On this day in 1988 the movie Die Hard debuts and makes Bruce Willis the superstar action hero that he is today. Playing the role of John McClain, the smart-ass New York cop, Willis was able to mix street smarts with the tough guy image to pull off one of the best set of action movies around. The basic premise is McClain is constantly finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and it's up to him to save the day, and when he does he utters his catch phrase "Yippee Ki Yay motherfucker!"
On this day in 1799 the Rosetta Stone is found by Pierre-Francois Bouchard during Napoleon's Egypt expedition. It is a decree written on behalf of King Ptolemy V written in Egyptian hieroglyphic, and ancient Greek. Before its rediscovery the meaning to the Egyptian hieroglyphs were lost to history. But now we know so much more about their culture and day to day life because of this find.
On this day in 2003 AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape, one of the more popular forms of internet browsers. I always used Netscape when I first used the internet on a computer. Microsoft internet explorer didn't really become my browser of choice until Netscape died. In the ashes of Netscape, Mozilla was born. Yay firefox!
On this day in 1997 Andrew Cunanan killed his 5th and most high profile victim of his killing spree when he shot fashion designer Gianni Versace in his driveway. He was put on the FBI's most wanted list during his 3 month killing spree and killed himself a little more than a week after this murder.
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