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Old 12-27-2010, 01:59 AM   #2281 (permalink)
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On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.
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Old 12-27-2010, 04:20 AM   #2282 (permalink)
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Also on December 27, 1971, the "Sonny & Cher Show" began airing on CBS. The show ran for four 1/2 years...
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Old 12-28-2010, 02:14 AM   #2283 (permalink)
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On Dec. 28, 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.
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Old 12-28-2010, 04:49 AM   #2284 (permalink)
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Also on December 28, 1975, twenty-five year old David Gelfer pointed a .44 magnum at Ted Nugent and was then brought down to the ground by members of the audience and security guards. Gelfer was charged with "intimidating with a weapon.''"
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Old 12-29-2010, 03:38 AM   #2285 (permalink)
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On December 29, 1957, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married, and on December 29, 1975, Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane were divorced...
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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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Old 12-30-2010, 02:57 AM   #2286 (permalink)
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On Dec. 30, 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
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Old 12-30-2010, 03:15 AM   #2287 (permalink)
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Also on December 30, 1970, Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest...
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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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Old 12-31-2010, 02:46 AM   #2288 (permalink)
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On December 31, 1970, Paul McCartney filed a suit to dissolve the Beatles; on December 31, 1971, the Beatles broke up...
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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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Old 12-31-2010, 03:08 AM   #2289 (permalink)
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Also on Dec. 31, 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
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Old 01-01-2011, 02:39 AM   #2290 (permalink)
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January 1 marks the two-year anniversary of the bizarre incident at the ritzy Vail resort in Colorado that left a man hanging upside down from a chairlift. The unfortunate (and unidentified) gent, 48 at the time, is seen below in a photo snapped by another skier near Vail's Skyline Express lift...

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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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Old 01-01-2011, 01:11 PM   #2291 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
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Old 01-02-2011, 03:13 AM   #2292 (permalink)
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On January 2, 1859, Erastus Beadle published "The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette..."
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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 01-03-2011, 03:03 AM   #2293 (permalink)
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On January 3, 1825, the first engineering college in the U.S. , Rensselaer School, opened in Troy, NY. It is now known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
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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 01-04-2011, 03:19 AM   #2294 (permalink)
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On January 4, 1884, the socialist Fabian Society was founded in London...
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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 01-04-2011, 05:41 AM   #2295 (permalink)
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Also on 4 Jan, 1896- Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state.
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Old 01-05-2011, 03:20 AM   #2296 (permalink)
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On January 5, 1885, the Long Island Railroad Company became the first to offer piggy-back rail service which was the transportation of farm wagons on trains..
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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."
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Old 01-05-2011, 05:15 AM   #2297 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day.
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Old 01-06-2011, 03:21 AM   #2298 (permalink)
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On January 6, 1205, Philip of Swabia was crowned as King of the Romans...
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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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Old 01-06-2011, 05:34 AM   #2299 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 6, 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60
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Old 01-07-2011, 03:21 AM   #2300 (permalink)
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On January 7, 1782, the Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. It was the first commercial bank in the United States...
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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 01-07-2011, 05:19 AM   #2301 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 7, 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.
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Old 01-08-2011, 02:48 AM   #2302 (permalink)
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On January 8, 1815, he Battle of New Orleans began. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans...
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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 01-08-2011, 03:45 AM   #2303 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.
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Old 01-09-2011, 03:14 AM   #2304 (permalink)
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On January 9, 1902, New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public...
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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 01-09-2011, 04:50 AM   #2305 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 9, 1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.
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Old 01-10-2011, 02:57 AM   #2306 (permalink)
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On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.
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Old 01-10-2011, 03:00 AM   #2307 (permalink)
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Also on January 10, 1901, oil was discovered at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont, TX...
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Old 01-11-2011, 03:15 AM   #2308 (permalink)
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On January 11, 1861, Alabama seceded from the United States...
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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 01-11-2011, 04:10 AM   #2309 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 11, 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
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Old 01-12-2011, 02:46 AM   #2310 (permalink)
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On Jan. 12, 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.

And at some later date the vote was given to women... which was smart?
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Old 01-12-2011, 03:19 AM   #2311 (permalink)
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On that very same day, the U.S. Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park...
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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 01-13-2011, 03:26 AM   #2312 (permalink)
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On January 13, 1854, Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion..
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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 01-13-2011, 06:32 AM   #2313 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 13, 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation's first elected black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond
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Old 01-14-2011, 03:00 AM   #2314 (permalink)
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On Jan. 14, 1943, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.
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Old 01-14-2011, 03:13 AM   #2315 (permalink)
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On that same date in 1943, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to fly in an airplane while in office. He flew from Miami, FL, to French Morocco where he met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss World War II (see above...)
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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 01-15-2011, 02:43 AM   #2316 (permalink)
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On January 15, 1624, many riots occurred in Mexico when it was announced that all churches were to be closed...
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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"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

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Old 01-15-2011, 04:37 AM   #2317 (permalink)
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Also on Jan. 15, 1967, the first Super Bowl was played as the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10
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Old 01-16-2011, 03:07 AM   #2318 (permalink)
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On January 16, 1961, Mickey Mantle signed a contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season...
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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 01-17-2011, 02:49 AM   #2319 (permalink)
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On January 17, 1795. the Dudingston Curling Society was organized in Edinburgh, Scotland...
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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 01-17-2011, 02:56 AM   #2320 (permalink)
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Also on Jan 17, 1950, 11 men steal more than $2 million from the Brinks Armored Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts.
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