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12/16/2015
« on: December 16, 2015, 12:00:15 AM »
Any hump day deals on the various internet sites or dinner tacos 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: 12/16/2015
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2015, 02:08:32 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2015, 02:13:37 AM »
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2015. There are 15 days left in the year.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2015, 02:15:06 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2015, 02:16:01 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2015, 02:16:27 AM »
In 1653, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2015, 02:17:10 AM »
In 1809, the French Senate granted a divorce decree to Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Josephine (the dissolution was made final the following month).
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2015, 02:17:35 AM »
In 1811, the first of the powerful New Madrid earthquakes struck the central Mississippi Valley with an estimated magnitude of 7.7.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2015, 02:18:16 AM »
In 1907, 16 U.S. Navy battleships, which came to be known as the "Great White Fleet," set sail on a 14-month round-the-world voyage to demonstrate American sea power.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2015, 02:19:10 AM »
In 1930, golfer Bobby Jones became the first recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award honoring outstanding amateur athletes.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2015, 02:19:34 AM »
In 1944, the World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg (the Allies were eventually able to turn the Germans back).
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2015, 02:19:55 AM »
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight "world conquest by Communist imperialism."
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2015, 02:20:41 AM »
In 1960, 134 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over New York City.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2015, 02:21:06 AM »
In 1965, British author W. Somerset Maugham, 91, died in Nice, France.
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Re: 12/16/2015
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2015, 02:21:34 AM »
In 1976, the government halted its swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis apparently linked to the vaccine.
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