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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2014, 02:44:58 AM »

In 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as "The Second Great Fire of London."
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2014, 02:45:26 AM »


In 1957, singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married in Las Vegas.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2014, 02:45:59 AM »

In 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed into the Florida Everglades near Miami International Airport, killing 101 of the 176 people aboard.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2014, 02:46:36 AM »

In 1975, a bomb exploded in the main terminal of New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2014, 02:47:15 AM »

In 1989, dissident and playwright Vaclav Havel (VAHTS'-lahv HAH'-vel) assumed the presidency of Czechoslovakia.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2014, 02:47:56 AM »

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush assembled a four-nation coalition to organize humanitarian relief for Asia and made clear the United States would help bankroll long-term rebuilding in the region leveled by a massive earthquake and tsunamis. President Bush denounced Osama bin Laden's call to boycott the Iraqi elections, saying that the balloting would mark a crossroads for Iraq.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #21 on: December 29, 2014, 02:48:29 AM »

Five years ago: Brushing aside international appeals, China executed British drug smuggler Akmal Shaikh (AHK'-mahl shayk), who relatives said was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime; it was China's first execution of a European citizen in nearly 60 years. Mexico City enacted Latin America's first law recognizing gay marriage and said it hoped to attract same-sex couples from around the world.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #22 on: December 29, 2014, 02:49:00 AM »

One year ago: The first of two suicide bombings that claimed the lives of 32 victims in the southern Russian city of Volgograd took place in a train station (the second blast occurred on a bus the next day).
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #23 on: December 29, 2014, 02:49:33 AM »

Today's Birthdays: Actress Dina Merrill is 91. Actress Inga Swenson is 82. ABC newscaster Tom Jarriel is 80. Actress Mary Tyler Moore is 78. Actress Barbara Steele is 77. Actor Jon Voight is 76. Country singer Ed Bruce is 75. Rock musician Ray Thomas is 73. Singer Marianne Faithfull is 68. Jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr. is 68. Actor Ted Danson is 67. Actor Jon Polito is 64. Singer-actress Yvonne Elliman is 63. Actress Patricia Clarkson is 55. Comedian Paula Poundstone is 55. Rock singer-musician Jim Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain) is 53. Actor Michael Cudlitz is 50. Rock singer Dexter Holland (The Offspring) is 49. Actor-comedian Mystro Clark is 48. Actor Jason Gould is 48. CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield is 47. Movie director Andy Wachowski is 47. Actress Jennifer Ehle is 45. Actor Patrick Fischler is 45. Rock singer-musician Glen Phillips is 44. Actor Kevin Weisman is 44. Actor Jude Law is 42. Actress Maria Dizzia (TV: "Orange is the New Black") is 40. Actor Mekhi Phifer (mih-KY' FY'-fuhr) is 40. Actor Shawn Hatosy is 39. Actress Katherine Moennig is 37. Actor Diego Luna is 35. Country singer Jessica Andrews is 31. Actress Jane Levy is 25.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #24 on: December 29, 2014, 02:50:38 AM »

Thought for Today: "If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in." — Rachel Carson, American biologist (1907-1964).

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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #25 on: December 29, 2014, 02:51:38 AM »

Outhouse
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Once there was a little boy that lived in the country. They had
to use an outhouse, and the little boy hated it because it was
hot in the summer and cold in the winter and stank all the time.
The outhouse was sitting on the bank of a creek and the boy
determined that one day he would push that outhouse into the
creek. One day after a spring rain, the creek was swollen so the
little boy decided today was the day to push the outhouse into
the creek. So he got a large stick and started pushing. Finally,
the outhouse toppled into the creek and floated away. That night
his dad told him they were going to the woodshed after supper.
Knowing that meant a spanking, the little boy asked why.

The dad replied, "Someone pushed the outhouse into the creek today.
It was you, wasn't it son?"

The boy answered yes. Then he thought a moment and said, "Dad, I read in school today that George
Washington chopped down a cherry tree and didn't get into trouble
because he told the truth."

The dad replied, "Well, son, George Washington's father wasn't in the cherry tree."
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #26 on: December 29, 2014, 03:10:04 AM »

Time to hit the road for work guys, enjoy your day.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #27 on: December 29, 2014, 05:29:22 AM »

Morning LSU. 
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #28 on: December 29, 2014, 05:30:02 AM »

Lordy it is tough for me to get moving this morning.
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Re: 12/29/2014
« Reply #29 on: December 29, 2014, 05:34:36 AM »

Lordy it is tough for me to get moving this morning.
Those long holiday weekends can be rough.
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