Is there something about the number 9

mike65

Events that would have long term ramifications internationally

1909 Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
1919 Treaty of Versaille
1929 Wall Street Crash
1939 World War Two
1949 USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb
1959 Castro seizes power in Cuba
1969 Yasser Arafat becomes leader of PLO, Golda Meir elected PM of Israel
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini heads Islamic Revolution
1989 Soviet Communism crumbles
1999 EX Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

Capt'n Midnight

no it's more about people being able to see patterns where there aren't any

The number of Chinese dead before official start of the war was higher than UK/US casualties during the whole war.


1899
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
Spanish-American War:
Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress
Hague Conventions
Second Boer War

kt217

i dont knows 2009 nama,biffo

OldJay

1979 - Life of Brian banned in Ireland
1989 - Neil Young leaves Geffen records to return to Reprise records
1999 - Australia win the Rugby World Cup
2009 - Sweden takes over EU presidency

Yegads! You're right!

metrovelvet

911

RexMundi

69 & 99 are rather weak links in the pattern.

I'd say that a similar pattern could be made taking any digit.

Pablod

well D.I.D certainly took advantage of the number with an offer :pac:

9% off
on 09/09/09
between 9am - 9pm

was there advert

OldJay

9 x 2 = 18 [1+8=9]
9 x 3 = 27 [2+7=9]
9 x 4 = 36 [3+6=9]
9 x 5 = 45 [4+5=9]
9 x 6 = 36 [3+6=9]

and so on . . .*













*from ITV's series in 1980, 'Hammer House of Horror'

mike65

I happened to see a bit of that episode the other night. Must catch that series properly.

OldJay

mike65 wrote: »

I happened to see a bit of that episode the other night. Must catch that series properly.

Oh yeah? Thought I was the only one who knew about it lol I was eleven yrs old when I was sneaking into living room to watch that
Bought a two-disc DVD set of it a few years ago. Did you know its all filmed around the same village? All twenty episodes!

mike65

Its on Men & Motors at about 11 pm.

Capt'n Midnight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_out_nines