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« Reply #285 on: February 19, 2016, 11:46:25 am »
February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 315 days remaining until the end of the year (316 in leap years).

1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
1960 – China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
2001 – The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
2016 – American author Harper Lee, passed away.

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« Reply #286 on: February 24, 2016, 11:25:04 am »
February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining until the end of the year (311 in leap years).

1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
1916 – The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
1946 – Colonel Juan Perσn, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.

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« Reply #287 on: March 18, 2016, 11:17:31 am »
March 18 is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of the year.

1741 – New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
1874 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
1985 – First episode of Neighbours broadcast.
2015 – The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. 23 people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.

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« Reply #288 on: April 22, 2016, 01:10:04 am »
April 22......

Eddie Albert was born in 1906
Charlotte Rae Was born in 1926 (wow, she's 90 today, God bless her)
Glen Campbell was born in 1936
Jack Nicholson was born in 1937
Jeff Hostetler was born in 1961
Amber Heard was born in 1986
Marshawn Lynch was born in 1986

Lionel Atwill died in 1946
37th President Richard Nixon died in 1994
Pat Tillman died in 2004



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« Reply #289 on: April 22, 2016, 11:32:06 am »
April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until the end of the year.

1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.
1998 – Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
2000 – The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
2008 – The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.

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« Reply #290 on: April 27, 2016, 07:41:32 pm »
April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 248 days remaining until the end of the year.

1565 – Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
1810 – Beethoven composes Fόr Elise.
1941 – World War II: German troops enter Athens.
1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
2014 – A tornado outbreak over much of the eastern United States kills 35 people.

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« Reply #291 on: April 27, 2016, 09:49:00 pm »
I enjoy reading the daily facts from everyone.  Keep it up!  It's fun to read.

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« Reply #292 on: July 02, 2016, 08:30:52 am »
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 182 days remaining until the end of the year.

1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
1917 – The East St. Louis riots end.
1962 – The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
2001 – The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

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« Reply #293 on: July 02, 2016, 09:22:56 am »
Today is a fantastic and beautiful day.  Seeing the Sun rise, not humid-you couldn't ask for better.
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