Good Morning!

 Today’s header photo is from Cheryl.

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On this day in 1863 President Lincoln signed the National Currency Act. 

In 1870 New York City opened the first pneumatic-powered subway line to the public. 

In 1929 President Coolidge signed a bill creating the Grand Teton National Park. 

In 1930 New York City installed traffic lights.  

In 1991 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced on Baghdad Radio that Iraqi troops were being withdrawn from Kuwait.

And in 1993 six people were killed and more than a thousand injured when a van exploded in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center in New York City.

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Quote of the Day

“Let’s make some funny pictures.”

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 Today is Johnny Cash’s birthday, so it’s Johnny, with Anita.

And one more…

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Good Morning!

Today’s header photo is from Janice and her ninja cat.

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On this day in 1793 the department heads of the U.S. government met with President Washington for the first Cabinet meeting on U.S. record. 

In 1919 the state of Oregon became the first state to place a tax on gasoline. The tax was 1 cent per gallon. 

In 1940 the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens played in the first hockey game to be televised in the U.S. The game was aired on W2WBS in New York with one camera in a fixed position. The Rangers won 6-2. 

And in 1972 Germany gave a $5 million ransom to Arab terrorist who had hijacked a jumbo jet. 

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Quote of the Day

“I decided to try radio as a source of livelihood because I like to eat regularly.”

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 Today is Rene′ Thomas’ birthday. He’s the guitar player.

And it’s Enrico Caruso’s too.

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Good Morning!

 Today’s header photo is from Cheryl.

Can you name all 7 species?

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On this day in 1835 “Siwinowe Kesibwi” (The Shawnee Sun) was issued as the first Indian language monthly publication in the U.S.

In 1839 Mr. William S. Otis received a patent for the steam shovel. 

In 1868 the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson due to his attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The U.S. Senate later acquitted Johnson. 

And in 1989 Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sentenced Salman Rushdie to death for his novel “The Satanic Verses”. A bounty of one to three-million-dollars was also put on Rushidie’s head. 

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Quote of the Day

“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”

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 Today is Samuel Wesley’s birthday. From The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford 

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Good Morning!

 Today’s header photo is from Peter.

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On this day in 1574 France began the 5th holy war against the Huguenots.

In 1792 The Humane Society of Massachusetts was incorporated. 

In 1836 the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, TX.

In 1861 Texas became the 7th state to secede from the Union. 

And in 1945 the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division of the U.S. Marines reached the top of Mount Suribachi. A famous photograph of these Marines raising the American flag was taken. It’s this one.

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Quote of the Day

“There’s a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don’t mind hardship. We don’t mind somebody saying, ‘Go in and do this nasty job.’ Whatever the job is, we can do it. That’s why the nation has a Marine Corps.”

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 Today is Georg Friedrich Handel’s birthday.

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Good Morning!

Today’s header photo is from Janice. For some reason I’m wondering if the Princess can feel the pea. 🙂

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On this day in 1804 the first self-propelled locomotive on rails was demonstrated in Wales.

In 1858 the first electric burglar alarm was installed in Boston, MA. 

In 1947 Edwin Land demonstrated the Polaroid Land Camera to the Optical Society of America in New York City. It was the first camera to take, develop and print a picture on photo paper all in about 60 seconds. The photos were black and white. The camera went on sale the following year. 

And in 1975 former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up. 

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Quote of the Day

“It is absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.”

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 Today is Andres Segovia’s birthday. So it’s the Maestro playing Bach, from Music-Engraver.com 

And on this day in 1911 Gustav Mahler performed his last concert. He collapsed after the performance from a severe strep infection and died later in May. 😦

Here’s Mahler’s 8th Symphony Finale.

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Good Morning!

It’s Friday!!!

Today’s header photo and the photos below are from Cheryl.

I’ve never in my life seen that many together. Nice shots Cheryl. 🙂

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On this day in 1792 President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act thereby creating the U.S. Post Office. 

In 1815 the USS Constitution, under Captain Charles Stewart fought the British ships Cyane and Levant. The Constitution captures both, but lost the Levant after encountering a British squadron.

In 1839 Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia. 

And in 1921 “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” was released starring Rudolph Valentino. 

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Quote of the Day

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”

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 Today is Charles-Auguste de Beriot’s birthday.

And it would have been Kurt Cobain’s too. Such wasted talent. 😦

Covering Bowie.

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Good Morning!

Today’s header photo is from Kim.

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On this day in 1807 former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested in Alabama. He was later tried and acquitted on charges of treason.

In 1846 the formal transfer of government between Texas and the United States took place. Texas had officially become a state on December 29, 1845. 

In 1942 President Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.

In 1945 about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima. 

And in 1963 the Soviet Union informed President Kennedy it would withdraw “several thousand” of its troops in Cuba. 

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Quote of the Day

“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”

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 Today in 1958 the Miracles released this, their first single.

And it’s also Smokey Robinson’s birthday, as well as being the birthday of fellow Miracle, Bobby Rogers.

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On this day in 1841 the first continuous filibuster in the U.S. Senate began. It lasted until March 11th. 

In 1861 Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the President of the Confederate States in Montgomery, AL.

In 1930 the planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. The discovery was made as a result of photographs taken in January 1930. 

And in 1970 The Chicago Seven defendants were found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention. 

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Quote of the Day

“I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own.”

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 Today is Dennis DeYoung’s birthday.

That one doesn’t really showcase Dennis’ vocal or keyboard talents. But this one does… from Your Music Jukebox – The 70’s 

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1817 the first gaslit streetlights appeared on the streets of Baltimore, MD.

In 1865 Columbia, SC, burned. The Confederates were evacuating and the Union Forces were moving in. 

In 1933 “Newsweek” was first published. 

And in 1934 the first high school automobile driver’s education course was introduced in State College, PA. 

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Quote of the Day

“All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.”

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 Today is Arcangelo Corelli’s birthday. From Ensemble L’aura Soave – Cremona 

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Good Morning!

And Happy President’s Day!

Today’s header photo is from Cheryl.

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On this day in 1741 Benjamin Franklin published America’s second magazine, “The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle”.

In 1804 a raid was led by Lt. Stephen Decatur to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia. The ship had been taken by pirates. 

In 1862 about 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson, TN. 

In 1923 Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen.

In 1959 Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.

And in 1960 the U.S.S. Triton began the first circumnavigation of the globe under water. The trip ended on May 10. 

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Quote of the Day

“Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.”

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 This seems appropriate… 🙂 From The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” 

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