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1/6/2016
« on: January 06, 2016, 12:00:54 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: 1/6/2016
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2016, 12:34:34 AM »
Happy Three Kings Day!
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2016, 02:02:23 AM »
Quote from: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2016, 12:34:34 AM
Happy Three Kings Day!
Same to you, Tony.  It's hard to hold back a joke, but I'll go with Caspar, Melchior and Balthazzar 2016.  There's a custom to write in chalk over the lintel of your front door:
20+C+M+B+16
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2016, 02:28:53 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2016, 02:29:55 AM »
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2016. There are 360 days left in the year.
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2016, 02:30:29 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2016, 02:30:53 AM »
On Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms": Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2016, 02:31:29 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2016, 02:31:51 AM »
In 1540, England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.)
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2016, 02:32:32 AM »
In 1759, George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Virginia.
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2016, 02:32:56 AM »
In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail gave the first successful public demonstration of their telegraph in Morristown, New Jersey.
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2016, 02:33:28 AM »
In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2016, 02:33:54 AM »
In 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, New York, at age 60.
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2016, 02:34:22 AM »
In 1945, George Herbert Walker Bush married Barbara Pierce at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York.
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Re: 1/6/2016
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2016, 02:34:46 AM »
In 1950, Britain recognized the Communist government of China.
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