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The Vandals Invade Gaul (406 CE)
An ancient Germanic tribe that originated in North Jutland, the Vandals began a decades-long migration in the early 5th century. The violent path they cut through Europe made their name synonymous with senseless destruction. Crossing the Rhine in 406 CE, they invaded their first stop, Gaul. The Roman-allied Franks refused to allow them to settle there, so the Vandals devastated the region and kept moving. By the time they sacked Rome in 455 CE, they had established a kingdom of their own

I'm not sure of the significance of sharing a birthday with anyone

I remember the various videos of the Berlin Wall coming down, though... I was only 11, but that is one of those things permanently in my brain.

Maybe that’s why the dissolution of the USSR didn’t really receive that much press coverage because it had been a somewhat slow but steady decline. I do remember the wall coming down, it seemed to happen suddenly, it was a very big happening at the time. 

Maybe that’s why the dissolution of the USSR didn’t really receive that much press coverage because it had been a somewhat slow but steady decline. I do remember the wall coming down, it seemed to happen suddenly, it was a very big happening at the time.

I remember Ronald Reagan telling Gorbechev



That was in 1987. Then it happened a few years later.

It was 43 years ago today! Nebraska beat LSU 21-20 in the Orange Bowl.
Miami, Fla., Jan. 1, 1983--The 1983 Orange Bowl game between Nebraska and Louisiana State started out like the one-sided contest the oddsmakers had predicted. The Husker defense held the Tigers to three yards on three plays after the opening kickoff and forced a punt. Then the NU offense drove 51 yards in six plays to take a 7-0 lead on Mark Schellen's 2-yard run with 4:03 gone in the game.
At that point, Murphy's Law went into effect. On the first play after Toby Williams intercepted an LSU pass at the Husker seven, Nebraska fumbled the ball away to set up a tying Tiger TD. The Huskers fumbled the ball away at the LSU 15, forced a punt and fumbled it at their own 45 to set up another punt. Then the Huskers threw an interception and were thankful to be down only 14-7 at halftime.
The second half didn't start out any better as NU missed a field goal and fumbled again to set up a field goal that gave LSU a 17-7 lead. But down 10 points, the Husker offense came alive, driving 80 yards in 12 plays to score on an 11-yard pass from Turner Gill to Mike Rozier, and going 47 yards in seven plays to regain the lead, 21-17, early in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run by Gill.
A dropped pass on a faked field goal prevented another score, and another interception set up an LSU field goal that cut the margin to 21-20. But the Husker offense sealed the win by eating up the final 5:05.
Source: Huskers.com.
The 1982 Huskers went 12-1 and finished number 3 in the country.