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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2015, 01:06:40 AM »

Good night, fellas.
G'night, Mr. Mayor.  See you in the morning.
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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2015, 01:38:28 AM »

Guess I'll lock it up.  I'll leave the lights on for Chip.
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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2015, 02:17:36 AM »

Good morning guys.
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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2015, 02:17:51 AM »

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2015, 02:22:22 AM »

Today is Tuesday, August 18, the 230th day of 2015. There are 135 days left in the year.

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2015, 02:22:56 AM »

Highlight in History

On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.)
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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2015, 02:23:39 AM »

On this date

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2015, 02:24:09 AM »

In 1838, the first marine expedition sponsored by the U.S. government set sail from Hampton Roads, Virginia; the crews traveled the southern Pacific Ocean, gathering scientific information.

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2015, 02:24:41 AM »

In 1846, U.S. forces led by General Stephen W. Kearny captured Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #24 on: August 18, 2015, 02:25:19 AM »

In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2015, 02:25:41 AM »

In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing all American women's right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2015, 02:26:07 AM »

In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King dedicated the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the United States and Canada.

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #27 on: August 18, 2015, 02:26:34 AM »

In 1955, the romantic drama "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones, had its world premiere in New York.

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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #28 on: August 18, 2015, 02:27:15 AM »

In 1963, James Meredith became the first black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
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Re: 8/18/2015
« Reply #29 on: August 18, 2015, 02:27:42 AM »

In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix.

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