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DeliriousKris

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« Reply #210 on: September 05, 2014, 09:19:06 am »
September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of the year.

1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1927 – The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
1960 – The poet Lιopold Sιdar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

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« Reply #211 on: September 05, 2014, 12:41:49 pm »
Interesting.

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« Reply #212 on: September 07, 2014, 10:00:37 am »
September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.

1159 – Pope Alexander III chosen.
1895 – The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
2013 – The Liberal Party of Australia led by Tony Abbott win the Australian federal election, 2013.

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« Reply #213 on: September 08, 2014, 01:58:46 am »
September 8......

Richard the Lion Hearted was born in 1157
Hillary Brooke (the Abbott & Costello show) was born in 1914
Frank Cady (Mr Drucker from Green Acres) was born in 1915
Peter Sellers was born in 1925
Patsy Cline was born in 1932
Heather Thomas(The Fall Guy) was born in 1957
Henry Thomas (Elliot in E.T.) was born in 1971
Pink was born in 1979
Jonathan Taylor Thomas was born in 1981




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« Reply #214 on: September 18, 2014, 08:38:09 pm »
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of the year.

1180 – Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his fourth, and final, voyage.
1809 – The Royal Opera House in London opens.
1837 – Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
2009 – The 72-year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.

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« Reply #215 on: September 23, 2014, 03:03:40 pm »
September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining until the end of the year.
It is frequently the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
1889 – Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
1909 – The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantτme de l'Opιra), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, is first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
1999 – Celebrate Bisexuality Day was first observed in the United States.
2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.

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« Reply #216 on: September 23, 2014, 03:11:25 pm »
Cool! I like learning facts like these. I think it is a good idea to try to learn a new thing everyday no matter your age.

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« Reply #217 on: September 25, 2014, 09:31:16 am »
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year.

275 – In Rome, (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.
1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
1996 – The last of the Magdalene asylums closes in Ireland.

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« Reply #218 on: September 29, 2014, 09:33:49 am »
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of the year.

1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
1829 – The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
1963 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
1966 – The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
2009 – An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami.

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« Reply #219 on: October 03, 2014, 02:22:08 pm »
October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of the year.

1789 – George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
1863 – The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by United States President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.
1964 – First buffalo wings are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York.
1995 – O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

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« Reply #220 on: October 08, 2014, 05:11:13 pm »
October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of the year.

1860 – Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1932 – The Indian Air Force is established.
1956 – New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series.
1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

2013 - My nephew was born!

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« Reply #221 on: October 08, 2014, 05:42:51 pm »
So much knowledge, so little time!  ;D

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« Reply #222 on: October 08, 2014, 09:30:30 pm »

   When were you born? Are you a baby boomer?

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« Reply #223 on: October 09, 2014, 07:32:00 am »
Cool cool facts I did not know.

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« Reply #224 on: October 17, 2014, 02:06:57 am »
Oct 17.....

Irene Ryan (The Beverly Hillbillies) was born in 1903
Jerry Colona was born in 1903
Jerry Siegel (co-creator of Superman)was born in 1914
Rita Hayworth was born in 1918
Tom Poston was born in 1921
 Julie Adams was born in 1926
 Evel Knievel was born in 1938
Gary Puckett was born in 1942
Michael McKean (Lenny) was born in 1947
Margot Kidder (Lois Lane) was born in 1948
George Wendt  was born in 1948
Dolph Lundgren(Ivan Drago/He-Man) was born in 1959
Richard Roeper was born in 1959
Eminem  was born in 1974

Tennessee Ernie Ford died in 1991
Joey Bishop died in 2007
Teresa Brewer died in 2007
Levi Stubbs (The Four Tops) died in 2008
Vic Mizzy died in 2009

Quite a busy day!

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