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10/21/2015
« on: October 21, 2015, 12:00:07 AM »
Any hump day deals on the various internet sites that are worth talking about?  Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something along the way.  Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either...  And welcome aboard!
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2015, 12:03:58 AM »
Thought for sure we'd have a hump day jam.  Then again we had one last Wednesday so I guess it'll be a Thursday jam this week.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2015, 03:53:00 AM »
Good morning guys. 
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2015, 03:58:23 AM »
Today is Wednesday, October 21, the 294th day of 2015. There are 71 days left in the year.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2015, 03:59:26 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On October 21, 1892, schoolchildren across the U.S. observed Columbus Day (according to the Gregorian calendar) by reciting, for the first time, the original version of "The Pledge of Allegiance," written by Francis Bellamy for The Youth's Companion. The pledge, which has been revised several times, originally went, "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2015, 04:00:31 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2015, 04:01:11 AM »
In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides," was christened in Boston's harbor.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2015, 04:01:52 AM »
In 1805, a British fleet commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2015, 04:03:31 AM »
In 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2015, 04:03:55 AM »
In 1917, members of the 1st Division of the U.S. Army training in Luneville (luhn-nay-VEEL'), France, became the first Americans to see action on the front lines of World War I.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2015, 04:04:21 AM »
In 1944, during World War II, U.S. troops captured the German city of Aachen (AH'-kuhn).
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2015, 04:04:59 AM »
In 1945, women in France were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections for the first time.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2015, 04:05:23 AM »
In 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2015, 04:05:48 AM »
In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon clashed in their fourth and final presidential debate in New York.
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Re: 10/21/2015
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2015, 04:06:14 AM »
In 1967, the Israeli destroyer INS Eilat was sunk by Egyptian missile boats near Port Said (sah-EED'); 47 Israeli crew members were lost.
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