Good Morning!

It’s Friday!!! 🙂

And it’s also the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion.

Sadly, there aren’t many of these brave men left. So it’s important to remember their sacrifices and stories, as well as those of their fallen comrades.

From WYFF News 4

From ARIRANG NEWS

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On this day in 1813 the U.S. invasion of Canada was halted at Stony Creek, Ontario. 

In 1924 the German Reichtag accepted the Dawes Plan. It was an American plan to help Germany pay off its war debts. 

In 1933, in Camden, NJ, the first drive-in movie theater opened. 

In 1944 the D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved. 

And in 1968 U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44am in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was shot the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination. 

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Quotes of the Day

“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.”

George S. Patton

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“I greatly fear some of America’s greatest and most dangerous enemies are such that thinks themselves her best friends.”

Nathan Hale

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Today is Fletch Wiley’s birthday, so that means Gospel Jazz. From GospelJazzHawaii

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On this day in 1827 Athens fell to the Ottomans. 

In 1865 the first safe deposit vault was opened in New York. The charge was $1.50 a year for every $1,000 that was stored.

In  1917 American men began registering for the World War I draft.

In 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set two world records in swimming events. 

And in 1975 Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping, eight years after it was closed because of the 1967 war with Israel. 

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Quote of the Day

“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.”

Don Zimmer

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Today is Don Reid’s birthday.

And this song debuted today in 1865.

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On this day in 1647 the British army seized King Charles I and held him as a hostage. 

In 1792 Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Britain. 

In 1919 the Senate passed the Women’s Suffrage bill. 

In 1942 the Battle of Midway began. It was the first major victory for America over Japan during World War II. The battle ended on June 6 and ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific. 

And in 1944, during World War II, the U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, which began the liberation of the Italian capital. 

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Quote of the Day

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

Thomas Jefferson

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 Today is Cindy Morgan’s birthday. From NewReleaseTuesday.com

And Go Boise!

It’s also Paul Baloche’s. From leadworshipdotcom

And it’s Scott Wesley Brown’s too.

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On this day in 1784 the U.S. Congress formally created the United States Army to replace the disbanded Continental Army.

In 1805 a peace treaty between the U.S. and Tripoli was completed in the captain’s cabin on board the USS Constitution. 

In 1932 Lou Gehrig set a major league baseball record when he hit four consecutive home runs. 

In 1959 the US Air Force Academy graduated it’s first class.

And in 1965 Edward White became the first American astronaut to do a “space walk” when he left the Gemini 4 capsule. 

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Quote of the Day

“All we ask is to be let alone.”

Jefferson Davis

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Today is Too Slim’s birthday.

And it’s also Billy Powell’s.

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On this day in 1774 The Quartering Act, which required American colonists to allow British soldiers into their houses, was reenacted.

In 1883 the first baseball game under electric lights was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

In 1886 Grover Cleveland became the second U.S. president to get married while in office. He was the first to have a wedding in the White House.

In 1924 all American Indians were granted U.S. citizenship by the U.S. Congress. 

And in 1953 Elizabeth was crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey.  

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Quote of the Day

“That man’s silence is wonderful to listen to.”

Thomas Hardy

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Not many birthdays today, but there were a couple of notable ones yesterday.

First Pat Boone.

And Andy Griffith.

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Good Morning!

The weekend is here! And it’s supposed to be a good one around these parts. 🙂

On this day in 1859, in London, Big Ben went into operation. 

In 1889 more than 2,200 people died after the South Fork Dam collapsed in Johnstown, PA. 

In 1909 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its first conference. 

In 1955 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that all states must end racial segregation “with all deliberate speed.”

And in 1962 Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel. Eichmann was a Gestapo official and was executed for his actions in the Nazi Holocaust. 

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Quote of the Day

“There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.”

Walt Whitman

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This morning we’re gonna start with some hippie music for Peter Yarrow’s birthday. Plus it’s a Dylan written song, and he just had a b’day too.  🙂

And it’s Johnny Paycheck’s too.

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It’s Friday!

On this day in 1431 Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19.

In 1848 W.G. Young patented the ice cream freezer. 

In 1883 twelve people were trampled to death in New York City in a stampede when a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing occurred. 

And in 1971 Mariner 9, the American deep space probe blasted off on a journey to Mars. 

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Quote of the Day

“Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.”

William Ralph Inge

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Today is Benjamin David Goodman’s birthday. And on this day in 1962 he led the first American jazz band to play in the USSR. And yes, I found some footage of it. 🙂

And this is because I’d like to hear something loud today.

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On this day in 1765 Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses. 

In 1827 the first nautical school opened in Nantucket, MA, under the name Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin’s Lancasterian School. 

In 1849 a patent for lifting vessels was granted to Abraham Lincoln. 

In 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.  

And in 1978 postage stamps were raised from 13 cents to 15 cents. 

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Quote of the Day

“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”

Patrick Henry

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Today is Danny Elfman’s birthday.

And it’s Mark Lee’s. From K-Love

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Today’s header photo is from Cheryl.

This one is from Janice.

On this day in 585 BC Thales Miletus predicted a solar eclipse. 

In 1774 the First Continental Congress convened in Virginia. 

In 1892 the Sierra club was organized in San Francisco, CA. 

In 1929 Warner Brothers debuted “On With The Show” in New York City. It was the first all-color-talking picture.

In 1934 the Dionne quintuplets were born near Callender, Ontario, to Olivia and Elzire Dionne. The babies were the first quintuplets to survive infancy. 

And in 1999, in Milan, Italy, Leonardo de Vinci’s “The Last Supper” was put back on display after more than 20 years of restoration work. 

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Quote of the Day

“Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”

Thomas Moore

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Today is Thomas Moore’s birthday. The quote is from this, “Come, Ye Disconsolate”.

And it’s Larry Gatlin’s birthday.

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On this day in 1668 three colonists were expelled from Massachusetts for being Baptists.

In 1813 Americans captured Fort George, Canada. 

In 1907 the Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.

In 1937 the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic.

And in 1969 construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida. 

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Quote of the Day

“The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.”

Julia Ward Howe

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She gets the quote, and the first song, since she wrote it. Performed by Johnny, the Carters, and the Statlers. 🙂

Now I can’t let that teaser at the end go without hearing it all.

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