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Old 03-27-2011, 08:07 AM   #2441 (permalink)
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Also on March 27th in 1939- Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball tournament with a 46-33 victory over Ohio State in Evanston, Ill.
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Old 03-28-2011, 02:05 AM   #2442 (permalink)
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On March 28, 1933, in Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools...
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Old 03-28-2011, 04:04 AM   #2443 (permalink)
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On May 28, 1984, President Reagan led a state funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for an unidentified American soldier killed in the Vietnam War.
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Old 03-29-2011, 02:23 AM   #2444 (permalink)
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On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing for one day due to an ice jam...
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Old 03-30-2011, 02:20 AM   #2445 (permalink)
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On March 30, 1822, Florida became a U.S. territory...
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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 03-31-2011, 02:15 AM   #2446 (permalink)
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On March 31, 1932, he Ford Motor Co. debuted its V-8 engine...
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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 04-01-2011, 02:42 AM   #2447 (permalink)
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On April 1, 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for high treason in relation to the "Beer Hall Putsch..."
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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 04-01-2011, 10:18 AM   #2448 (permalink)
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Also on April 1st, in 1970 American Motors introduced the Gremlin.
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Old 04-02-2011, 01:39 AM   #2449 (permalink)
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On April 2, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore...
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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 04-03-2011, 02:12 AM   #2450 (permalink)
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Are you ready for this? On April 3, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before...
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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 04-04-2011, 02:13 AM   #2451 (permalink)
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On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied side...
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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 04-04-2011, 04:41 AM   #2452 (permalink)
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Also on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn.
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Old 04-05-2011, 02:10 AM   #2453 (permalink)
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On April 5, 1985, John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis..."
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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 04-05-2011, 03:14 AM   #2454 (permalink)
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Also on April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
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Old 04-05-2011, 10:15 AM   #2455 (permalink)
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Also on April 5, in 1792, George Washington exercised the first presidential veto, returning the Apportionment Act to Congress. Presidents have used the veto 2563 times since then.
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Old 04-06-2011, 12:48 AM   #2456 (permalink)
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On April 6, 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation.
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Old 04-06-2011, 02:17 AM   #2457 (permalink)
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Also on April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in Seneca, NY...
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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 04-07-2011, 02:11 AM   #2458 (permalink)
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On April 7, 1864, the first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California...
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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 04-07-2011, 05:41 AM   #2459 (permalink)
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Also on April 7, in 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
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Old 04-08-2011, 02:07 AM   #2460 (permalink)
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On April 2, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore...
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Are you ready for this? On April 3, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before...
And, on April 8, 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain...
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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 04-08-2011, 02:28 AM   #2461 (permalink)
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Also on April 8th in 1987- Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigned after saying on ABC's "Nightline" that blacks may lack some of the "necessities" for becoming baseball managers.
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Old 04-09-2011, 01:41 AM   #2462 (permalink)
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On April 9, 1833, Peterborough, NH, opened the first municipally supported public library in 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...
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Old 04-09-2011, 03:58 AM   #2463 (permalink)
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Also on April 9th, 1959- NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.
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Old 04-10-2011, 02:06 AM   #2464 (permalink)
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On April 10, 1866, the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was incorporated...
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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 04-10-2011, 03:41 AM   #2465 (permalink)
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Also on April 10th in 1912- The luxury liner Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.
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Old 04-11-2011, 02:04 AM   #2466 (permalink)
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On April 11th, 1945- American soldiers liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
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Old 04-11-2011, 02:08 AM   #2467 (permalink)
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Also on April 11, 1921, the first live sports event on radio took place this day on KDKA Radio. The event was a boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee...
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Old 04-12-2011, 01:59 AM   #2468 (permalink)
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On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63. Vice President Harry S Truman became president.
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Old 04-12-2011, 02:02 AM   #2469 (permalink)
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Also on April 12, 1864, Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops there...
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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 04-13-2011, 01:51 AM   #2470 (permalink)
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On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.)
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Old 04-13-2011, 02:13 AM   #2471 (permalink)
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Also on April 13, 1849, the Hungarian Republic was proclaimed...
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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 04-14-2011, 02:23 AM   #2472 (permalink)
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On April 14, 1925, WGN became the first radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-2...
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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 04-14-2011, 03:35 AM   #2473 (permalink)
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Also on April 14th, 1902- J.C. Penney opened his first store, in Kemmerer, Wyo.
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:17 AM   #2474 (permalink)
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OnApril 15th in 1808- A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:26 AM   #2475 (permalink)
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:42 AM   #2476 (permalink)
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Also on April 15, 1784, he first balloon was flown in Ireland...
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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 04-15-2011, 07:54 AM   #2477 (permalink)
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And to help out aerophobes like me, Rand-McNally, on April 15, 1924, introduced the first Road Atlas.
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Old 04-16-2011, 01:51 AM   #2478 (permalink)
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On April 16, 1705, Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton...
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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 04-16-2011, 02:54 AM   #2479 (permalink)
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Also on April 17, 1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
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Old 04-17-2011, 01:33 AM   #2480 (permalink)
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On April 17, 1524, New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano...
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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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