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7/12/2015
« on: July 12, 2015, 12:00:12 AM »
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2015, 01:24:21 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 01:25:14 AM »
Today is Sunday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2015. There are 172 days left in the year.

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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 01:25:45 AM »
Highlight in History

On July 12, 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor.

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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2015, 01:26:34 AM »
On this date

In 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.

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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2015, 01:26:58 AM »
In 1690, forces led by William of Orange defeated the army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2015, 01:27:55 AM »
In 1909, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2015, 01:28:26 AM »
In 1948, the Democratic National Convention, which nominated President Harry S. Truman for a second term of office, opened in Philadelphia.
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2015, 01:29:18 AM »
1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was flown by helicopter from the White House to a secret mountaintop location as part of a drill involving a mock nuclear attack on Washington.

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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2015, 02:59:39 AM »
In 1965, the Beach Boys single "California Girls" was released by Capitol Records.
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2015, 03:00:16 AM »
In 1967, six days of race-related rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey; the violence claimed 26 lives.
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2015, 03:00:47 AM »
In 1975, the African island nation of San Tome and Principe became independent of Portugal.
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2015, 03:01:24 AM »
1977, President Jimmy Carter defended Supreme Court limits on government payments for poor women's abortions, saying, "There are many things in life that are not fair."
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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2015, 03:02:01 AM »
In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.

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Re: 7/12/2015
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2015, 03:02:36 AM »
In 1988, Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis tapped Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas as his running-mate.
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