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6/22/06 Quote of the Day What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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On this Date in History 1775 The 1st Continental currency is issued: $3,000,000 1910 The first airship with passengers launches - Zeppelin Deutscheland 1947 12" rain fell in a mere 42 minutes in Holt, Missouri |
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Born on This Date 1903 John Dillinger 1936 Kris Kristofferson 1949 Meryl Streep |
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6/23/06 Quote of the Day A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. Mark Twain |
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On this Date in History 1860 The United States Secret Service is created 1955 Walt Disney's movie "Lady & the Tramp" is released 1982 -117° F: Record low temperature at the South Pole 1954 +122° F: State record high temperature at Overton, Nevada |
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Born on This Date 1763 Josephine Martinique 1927 Bob Fosse 1929 June Carter Cash |
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6/24/06 Quote of the Day “Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas” Paula Poundstone |
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On this Date in History 451 The 10th recorded passage of Halley's Comet 1509 Henry VIII is crowned the King of England 1939 Pan Am's first United States to England (transoceanic) flight |
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Born on This Date 1895 Jack Dempsey 1947 Peter Weller 1950 Nancy Allen |
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| 6/25/06 Quote of the Day Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche |
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| On this Date in History 1178 Five Canterbury monks report a massive explosion on the Moon 1876 Custer's 7th Cavalry is wiped out at the Little Big Horn 1990 120° F temperature recorded in Phoenix Arizona |
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| Born on This Date 1903 George Orwell 1925 June Lockhart 1945 Carly Simon |
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| 6/26/06 Quote of the Day At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment. Benjamin Franklin |
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| On this Date in History 1917 The 1st American Expeditionary Force arrives in France during WW I 1945 United Nations Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco 1957 Hurricane Audrey hits Louisiana and claims 500 lives |
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| Born on This Date 1819 Abner Doubleday 1892 Pearl S Buck 1909 Col Tom Parker |
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| 6/27/06 Quote of the Day A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. Mark Twain |
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| On this Date in History 1693 1st woman's magazine published in London "The Ladies' Mercury" 1847 New York and Boston linked by telegraph wires 1950 President Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict |
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| Born on This Date 1880 Helen Keller 1913 Willie Mosconi 1927 Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) |
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| 6/28/06 Quote of the Day It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! Friedrich Nietzsche |
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| On this Date in History 1859 First dog show held in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England 1894 Labor Day is established as a Federal employees holiday 1919 Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending WW I |
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| Born on This Date 1491 Henry VIII 1926 Mel Brooks 1946 Gilda Radner |
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| 6/29/06 Quote of the Day All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire. Aristotle |
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| On this Date in History 1916 Boeing aircraft makes its maiden flight 1940 United States passes the Alien Registration Act 1956 Federal Interstate Highway System Act is signed |
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| Born on This Date 1901 Nelson Eddy 1907 Joan Davis 1919 Slim Pickens |
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| 6/30/06 Quote of the Day I've seen your stormy seas and stormy women And pity lovers rather more than seamen. 'Don Juan' Canto the Sixth |
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| On this Date in History 1908 Giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia: The Tunguska Event – now believed to have been a comet. 1936 The classic "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published. 1950 President Harry Truman orders US troops into Korea. |
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| Born on This Date 1917 Buddy Rich 1917 Lena Horne 1966 "Iron" Mike Tyson |
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