Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.14 $; site siemens.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!siemens!settle From: settle@siemens.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.trivia Subject: Trivia Fact 2/6 Message-ID: <94500010@siemens.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 08:44:00 EST Article-I.D.: siemens.94500010 Posted: Thu Feb 6 08:44:00 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Feb-86 00:52:55 EST Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #N:siemens:94500010:000:459 Nf-From: siemens!settle Feb 6 08:44:00 1986 Since I have been asked to "restrain myself" from posting a fact a day. I will only post the facts which I think others will find interesting. (I must admit, some of them are pretty useless.) Today's fact might be slightly interesting. Thursday, February 6 1861: The term "weather forecast" began when Robert Fitzroy, an English admiral, issued storm warnings for ships putting out to sea. Ken Settle Siemens RTL Princeton, NJ