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Old 09-23-2008, 02:11 AM   #641 (permalink)
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On September 23, 1780, John Andre, a British spy, was captured with papers revealing that Benedict Arnold was going to surrender West Point, NY, to the British...
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Old 09-23-2008, 03:12 AM   #642 (permalink)
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On September 23, 1806- The Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis from their cross country travels (where they wintered about 15 miles from my house in Oregon.)
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Old 09-24-2008, 01:40 AM   #643 (permalink)
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On Septenber, 24th, 1960 The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Va.
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Old 09-24-2008, 02:06 AM   #644 (permalink)
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Also on September 24, 1869, thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk...
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
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Old 09-25-2008, 02:19 AM   #645 (permalink)
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On September 25, 1513, the Pacific Ocean was discovered by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama. He named the body of water the South Sea. He was truly just the first European to see the Pacific Ocean...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 09-25-2008, 02:49 AM   #646 (permalink)
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Also on this day... On September 23, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Old 09-26-2008, 02:08 AM   #647 (permalink)
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On September 26, 1955, the New York Stock Exchange suffered its worst decline since 1929 when the word was released concerning U.S. President Eisenhower's heart attack...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 09-26-2008, 05:24 AM   #648 (permalink)
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Also on this date, to help celebrate the Bi-Centennial on September 26, 1976 the Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title.
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Old 09-27-2008, 02:14 AM   #649 (permalink)
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On September 27, 1840, Thomas Nast was born. He was a political cartoonist that created the Republican elephant and the Democrat donkey...
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 09-28-2008, 03:18 AM   #650 (permalink)
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On September 28, 1850, the U.S. Navy abolished flogging as a form of punishment...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 09-29-2008, 02:08 AM   #651 (permalink)
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On September 29, 1951, the first network football game was televised by CBS-TV in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 09-29-2008, 04:53 AM   #652 (permalink)
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On September 29, 1789 The U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
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Old 09-30-2008, 02:11 AM   #653 (permalink)
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On September 30, 1630, John Billington was hanged for murder. He was the first criminal to be executed in the American colonies...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-01-2008, 01:14 AM   #654 (permalink)
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On October 1st, 1896 The U.S. Post Office established Rural Free Delivery.

So, for any of you out there watching TV Land and wondering what the R.F.D. in "Mayberry, R.F.D." stood for, now you know.
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Old 10-01-2008, 02:21 AM   #655 (permalink)
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Also on October 1, 1903, the first modern World Series took place between the Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-02-2008, 01:36 AM   #656 (permalink)
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On October 2, 1452, Richard III was born. He married the widow of the Prince of Wales and then imprisoned his mother-in-law for life...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-02-2008, 02:50 AM   #657 (permalink)
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Also On October 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall was sworn in on the SCOTUS as it's first black justice.
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Old 10-03-2008, 01:51 AM   #658 (permalink)
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On October 3, 1893, the motor-driven vacuum cleaner was patented by J.S. Thurman...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-04-2008, 01:02 AM   #659 (permalink)
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On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.
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Old 10-04-2008, 03:23 AM   #660 (permalink)
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Also on October 4, 1895, the first U.S. Open golf tournament took place in Newport, RI. Horace Rawlins, 19 years old, won the tournament...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-05-2008, 03:54 AM   #661 (permalink)
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On October 5, 1902, Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's, was born...
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- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-06-2008, 02:21 AM   #662 (permalink)
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On October 6, 1536, Anglican priest William Tyndale was captured at Antwerp where he was strangled and burnt. He is credited with making the first English translation of the Bible...
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- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-07-2008, 02:11 AM   #663 (permalink)
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On October 7, 1868, Cornell University was inaugurated in Ithaca, NY...
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- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-08-2008, 02:07 AM   #664 (permalink)
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On October 8, 1919, the first transcontinental air race in the U.S. began...
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- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
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Old 10-08-2008, 02:11 AM   #665 (permalink)
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On October 8, 1871The Great Chicago Fire occurred. The blaze destroyed four square miles of the city, it killed nearly 250 people and left some 90,000 homeless.

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Old 10-09-2008, 01:24 AM   #666 (permalink)
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On October 9, 1930 Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field in New York to Glendale, Calif.
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Old 10-09-2008, 02:24 AM   #667 (permalink)
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Also on October 9, 1701, The Collegiate School of Connecticut was chartered in New Haven. The name was later changed to Yale...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-10-2008, 01:55 AM   #668 (permalink)
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On October 10, 1865, the billiard ball was patented by John Wesley Hyatt...
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- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-10-2008, 03:35 AM   #669 (permalink)
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On October 10, 1973 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned his office after pleading no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion.
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Old 10-11-2008, 02:40 AM   #670 (permalink)
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On October 11, 1759, Parson Mason Weems was born. He is remembered for his fictitious stories that he presented as fact. He was responsible for the story about George Washington cutting down his father's cherry tree...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-12-2008, 02:59 AM   #671 (permalink)
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On October 12, 1792, the first monument honoring Christopher Columbus was dedicated in Baltimore, MD...
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- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-13-2008, 02:10 AM   #672 (permalink)
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On October 13, 1775, the U.S. Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet...
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- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-13-2008, 03:18 AM   #673 (permalink)
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Also on October 13, 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner.
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Old 10-14-2008, 01:19 AM   #674 (permalink)
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On October 14, 1890, Dwight David Eisenhower, American general who lead the allied forces during D-Day who later became the 34th United States president, was born.
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Old 10-14-2008, 02:07 AM   #675 (permalink)
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Also, on October 14, 1879, Thomas Edison signed an agreement with Jose D. Husbands for the sale of Edison telephones in Chile...
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-15-2008, 02:40 AM   #676 (permalink)
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On October 15, 1914, the Clayton Antitrust Act was passed by the U.S. Congress...
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- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-15-2008, 03:26 AM   #677 (permalink)
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Also on October 15, 1860 Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard.
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Old 10-16-2008, 02:32 AM   #678 (permalink)
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On October 16, 1758, author Noah Webster was born. He was a teacher and journalist whose name is associated with the word "dictionary..."
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 10-17-2008, 02:45 AM   #679 (permalink)
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On October 17, 1918, Rita Hayworth, the legendary Hollywood beauty
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Old 10-18-2008, 02:52 AM   #680 (permalink)
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On October 17, 1867 The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.
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