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On this day in 1789 electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States. 

In 1847 the first U.S. Telegraph Company was established in Maryland.

In 1932 the first Winter Olympics were held in the United States at Lake Placid, NY. 

In 1957 Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.

And in 1964 the Administrator of General Services announced that the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had been ratified. The amendment banned the poll tax. 

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Quote of the Day

“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”

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 Today is Clint Black’s birthday.

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On this day in 1690 the first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts colony.

In 1815 the world’s first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland. 

In 1900, in Frankfort, KY, gubernatorial candidate William Goebels died from an assassin’s bullet wounds. On August 18, 1900, Ex-Sec. of State Caleb Powers was found guilt of conspiracy to murder Gov. Goebels. 

In 1959 Buddy Holly (22), Ritchie Valens (17), the Big Bopper (28) and pilot Roger Peterson died in a plane crash in Iowa. 

And in 1969 Yasser Arafat was appointed leader of the PLO at the Palestinian National Congress in Cairo. 

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Quote of the Day

“Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.”

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 And Happy Groundhog Day. Here’s Cheryl’s pic, but for some reason, it’s a little pixalated.

Yes, I probably just made that word up.

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On this day in 1653 New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, was incorporated. 

In 1848 The Mexican War was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty turned over portions of land to the U.S., including Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The U.S. gave Mexico $15,000,000 and assumed responsibility of all claims against Mexico by American citizens. Texas had already entered the U.S. on December 29, 1845. 

In 1887  Groundhog Day began in Punxsutawney, PA. 

In 1897 the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg was destroyed by fire. The new statehouse was dedicated nine years later on the same site.

And in 1950 “What’s My Line” debuted on CBS television. 

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Quote of the Day

“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.”

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 Today is Fritz Kreisler’s birthday.

And it’s Graham Nash’s too.

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I took the header photo at the Pet Expo. 🙂

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On this day in 1606 Guy Fawkes was executed after being convicted for his role in the “Gunpowder Plot” against the English Parliament and King James I. 

In 1865 the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The amendment abolished slavery in the United States. It’s also the day General Robert E. Lee was named general-in-chief of the Confederate armies.  

In 1876 all Native American Indians were ordered to move into reservations. 

And in 1982 Sandy Duncan gave her final performance as “Peter Pan” in Los Angeles, CA. She completed 956 performances without missing a show.

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Quote of the Day

“Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.”

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 Today is Franz Schubert’s birthday.

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Good Morning!

It’s Friday!!!

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On this day in 1649 England’s King Charles I was beheaded. 

In 1844 Richard Theodore Greener became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University.  

In 1933 Adolf Hitler was named the German Chancellor. 

And in 1948 Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered.

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Quote of the Day

“In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.”

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 On this day in 1956 Elvis recorded this….

And on this day in 1969 the Beatles made their last public appearance as a group, on a rooftop.

The performance was for the movie “Let It Be.”

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On this day in 1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” was published for the first time.

In 1850 Henry Clay introduced in the Senate a compromise bill on slavery that included the admission of California into the Union as a free state. 

In 1856 Britain’s highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross, was founded by Queen Victoria. 

In 1916 Paris was bombed by German zeppelins for the first time during WWI. 

And in 1940 the W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company displayed the first tetraploid flowers at the New York City Flower Show. 

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Quote of the Day

“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”

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 Today is Daniel François Esprit Auber’s birthday.

And it’s Ferdinand Ries’ too. From Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society of Wisconsin 

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On this day in 1521 The Diet of Worms began, at which Protestant reformer Martin Luther was declared an outlaw by the Roman Catholic church.

In 1807 London’s Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight. 

In 1915 the Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress.

And in 1986 the U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff killing all seven crew members.

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Quote of the Day

“Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough.”

Dave Barry

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 Today is Johann Ernst Bach’s birthday.

And it’s Arthur Rubinstein’s too. So it’s Brahm’s Concerto #1, with Mr. Rubinstein on piano.

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On this day in 1870 Kappa Alpha Theta, the first women’s sorority, was founded at Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, IN. 

In 1880 Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp. 

In 1900 foreign diplomats in Peking, China, fearing a revolt, demanded that the imperial government discipline the Boxer rebels.   

In 1945 Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland. 

And in 1973 the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris. 

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Quote of the Day

“Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.”

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 Today is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts’ birthday.

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On this day in 1788 the first European settlers in Australia, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, landed in what became known as Sydney. The group had first settled at Botany Bay eight days before. This day is celebrated as Australia Day. 

In 1802 Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol. 

In 1870 the state of Virgina rejoined the Union. 

And in 1905 the Cullinan diamond, at 3,106.75 carats, was found by Captain Wells at the Premier Mine, near Pretoria, South Africa.

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Quote of the Day

“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.”

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 Today is The Tall Texan’s (Claude Gray) birthday.

And today is Eddie Van Halen’s birthday too. Don’t worry. I’ll spare you the Van Halen. We’ll let Tina S and her Excalibur play his best piece of work instead.

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Welcome to the Weekend!

Today’s weather forecast for us is…. snow. 🙂

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On this day in 1848 James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill, California, which led to the gold rush of ’49. 

In 1908 the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. 

In 1955 the rules committee of major league baseball announced a plan to strictly enforce the rule that required a pitcher to release the ball within 20 seconds after taking his position on the mound. They will re-examine that this year. The plan is to have a pitch clock in one of the minor leagues to try and speed up the game, then make a decision for all of baseball based on those results. Should be interesting.

And in 1978 a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering debris over parts of Canada’s Northwest Territory. 

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Quote of the Day

“If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.”

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 Today in 1957 Elvis recorded this song.

And today is Neil Diamond’s birthday. I’m sticking with Elvis, but Neil wrote the music and lyrics for this song.

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