romeomikegolf
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1988: The Turin Shroud, believed to have covered the body of Christ, is carbon dated to the Middle Ages.
Reply #821. Oct 13 11, 5:50 AM
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paulmallon 
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2010:Chilean miners are rescued after being trapped underground for 69 days
Reply #822. Oct 13 11, 11:11 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1962: US spy planes detect Soviet nuclear weapons sites on Cuba, sparking the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Reply #823. Oct 14 11, 12:14 AM
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Ajax23
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The Battle of Hastings!
Reply #824. Oct 14 11, 1:36 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1917: Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by the French for passing military secrets to the Germans.
Reply #825. Oct 15 11, 1:58 AM
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JaneofGaunt
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1949 - Billy Graham begins his ministry
Reply #826. Oct 15 11, 9:32 AM
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paulmallon
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1946 -Nazi Herman Goering dies
Reply #827. Oct 15 11, 8:52 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1793: Marie Antionette, Austrian princess and queen consort of Louis XVI of France, is guillotined in Paris.
Reply #828. Oct 16 11, 5:29 AM
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paulmallon
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1931:Al Capone goes to prison where he would die from syphilis
1989:Earthquake interrupts game 3 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's.
It would kill 63 people, injure over 3,000 more and damage over 100,000 buildings
Reply #829. Oct 17 11, 1:31 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1968: Two black US athletes make a raised-fist protest against racism on the podium at the Mexico Olympics.
Reply #830. Oct 17 11, 4:27 PM
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paulmallon
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Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos
Reply #831. Oct 17 11, 8:22 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1685: Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, effectively banning Protestantism in France.
Reply #832. Oct 18 11, 2:28 AM
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paulmallon
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10/18
1867:The USA takes possession of Alaska from Russia. This event was called by some "Seward's Folly after President Andrew Johnson's Secretary of State William Seward who brokered the deal
1931: Thomas Edison dies
1977:Mr. October, Reggie Jackson hits three consecutive HRs on three consecutive pitchers as the Yankees go on to beat the LA Dodgers 4 games to 2 to capture The World Series
Reply #833. Oct 18 11, 10:55 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1469: Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile creating the alliance that will unify Spain.
Reply #834. Oct 19 11, 4:16 AM
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paulmallon
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1957:Maurice "The Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 500 goals beating Glen Hall of the Chicago Blackhawks..he would go to record 544 regular season goals plus 52 more in post-season play
Reply #835. Oct 19 11, 1:48 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1935: The Chinese Communists' 'Long March' of 5,000 miles ends in Shensi, with a victory over the nationalists.
Reply #836. Oct 20 11, 1:59 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1805: The Royal Navy defeats the Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, but Nelson is killed.
Reply #837. Oct 21 11, 9:12 AM
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paulmallon
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Oct 21, 1959:
Von Braun moves to NASA
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring the brilliant rocket designer Wernher von Braun and his team from the U.S. Army to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Von Braun, the mastermind of the U.S. space program, had developed the lethal V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany during World War II.
Reply #838. Oct 21 11, 11:55 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1797: Frenchman Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first ever parachute jump, from a balloon above Paris.
Reply #839. Oct 22 11, 2:43 AM
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paulmallon
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1992:"The Old Redhead", Red Barber, the great announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers and NY Yankees dies at 84.
One of his favorite expressions used to describe a team in good position (bases loaded,no one out e.g.) was "they're sittin' in the catbird's seat
Reply #840. Oct 22 11, 7:12 AM
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