuba celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Bay of Pigs
invasion with a military parade and gathering of citizens. The anniversary
marked Castro and the communists' triumph over US-backed exile groups who had
invaded in an attempt to oust Fidel Castro. The celebration came at the same
time as the Cuban congress was meeting to discuss major reforms

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So he had to eat LSD-25 for having sensations and hallucinations. Seems that majority of Pakistani are eating RKM-40 (Roti Kapda Makan for 40 years) causing them live under hallucinations :hoonh:

One more important event of 16th April, 2012.

Devi ji finally scanned the pic of historical Haleem made after thorugh research. The Haleem’s pic was then posted here:

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/household-affairs-and-cuisine-corner/552836-haleem-competition-ending-on-15th-may.html

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meri haleem ne mujhe history mei ek ahm muqam de dya hai :hat:

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Today is 20 right ?

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Yes.. whats important about 20th April?

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20th April 1999 : Two students ( Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold ) wearing balaclavas go through Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado, firing automatic weapons and throwing homemade bombs killing 13 people and wounded 24 others before the two students committed suicide. They had originally planted two home made bombs in the cafeteria and were planning ok murdering the students as they ran from the building , when the bombs failed to go off they went into the school and began the massacre

20th April 1906 : Firefighters finally end the spread of flames in San Francisco after the earthquake two days earlier on April 18th. The earthquake caused large parts of the city to burn and it had taken 2 days of constant fire fighting to stop the spread and bring the fires under control. Nearly 700 people lost their lives from the earthquake and fires and 200,000 were left homeless

20th April 1929 : Plans were announced to build the tallest building in the world in New York for the bank of Manhattan which will be 63 stories high

20th April 1983 : 2 cars packed with high explosives blew up in Baghdad today killing and injuring a large number of people , the bombings have been blamed on Iran by Saddam Hussein the Iraq President

20th april 1952: Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, a four-star general in the Pakistan Army, and the current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan was born today.

n i doubt not sure tht pakistan’s match fixing scandal in england(2010) also started today. someone plz confirm tht.

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Happy Birthday to Kayani Sahib :slight_smile: BTW, ye 4star general kia hota hai? :konfused:

PS: Happy birthday to @queer

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4 star means general
like 3 stars means lieutenant general
2 stars means maj general
1 star mean brig.

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:hmmm: You got good information about army. Kahin aapka taluq GHQ se to nahin?

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yes i m from army family :wink: n proud of it :jhanda:
n even my in laws r also army…

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April 20, 1988: Jahangir Khan wins seventh Squash title in a row. :snooty: