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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2014, 01:26:17 AM »

In 1789, John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2014, 01:26:35 AM »

1864, Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's soldiers attacked Union forces at Cedar Creek, Virginia; the Union troops were able to rally and defeat the Confederates.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2014, 01:26:55 AM »


In 1914, the U.S. Post Office began delivering mail with government-owned cars, as opposed to using contracted vehicles. The First Battle of Ypres began during World War I.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2014, 01:27:20 AM »

In 1944, the U.S. Navy began accepting black women into WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). The play "I Remember Mama," by John Van Druten, opened at the Music Box Theater on Broadway.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2014, 01:27:45 AM »

In 1951, President Harry S. Truman signed an act formally ending the state of war with Germany.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2014, 01:28:01 AM »

In 1960, the United States began a limited embargo against Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2014, 01:44:42 AM »

Gnite Chip
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #22 on: October 19, 2014, 01:52:23 AM »

Good morning guys.
Mornin Chip
Good morning Bob.
...OK Freddy/Bob....you got Chip to say Hi to ya.....Guess I owe you a 10 spot....Oh, and Hi Chip....
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #23 on: October 19, 2014, 02:01:53 AM »

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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #24 on: October 19, 2014, 02:35:57 AM »

In 1977, the supersonic Concorde made its first landing in New York City.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #25 on: October 19, 2014, 02:36:19 AM »

In 1984, Rev. Jerzy Popieluszko (YAYR'-zee pah-pee-WOOSH'-goh), a Polish Catholic priest with ties to the Solidarity labor movement, was abducted and murdered by communist secret police.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #26 on: October 19, 2014, 02:36:40 AM »

1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value, to close at 1,738.74.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #27 on: October 19, 2014, 02:37:00 AM »

In 1989, a British court freed the "Guildford Four," who'd been wrongly convicted of an Irish Republican Army bombing.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #28 on: October 19, 2014, 02:37:22 AM »

In 1994, 22 people were killed as a terrorist bomb shattered a bus in the heart of Tel Aviv's shopping district. Entertainer Martha Raye died in Los Angeles at age 78.
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Re: 10/19/2014
« Reply #29 on: October 19, 2014, 02:37:45 AM »

Ten years ago: Insurgents in Iraq abducted Margaret Hassan, the local director of CARE International. (Hassan is believed to have been slain by her captors a month later; her body has never been found.) Thirteen people were killed when a Corporate Airlines commuter turboprop crashed in northeast Missouri (two people survived with serious injuries). Former arms control adviser Paul H. Nitze died in Washington, D.C. at age 97.
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