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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2015, 04:57:30 AM »
In 1979, Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals became the 14th player in major league baseball history to reach the 3,000th career hit plateau as his team defeated the Chicago Cubs, 3-2.
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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2015, 04:58:10 AM »
In 1981, in a ceremony at his California ranch, President Ronald Reagan signed a historic package of tax and budget reductions.

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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #17 on: August 13, 2015, 04:58:39 AM »
n 1989, searchers in Ethiopia found the wreckage of a plane which had disappeared almost a week earlier while carrying Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, and 14 other people – there were no survivors.

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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2015, 04:59:05 AM »
In 1995, Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle died at a Dallas hospital of rapidly spreading liver cancer; he was 63.

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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2015, 04:59:43 AM »
Ten years ago: The Pentagon said for the second time since the Iraq war began that it was replacing body armor for U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, citing a need for better protection. Former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange died in Auckland at age 63.
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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2015, 05:00:07 AM »
Five years ago: Weighing in for the first time on a controversy gripping New York City and the nation, President Barack Obama endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, telling a White House dinner celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan that the country's founding principles demanded no less. Veteran NBC newsman Edwin Newman died in Oxford, England, at age 91.

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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2015, 05:00:31 AM »
One year ago: Six people – including Associated Press video journalist Simone Camilli – were killed when leftover ordnance believed to have been dropped in an Israeli airstrike blew up in the Gaza Strip. Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when the small plane that was carrying him and several campaign officials plunged into a residential neighborhood in the port city of Santos.

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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #22 on: August 13, 2015, 05:01:12 AM »
Today's Birthdays: Former Cuban President Fidel Castro is 89. Actor Pat Harrington is 86. Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders is 82. Actor Kevin Tighe is 71. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is 69. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 67. High wire aerialist Philippe Petit is 66. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke is 66. Golf Hall of Famer Betsy King is 60. Movie director Paul Greengrass is 60. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 56. TV weatherman Sam Champion is 54. Actress Dawnn (correct) Lewis is 54. Actor John Slattery is 53. Actress Debi Mazar is 51. Actress Quinn Cummings is 48. Actress Seana Kofoed is 45. Country singer Andy Griggs is 42. Actor Gregory Fitoussi is 39. Country musician Mike Melancon (Emerson Drive) is 37. Actress Kathryn Fiore is 36. Pop-rock singer James Morrison is 31. Actress Lennon Stella is 16.

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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2015, 05:01:57 AM »
Thought for Today: "People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges." – Joseph Fort Newton, American clergyman (1876-1950).
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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2015, 05:02:49 AM »
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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2015, 05:04:01 AM »
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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2015, 05:39:24 AM »
Morning Chip.
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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2015, 05:39:51 AM »
Another day without any company?.....Sheesh!
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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2015, 05:45:59 AM »
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Re: 8/13/2015
« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2015, 05:47:25 AM »
Quote from: Travellin Dave on August 13, 2015, 05:39:51 AM
Another day without any company?.....Sheesh!
I did sleep late though so I have that, to bad it's my day off and I have a all day meeting/training thanks to the Feds. 
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