lesley153 
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On this day some 21 years ago, our very own Professer Gary was born. Yay!
Reply #481. Jun 25 09, 8:19 AM
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| david1975
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1903- The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
Reply #482. Jul 23 09, 9:44 PM
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| david1975
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1866-Tennessee became the first ex-Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union following the Civil War.
Reply #483. Jul 24 09, 12:32 AM
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REDVIKING57
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25th. July,1909. Louis Bleriot flies across the English Channel. Calais to Dover (22 miles) in 36.5 minutes!
Reply #484. Jul 25 09, 6:13 AM
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| david1975
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1978-Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby", was born.
Reply #485. Jul 25 09, 6:49 PM
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| david1975
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1775-The United States Postal Office was founded by the Second Continental Congress.
Reply #486. Jul 26 09, 3:57 PM
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| david1975
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1940-The animated short A Wild Hare was released, introducing the character Bugs Bunny.
Reply #487. Jul 27 09, 11:16 AM
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| david1975
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1948-The first summer Olympic Games since the Second World War starts in London, England.
Reply #488. Jul 29 09, 12:18 AM
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REDVIKING57
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30th.July,1966. England won the World Cup!
England 4 - West Germany 2.
Reply #489. Jul 30 09, 10:25 AM
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| david1975
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1884-The cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty was laid.
Reply #490. Aug 05 09, 5:06 PM
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buffyUK
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7th August 1959 : Explorer 6 is launched hoping to take The First satellite photographs of earth from a US unmanned spacecraft Explorer 6.Also 7th August 1963 : Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of President John F. Kennedy, gave birth to a son today named Patrick Bouvier Kennedy.
Reply #491. Aug 07 09, 3:56 PM
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maryjdonohoe57
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On August 14, I believe 1999 the Northeast USA had a power blackout. In various years on August 14 the following people died Tony Williams lead singer of the platters, Pee Wee Reese, ball player and Enzo Ferrari, sportscar manufacturer.
Reply #492. Aug 14 09, 8:00 PM
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dsimpy
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Today, September 27th, is the 21st birthday of the founding of the National League for Democracy in Burma, in 1988, by Aung San Suu Kyi.
Two years later the party won a landslide election victory, but she was placed under house arrest by a military junta, where she remains today. In 1991 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Reply #493. Sep 27 09, 11:31 AM
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REDVIKING57
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Shame there's no oil in Myanmar. Then maybe the Western Powers would have rushed in,all guns blazing,to enforce the rule of Democracy over tyranny...........!
Wait a minute - who sold the junta it's guns,used to destroy the 'fledgeling democracy'...........?
Reply #494. Sep 28 09, 3:54 AM
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dsimpy
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I know what you mean Redviking, but ...
"Myanmar is one of the world's oldest oil producers, exporting its first barrel in 1853. Rangoon Oil Company, the first foreign oil company to drill in the country, was created in 1871. Between 1886 and 1963, the country's oil industry was dominated by Burmah Oil Company (BOC), which discovered the Ychaugyaung field in 1887 and the Chauk field in 1902. Both are still in production."
Production levels are low these days, but that seems to be the result of under-exploitation and there's quite a bit of exploration going on at the moment. So there's still time for a 'crusade for democracy'...
Reply #495. Sep 28 09, 5:30 AM
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lesley153
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4th October
Birth of Anne Rice in 1941. Named Howard after her father, but adopted the name Anne when she started school.
Birth of Ann Widdecombe in 1947.
Death of Janis Joplin 1943-1970.
Reply #496. Oct 04 09, 3:18 PM
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| poneke
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February 6th:
-] today is Bob Marley's birthday! (Happy Birthday Bob)
-] Feb 6th; 1840. Treaty of Waitangi is signed between 35 Tribal Chiefs and 'the Crown'. Three articles were agreed to: Partnership,Protection and Participation. An excellent documentary by Mike King examines the history of this significant and founding document.
So, on this day in 1840... New Zealand was "born"!
Happy Birthday to my beautiful land. Kiwis abroad...raise a glass for your piece of paradise:-)
Ake Ake Kia Kaha E!
Reply #497. Feb 05 10, 9:02 PM
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daver852
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Today would have been Ronald Reagan's 99th birthday. RIP, Gipper.
Reply #498. Feb 06 10, 8:06 AM
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| Cymruambyth
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On February 11, 1531 Henry VIII was declared to be the Supreme Head of the Church in England.
Reply #499. Feb 11 10, 6:20 AM
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redwaldo
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Sarah Palin, former US vice-presidential candidate, was born in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Reply #500. Feb 11 10, 6:31 AM
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