A fascinating new thread ive devised to give you those pearls of wisdom that help you through the day.... 1797 Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine. 1930 The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. 1939 The Spanish Civil War ended. 1941 Author Virginia Woolf drowned herself. 1979 Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 2000 Supreme Court rules unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person More tomorrow! :]]
