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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2014, 02:01:03 AM »

In 1947, India became independent after some 200 years of British rule.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2014, 02:01:30 AM »

In 1967, a 50-foot-tall sculpture by Pablo Picasso was dedicated in Daley Plaza in Chicago by Mayor Richard J. Daley.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2014, 02:02:48 AM »

In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2014, 02:03:10 AM »

In 1974, a gunman attempted to shoot South Korean President Park Chung-hee during a speech; although Park was unhurt, his wife, Yuk Young-soo, was struck and killed, along with a teenage girl. (The gunman was later executed.)
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2014, 02:03:55 AM »

In 1989, F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as acting president of South Africa, one day after P.W. Botha resigned as the result of a power struggle within the National Party.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #20 on: August 15, 2014, 02:04:36 AM »

Ten years ago: Residents left homeless by Hurricane Charley dug through their ravaged homes, rescuing what they could as President George W. Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid. In Athens, the U.S. men's basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico, only the third Olympic defeat ever for the Americans and the first since adding pros. Vijay Singh won the PGA Championship in Haven, Wisconsin.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #21 on: August 15, 2014, 02:05:03 AM »

Five years ago: U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., visiting Myanmar, was able to secure the release of John Yettaw, an American imprisoned for swimming to the home of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee). A wedding tent fire in Kuwait claimed the lives of 55 women and children. Virginia Davis, 90, who'd appeared in Walt Disney's pioneering "Alice" films in the 1920s, died in Corona, California.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #22 on: August 15, 2014, 02:05:46 AM »

One year ago: President Barack Obama scrapped plans for joint military exercises with Egypt, where spiraling violence in and around Cairo were claiming hundreds of lives. A powerful car bomb ripped through a crowded southern Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah, killing at least 27 people. Bert Lance, President Jimmy Carter's first budget director, died in Georgia at age 82.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #23 on: August 15, 2014, 02:06:15 AM »

Today's Birthdays: Actress Rose Marie is 91. Political activist Phyllis Schlafly is 90. Actor Mike Connors is 89. Actress Lori Nelson is 81. Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan is 79. Actor Jim Dale is 79. Actress Pat Priest is 78. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is 76. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is 76. Musician Pete York (Spencer Davis Group) is 72. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 70. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 68. Rock singer-musician Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers) is 66. Actress Phyllis Smith is 65. Britain's Princess Anne is 64. Actress Tess Harper is 64. Actor Larry Mathews is 59. Actor Zeljko Ivanek (ZEHL'-koh eh-VON'-ehk) is 57. Actor-comedian Rondell Sheridan is 56. Rock singer-musician Matt Johnson (The The) is 53. Movie director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (ihn-YAH'-ee-tu) is 51. Philanthropist Melinda Gates is 50. Country singer Angela Rae (Wild Horses) is 48. Actor Peter Hermann is 47. Actress Debra Messing is 46. Actor Anthony Anderson is 44. Actor Ben Affleck is 42. Singer Mikey Graham (Boyzone) is 42. Actress Natasha Henstridge is 40. Actress Nicole Paggi is 37. Figure skater Jennifer Kirk is 30. Latin pop singer Belinda (cq) is 25. Rock singer Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 25. Actor-singer Carlos Pena is 25. Actress Jennifer Lawrence is 24. Rap DJ Smoove da General (Cali Swag District) is 24.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #24 on: August 15, 2014, 02:07:14 AM »

Thought for Today: "Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Hannah Arendt, American author and philosopher (1906-1975).

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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #25 on: August 15, 2014, 02:10:27 AM »

Fingers
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A guy was packing for a business trip and his three year old daughter was
having a wonderful time playing on the bed.

At one point she said, "Daddy, look at this," and stuck out two of her
fingers.

Trying to keep her entertained, he reached out and stuck her tiny fingers in
his mouth and said, "Daddy's gonna eat your fingers," pretending to eat them
and then went back to packing.

He looked up again and his daughter was standing on the bed staring at her
fingers with a devastated look on her face.

He said, "What's wrong, honey?"

She replied, "What happened to my boogie?
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #26 on: August 15, 2014, 02:51:30 AM »

Time to head to work guys, enjoy your day.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #27 on: August 15, 2014, 05:50:38 AM »

Morning Chip.
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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #28 on: August 15, 2014, 06:06:20 AM »

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Re: 8/15/2014
« Reply #29 on: August 15, 2014, 06:07:26 AM »

good morning Chip and Dave.
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