HISTORY — SEPTEMBER 12, 1962: ‘WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON’ On This Day, Back In The Day 1846 – How do I love thee? Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope 1940 – French
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September 11, 2018 My view on the morning of September 11, 2001. The second plane was banking in to strike the South Tower. On This Day, Back In The Day 1789 – Alexander Hamilton
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(The site has been on hold for a few weeks. But, WE’RE BACK AND ROLLING AHEAD AT FULL STEAM!) If you need to catch up on what Angie Austin and I have been doing
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RED SHIRT FRIDAY… Remember Everyone Deployed Just find a red shirt…wear it… tell people. On This Day, Back In The Day 1940 – A Wild Hare — the first cartoon starring Bugs Bunny 1949 –
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On This Day, Back In The Day 1788 – New York becomes the 11th State in the Union 1920 – The 19th Amendment is ratified – giving women the right to vote 1947 – President
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On This Day, Back In The Day 1946 – The first underwater atomic explosion happened at Bikini Atoll — it was a U.S. test 1952 – Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the U.S. 1978
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On This Day, Back In The Day 1847 – Brigham Young and the first group of Mormons made it to Salt Lake City 1866 – Tennessee rejoined the Union — the first state to do
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On This Day, Back In The Day 1829 – Inventor William Burt patents his typographer — an early version of the typewriter 1965 – William Booth founded the Salvation Army 1995 – Two astronomers, in
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July 20, 2018 — It’s another RED SHIRT FRIDAY (R-E-D — FOR REMEMBERING EVERYONE DEPLOYED) On This Day, Back In The Day 1881 – Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army 1944 – Assassination
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A political flyer from Dem’s new face, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Flyer On This Day, Back In The Day 1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found by a French soldier in Egypt – the stone tabled unlocked
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