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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2014, 01:13:56 AM »

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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2014, 01:14:15 AM »

In 1964, Irish playwright Sean O'Casey, 84, died in Torquay, England. The situation comedy "The Addams Family," inspired by the Charles Addams cartoons, premiered on ABC-TV.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2014, 01:15:06 AM »

In 1970, rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2014, 01:15:45 AM »

In 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2014, 01:16:18 AM »

In 1984, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Joe Kittinger became the first person to complete a solo balloon flight across the Atlantic Ocean as he landed in Italy, four days after leaving Maine.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2014, 01:18:52 AM »

In 1994, tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis, 40, was found dead in the guest cottage of a friend's home in Southampton, New York, of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2014, 01:19:17 AM »

Ten years ago: A divided U.N. Security Council approved a resolution threatening oil sanctions against Sudan unless the government reined in Arab militias blamed for a killing rampage in Darfur (dahr-FOOR'). Hollywood divorce lawyer Marvin Mitchelson died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 76. Pioneer adult filmmaker Russ Meyer died in Los Angeles at age 82. Miss Alabama Deidre Downs was crowned Miss America. Pop singer Britney Spears married her fiance, dancer Kevin Federline, in a surprise ceremony. (The couple divorced nearly three years later.)
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2014, 01:19:42 AM »

Five years ago: Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in defiance of Iran's Islamic leadership, clashing with police and confronting state-run anti-Israel rallies. Writer-editor Irving Kristol, known as the godfather of neoconservatism, died at 89. The final episode of "Guiding Light" aired on CBS, ending a 72-year run on radio and television.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2014, 01:20:11 AM »

One year ago: Syrian President Bashar Assad, in a Fox News Channel interview, said a United Nations report finding "clear and convincing evidence" sarin nerve gas was used in Syria painted an "unrealistic" account, and denied his government had orchestrated the attack. Former heavyweight boxing champion Ken Norton, 70, died in Las Vegas.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #24 on: September 18, 2014, 01:20:38 AM »

Today's Birthdays: Singer Jimmie Rodgers is 81. Actor Robert Blake is 81. Former Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, is 81. Actor Fred Willard is 81. Actor Eddie Jones is 80. Gospel singer Bobby Jones is 76. Singer Frankie Avalon is 74. Actress Beth Grant is 65. Rock musician Kerry Livgren is 65. Actress Anna Deavere Smith is 64. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino is 62. College Football Hall of Famer and retired NFL player Billy Sims is 59. Movie director Mark Romanek is 55. Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg is 55. Alt-country-rock musician Mark Olson is 53. Singer Joanne Catherall (Human League) is 52. Actress Holly Robinson Peete is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ricky Bell (Bell Biv Devoe and New Edition) is 47. Actress Aisha Tyler is 44. Racing cyclist Lance Armstrong is 43. Opera singer Anna Netrebko is 43. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith is 43. Actor James Marsden is 41. Actress Emily Rutherfurd is 40. Actor Travis Schuldt is 40. Rapper Xzibit is 40. Comedian-actor Jason Sudeikis is 39. Actress Sophina Brown is 38. Actor Barrett Foa is 37. TV correspondent Sara Haines is 37. Actress Alison Lohman is 35. Actors Brandon and Taylor Porter are 21. Actor C.J. Sanders is 18.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #25 on: September 18, 2014, 01:21:34 AM »

Morning Chip.  Time to catch a few hours, I'll check in for your full days history in the morning. 
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #26 on: September 18, 2014, 01:21:56 AM »

Mowing plans today or taking it easy?
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #27 on: September 18, 2014, 01:22:24 AM »

Thought for Today: "It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it." — Sean O'Casey (1880-1964).

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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #28 on: September 18, 2014, 01:24:46 AM »

Morning Chip.  Time to catch a few hours, I'll check in for your full days history in the morning.
Good morning Dave.
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Re: 9/18/2014
« Reply #29 on: September 18, 2014, 01:26:38 AM »

Mowing plans today or taking it easy?
No mowing today, I hopefully have a date for breakfast lined up with the Sis in Law and maybe she will show up for our date. ;-)
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