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| Today is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the Mayans were correct, there are 324 days remaining until the end of time. |
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| 1709 Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. |
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| 1906 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas |
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| Leavenworth got nothing on the Oswald State Correctional Facility. . . |
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| The things that come out of the showers. . . |
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| 1920 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations. |
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| 1929 1st clean and jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402 lbs. I can think of several ounces that I could clean and jerk. . . |
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| 1960 Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were not served, but they remained undeterred. |
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| 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama |
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| 1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert |
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| 1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile. Nothing good can come from this, I fear. |
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| 2004 Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines. We must wait, unfortunately for Justin Timberlake’s Dick In A Box, though. |
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| 2005 Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage. |
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| 2009 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is elected as the first female Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the first openly gay head of state in the modern world |
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| 1908 Langston Hughes, US gay poet/novelist |
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| 1959 Matt Lattanzi, US actor/An Olivia Newton John boytoy that didn't disappear suspiciously |
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| 1968 Pauly Shore, US comedian/actor |
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| 1969 Brian Krause, US actor |
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| 1983 Ronnie Kroell, US model/actor |
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| 1983 Jason Sizemore, US porn star |
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| 1989 Marco Pigossi, Brazilian actor |
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| 1650 Rene Descartes, French philosopher, stops thinking and, therefore, isn’t |
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| 1944 Piet Mondrian, Dutch abstract painter (Composition in Blue), breaks up time and space |
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| 2010 Jack Brisco, US professional wrestler, is counted out. |
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| 2010 Justin Mentell, US actor (Boston Legal), gets overruled. |
2 comments:
Love the addition of a "daily wisdom" quote, especially when it comes from Ms. Magnolia.
stevil
Congratulations on your official launch! This definitely helps me deal with the disappointing turn of events at the old place. Thanks so much!
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