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10/7/2015
« on: October 07, 2015, 12:00:02 AM »
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2015, 02:17:25 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2015, 02:21:34 AM »
Today is Wednesday, October 7, the 280th day of 2015. There are 85 days left in the year.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2015, 02:22:29 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On October 7, 1985, Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro (ah-KEE'-leh LOW'-roh) in the Mediterranean. (The hijackers killed Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish-American tourist, before surrendering on October 9.)
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2015, 02:23:11 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2015, 02:23:36 AM »
In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2015, 02:24:15 AM »
In 1849, author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore at age 40.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2015, 02:24:41 AM »
In 1858, the fifth debate between Illinois senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Galesburg.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2015, 02:25:07 AM »
In 1929, former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall, one of the main figures of the Teapot Dome scandal, went on trial, charged with accepting a bribe from oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny. (Fall was found guilty and sentenced to a year in prison; he served nine months. Doheny was acquitted at his own trial of offering the bribe Fall was convicted of taking.)
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2015, 02:25:32 AM »
In 1940, Artie Shaw and his Orchestra recorded Hoagy Carmichael's "Star Dust" (as it was spelled then) for RCA Victor.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2015, 02:25:56 AM »
In 1949, the Republic of East Germany was formed.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2015, 02:26:22 AM »
In 1954, Marian Anderson became the first black singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2015, 02:27:05 AM »
In 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon held their second televised debate, this one in Washington, D.C.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2015, 02:27:28 AM »
In 1979, Pope John Paul II concluded his week-long tour of the United States with a Mass on the Washington Mall.
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Re: 10/7/2015
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2015, 02:27:53 AM »
In 1989, Hungary's Communist Party renounced Marxism in favor of democratic socialism during a party congress in Budapest.
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