On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 22:14:34 GMT, Martin Hotze
wrote:

If the meaning was that the event was important but the date was not well
known, I agree with you.

yes, yes, yes. this is it.

Oh! OK, yeah, I don't have a problem with that. Sorry for the
provincialism, if that's even a word one can use for a nation that
covers almost as much land area as the U.S. does.

On a related issue, I had a curious experience watching Swiss
television on the 20th anniversary of the moon landing. The producers
noted it and spent the bulk of the hour talking about the Swiss
experiment that went with Aldrin and Armstrong to the moon.

It was an interesting shift in perspectives, to say the least.

Rob