Author: mikeopelka
Monday – November 18, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1626 – ST. PETER’S CATHERDRAL IN ROME IS DEDICATED 1865 – TWAIN’S FIRST STORY IS PUBLISHED — REMEMBER ‘THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY 1928 – MICKEY MOUSE MAKES HIS
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Friday – November 14, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1851 – ‘Call me Ishmael…” HERMAN MELVILLE’S ‘MOBY DICK’ IS PUBLISHED 1889 – NELLIE BLY STARTS HER QUEST TO GO AROUND THE WORLD IN LESS THAN 80 DAYS (SHE DID IT
Read moreWednesday – Nov. 13, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1835 – TEXANS OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO — THE LONE STAR REPUBLIC 1940 – WALT DISNEY’S ‘FANTASIA’ DEBUTED IN THEATERS (YOU SHOULD SEE IT IN A THEATER) 1942 – THE
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Monday – November 11, 2019
– 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,
Read moreFriday – November 8, 2019
Thursday – Nov 7, 2019
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
Read moreWednesday – Nov 6, 2019
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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