Author: mikeopelka

– VETERANS DAY DEALS ARE HERE – THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1909 – CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON A NAVAL BASE AT PEARL HARBOR 1919 — WWI ENDS AS THE ARMISTICE IS SIGNED ON THE 11TH HOUR,

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1665 – THE LONDON GAZETTE IS FIRST PUBLISHED  1944 – FDR BEATS DEWEY TO WIN HIS 4TH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (HE WOULD NOT FINISH THE TERM) 1967 – PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNED THE

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1860 – ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ELECTED THE 16TH PRESIDENT1911 – MAINE BECOMES A ‘DRY’ STATE 1917 – LED BY LENIN, THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION BEGINS IN RUSSIA 1945 – THE 1ST LANDING

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1842 – ABE LINCOLN MARRIED MARY TODD 1922 – KING TUT’S TOMB IS DISCOVERED IN EGYPT BY HOWARD CARTER 1979 – IRANIAN MILITANTS SEIZED THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN, IRAN… 90

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1838 – OHIO’S OBERLIN COLLEGE IS THE FIRST IN AMERICA TO ADMIT FEMALE STUDENTS 1938 – ORSON WELLES’ RADIO BROADCAST ‘WAR OF THE WORLDS’ SPAKED A NATIONWIDE PANIC 1945 – SHOE

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1929 – THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE CRASHED, TRIGGERING THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1945 – THE FIRST BALL POINT PEN GOES ON SALE… IT COST $12 (WHICH WAS A HUGE PRICE BACK THEN)

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1793 – ELI WHITNEY FILED FOR A PATENT ON HIS COTTON GIN 1886 – PRESIDENT CLEVELAND DEDICATED THE STATUE OF LIBERTY  1904 – ST LOUIS POLICE START USING THIS NEW CRIME-FIGHTING

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1954 – EISENHOWER CONDUCTS THE FIRST TELEVISED CABINET MEETING 1971 – THE U.N. VOTES TO EXPEL TAIWAN AND ADMIT COMMUNIST CHINA  1980 – AC/DC EARNS FIRST #1 HIT WITH ‘YOU SHOOK

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ONE WEEK FROM HALLOWEEN — HAS ANYONE ELSE SEEN THIS WILD MOVIE ABOUT A HAUNTED HOUSE CALLED McKAMEY MANOR?  (You have to sign a 40 page contract to enter…and may win $20,000 if you can last 10 hours.) THIS

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