FOFC POLL - Historical Date/Event Draft

[Mustang]

After what seemed like an eternity, the FOFC draft is done and now it is time to vote. (No wonder Maple Leafs doesn't do more of these... they are a fair amount of work. Fun but, work....)

The initial intent was to have an events draft based around dates. Not a true 'date draft' but, rather an events draft based around the confinements of an ever shrinking draft pool of dates.

So, it is up to you to vote for who had the best overall draft be it by the best collection of dates, best event, combination or just rolling a d10... Voting will run for 7 days.

Winner gets a copy of the game - Chronology mailed to them. (If they want it)





Team 1 - Barkeep

Sports : 6/14/1998 Bulls win 6th Championship in 8 Years (sports)
Military Event : 8/21/1942: Battle of Stalingrad Begin
Natural Disaster : 4/26/1986: Meltdown at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Natural Disaster)
Entertainment : 1/4/1936: Billboard released their first chart of popular pop music (Entertainment
Scientific Event : 10/22/1878: Thomas Edison conducts first successful test of the filament light bulb (Scientific)
Fictional Event (Date appearing in ficitional material) : 11/12/1955 - Clock tower struck in Back to the Future
Television Moment : 2/9/1964 - Beatles appear on Ed. Sullivan
Politics : 7/4/1776 (U.S Signs Declaration of Independence)
Birthday/Death : 9/13/1996 - Tupac is shot (Death/Births)
19th Century : 3/31/1854 - Commodore Perry opens Japan (19th Century)
Pre-17th century Europe : 5/30/1431 - Joan of Arc is burned at the Stake (Pre-17th Century Europe)
Potluck : 12/31/1907 - Times Square Ball makes its first appearance


Team #2 - Treadwell

Sports : 9/6/1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. breaks the record for consecutive games played
Military Event : 6/6/1944 - D-Day
Natural Disaster : 4/18/1906 - San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Entertainment : 7/25/1965 - Bob Dylan "goes electric" at the Newport Folk gestival.
Scientific Event : 12/17/1903: The Wright Brothers make the first heaver-than-air human flight
Fictional Event : 2/2/1992: Events of the movie "Groundhog Day" (fictional)
Television Moment : 8/1/1981 - The debut of MTV. (Television Moment)
Politics : 11/4/1979 - The American Embassy in Tehran is seized, with 66 hostages taken.
Birthday/Death : 5/28/1934 - The Dionne Quintuplets are born, the first quintuplets to survive infancy
19th Century : 3/6/1836 - Santa Anna captures the Alamo. (19th Century)
Pre-17th century Europe : 10/14/1066 - The Battle of Hastings
Potluck : 1/22/1973 - The Supreme Court issues a decision in Roe v. Wade


Team #3 - NTNDeacon

Sports : 4/6/1896 The start of the Modern Olympics in Athens, Greece
Military Event : 10/19,1781 Cornwallis Surrenders at Yorktown (military event)
Natural Disaster : 9/8/1900 The Galveston Hurricane (Natural Disaster)
Entertainment : 12/15/1939 Premiere of Gone with the Wind (Entertainment)Non-fiction) :
Scientific Event : 7/20/1969 1st manned landing on the moon
Fictional Event (Date appearing in fictional material) : 6/16/1904 The day in Ulysses. (Leopold Bloom walks around Dublin)
Television Moment : 11/16/1981 Luke Spenser marries Laura Webber on General Hospital (Television event)
Politics : 2/12/1909 NAACP founded Feb. 12, 1909
Birthday/Death : 3/17/493 St. Patrick dies (birth/ death)
19th Century : 5/10/1869 completion of the 1st transcontinental railroad at Promontary Summit
Pre-17th century Europe : 8/8/1588 The English defeat of the Spanish Armada
Potluck : 1/28/1986 The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (potluck category)


Team #4 - Maple Leafs

Sports : 9/29/1954 -Willie Mays of the New York Giants makes "The Catch"
Military Event : 12/7/1941 The attack on Pearl Harbor
Natural Disaster : 7/28/1976 - The Tangshan earthquake demolishes the city of one million (disaster)
Entertainment : 1/26/1926 - John Logie Baird gives the first public demo of mech TV
Scientific Event : 10/5/1957 - The surprise launch of Sputnik 1, the first successful space launch (Science)
Fictional Event : 4/4/1984 - "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen..." (Fiction)
Television Moment : 5/22/1992 - Johnny Carson's final show
Politics : 11/9/1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall (politics)
Birthday/Death : 6/28/1914 - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
19th Century : 8/19/1812 - The HMS Guerriere meets the USS Constitution in a fierce battle
Pre-17th century Europe : 3/1/1095 - The Byzantine Empire attends the Council of Piacenzaasks
Potluck : 2/26/1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser


Team #5 - Radii

Sports : 6/8/1966 - The merge of the NFL and AFL into one league is announced (Sports)
Military Event : 7/14/1789 - Storming of the Bastille (Military Event)
Natural Disaster : 10/17/1989 - San Francisco Earthquake during the World Series (Natural Disaster)
Entertainment : 5/15/1928 - The first animated short featuring Mickey Mouse is released
Scientific Event : 2/6/1959 - The first patent for an Integrated Circuit(ie Microchip) is filed by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments
Fictional Event : 9/22/2004 - Oceanic Flight 815 crashes in premiere of Lost
Television Moment : 12/28/1958 - Baltimore 23, New York 17 (OT) - NFL Championship Game (Television Moment)
Politics : 3/15/44 BC - Julius Caesar is assassinated
Birthday/Death : Nov 22, 1963 - President John F Kennedy is assassinated
19th Century : 4/30/1803 - Louisiana Purchase (19th Century)
Pre-17th century Europe : 1/13/1559 - Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England
Potluck : 8/15/1914, The Panama Canal opens(Potluck)



Team #6 - Path 12

Sports : 7/30/1930 -- First World Cup begins in Uruguay. (sports)
Military Event : 4/9/1865 -- Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse (military)
Natural Disaster : 8/24/79 -- Mt Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii
Entertainment (Non-fiction) : 2/14/2005 -- You Tube is established. (entertainment)
Scientific Event : 11/24/1859 -- Darwin publishes On The Origin Of Species. (Science)
Fictional Event : 5/4/1911 -- Sherlock Holmes kills Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls
Television Moment : 6/25/1951 - First network color broadcast is made by CBS. (Television)
Politics :12/2/1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself to be the first French Emp
Birthday/Death : 3/29/1912 -- Three members of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole freeze
19th Century : 1/24/1848 - Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill (19th Century)
Pre-17th century Europe : 10/31/1517 -- Martin Luther starts the Reformation with his 95 Theses.
Potluck : 9/11/2001 World Trade Center attack


Team #7 - Buccaneer

Sports : 10/8/1956 - Don Larsen's perfect game in the World Series (sports)
Military Event : 9/17/1862 - Battle of Antietam, single bloodiest day in American History (military)
Natural Disaster : 8/27/1883 - Krakatoa volcanic explosions,
Entertainment (Non-fiction) : 1/1/1890 - Inaugural Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena
Scientific Event : 6/30/1905 - Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity is published
Fictional Event : 3/25/3019 - The One Ring is destroyed and the Fall of Sauron (fictional)
Television Moment : 2/28/1983 - M*A*S*H Finale
Politics : 7/2/1964 - the landmark Civil Rights Act is made law
Birthday/Death : 12/25/-4 : Birth of Christ
19th Century : 4/14/1865: Lincoln's Assassination
Pre-17th century Europe : 5/20/325 - First Council of Nicaea
Potluck : 11/29/1623 - First Thanksgiving

Team #8 - Larry McG421

Sports : 6/22/1937 - Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling
Military Event : 4/12/1861 - Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
Natural Disaster : 2/4/1783 - Calabria (Italy) Earthquake kills 50,000. (Natural Disasters)
Entertainment (Non-fiction) : 11/2/1959: Charles Van Doren testifies that quiz show 21 is fixed
Scientific Event : 3/10/1876 - Alexander Graham Bell successfully tansmits the first telephone call
Fictional Event : 9/1/1991 - Harry Potter's first day at Hogwarts (fictional)
Television Moment : 10/3/1995 - Announcement of OJ Simpson verdict (TV)
Politics : 5/17/1954 - Brown v. Board of Education decision handed down by Supreme Court
Birthday/Death : 1/17/1706 - Benjamin Franklin was born. (Birthday/Death)
19th Century : 12/10/1898 - Peace treaty is signed between United States and Spain.
Pre-17th century Europe : 8/3/1492 - Columbus sets sail for the new world
Potluck : 7/18/1925: Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is published for the first time.


Team #9 - Mustang

Sports : 11/6/1869 : First College football game played. Rutgers v Princeton (sports)
Military Event : 4/24/1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the infamous Trojan Horse (military)
Natural Disaster : 8/29/2005 - Katrina hits New Orleans
Entertainment (Non-fiction) : 3/19/1931 - Gambling legalized in Nevada (Entertainment)
Scientific Event : 7/16/1945 - First test of a nuclear weapon aka Trinity Test (science)
Fictional Event : 10/12/802701 - George meets the Eloi in H.G Wells Time Machine (fictional)
Television Moment : 2/19/72 - Sammy Davis Jr. Kisses Archie on All in the Family
Politics : 1/30/33 - Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany
Birthday/Death : 6/10/323 BC Alexander the Great dies
19th Century : 9/27/1821 - Mexico granted independence from Spain
Pre-17th century Europe : 12/4/771 : King Carloman dies making Charlemange the ruler of the complete Frankish Kingdom
Potluck : 5/8/1945 - Victory in Europe

Team #10 - Neon Chaos

Sports : 2/22/1959 - Lee Petty wins the very first Daytona 500
Military Event : 8/6/1945 Hiroshima Bombed
Natural Disaster : 5/31/1935 - A 7.1 Magnitude earthquake destroys the city of Quetta in Pakistan.
Entertainment : 9/20/1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held (Entertainment)
Scientific Event : 7/10/1962 - The first active communications sattelite, Telstar, is launched
Fictional Event : 12/21/1872 - Phinneas Fogg Arrives At The Reform Club in 80 days around the world(fiction)
Television Moment : 3/21/1980 - Who Shot JR
Politics : 11/19/1863. The Gettysburg Address
Birthday/Death : 1/15/1929 MLK Born
19th Century : 6/18/1815 - Battle of Waterloo (19th century)
Pre-17th century Europe : 4/22/1508 - Henry VIII Crowned as King of England (pre-17th europe)
Potluck : 10/29/1929 - The US stock market crashes, in what was to be called Black Tuesday

[AENeuman]

just voted for brother bucc in the draft (go figure). gotta say it was
close. it was a three way tie until the potluck put
him over.

here are my thoughts:

tread gets sports because cal breaking the record was a date people knew
and were looking forward to for years

Maple gets Military Event, "day that will live..."

Tread gets natural disaster, bias, and sf quake seems the only
date that was ever remembered/celebrated

Bucc gets entertainment, perfect match between day and event.

NTN gets science, moon landing was a day everyone celebrated.
Plus it's the most fantastic.

Maple get fiction. Most popular book title date ever.
Plus, that's my favorite opening line.

Radi gets TV. It was a football game that changed the future of TV and
sports. rest seemed to be more of dates celebrating a
past greatness.

Bar gets politics, obvious.

Bucc get birthday, more i think about it, that's the
best choice in the draft.

19th cen was hard. I think mustang's mexico independence is the most
important/remembered, just not in the u.s. i picked gold. but
could be convinced to go with railroad, l. purchase,
or lincoln's assignation.

Path got pre-17. Martin luther thing was the best single historical
moment. Bucc's is good, but the day the creed was
accepted, june 19, is more important

so it was a 3 way tie between tread, maple, and bucc.
bucc's use of popular holiday and historical event makes thanksgiving easily better than the rest.

this was fun

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by AENeuman

Maple get fiction. Most popular book title date ever.

I vote for Barkeep's for this category. That was my favorite pick of the draft...

[Mustang]

bump

[JonInMiddleGA]

In line with what I interpreted as the original nominal notion behind this draft, I tried to give credit for events that are closely associated with the date in question -- otherwise this is nothing more than an event draft as far as I can tell. And, since this only captured my interest in passing, I assigned point values in an extremely arbitrary fashion similar to what you might have seen in the original version of Whose Line Is It Anyway.

That less than scientific fashion left me with the following order of preference and the items that scored points.

1) Radii - for JFK & WS earthquake
2) Barkeep - for July 4th and Beatles
T3) Treadwell - for D-Day, Ripken, and Roe v Wade
T3) NTNDeacon - for Moon, GWTW, and Challenger
T5) MapleLeafs - for Pearl & Berlin Wall
T5) Path12 - for 9/11
T7) Mustang - for Katrina, V-E Day, and Trinity
T7) NeonChaos - for Hiroshima, JR, and Gettysburg
T9) Bucc - for MASH and Lincoln
T9) LarryMcg - for O.J. and Columbus

[Mustang]

last bump

Hopefully, there is no tie.