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[Johnny]

Morning Tony!

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Good morning guys.

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Today is Sunday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2014. There are 38 days left in the year.

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Today's Highlight in History:

On Nov. 23, 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. (The coin-operated device consisted of four listening tubes attached to an Edison phonograph.)

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1765, Frederick County, Maryland, became the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.

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1804, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce (puhrs), was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire.

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In 1903, Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto."

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In 1914, the seven-month U.S. military occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, ended.

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In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce (loos), was first published.

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In 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure establishing the U.S. Women's Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbreviation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto "Semper Paratus" — "Always Ready").

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1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin (MAH'-kihn) atolls from the Japanese.

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In 1959, the musical "Fiorello!," starring Tom Bosley as legendary New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, opened on Broadway.

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In 1964, TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 707 bound for Athens, crashed during takeoff from Rome, killing 50 of the 73 people on board.