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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2015, 02:03:09 AM »

In 1972, the Republican National Convention opened in Miami Beach.

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2015, 02:03:46 AM »

In 1983, Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport. The musical play "La Cage Aux Folles" opened on Broadway.
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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2015, 02:04:26 AM »

In 1991, the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2015, 02:05:01 AM »

In 1993, in a serious setback for NASA, engineers lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet on a $980 million mission.

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2015, 02:05:49 AM »

In 1995, ABC News settled a $10 billion libel suit by apologizing to Philip Morris for reporting the tobacco giant had manipulated the amount of nicotine in its cigarettes.

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2015, 02:06:21 AM »

Ten years ago: Pope Benedict XVI triumphantly ended his four-day trip to his native Germany, celebrating an open-air Mass for a million people in Cologne. Robert A. Moog (mohg), whose self-named electronic synthesizers revolutionized music in the 1960s, died in Asheville, North Carolina, at age 71.
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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2015, 02:06:59 AM »

Ten years ago: Pope Benedict XVI triumphantly ended his four-day trip to his native Germany, celebrating an open-air Mass for a million people in Cologne. Robert A. Moog (mohg), whose self-named electronic synthesizers revolutionized music in the 1960s, died in Asheville, North Carolina, at age 71.
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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2015, 02:07:31 AM »

One year ago: Calling it a "miraculous day," an American doctor infected with Ebola left his isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta; Dr. Kent Brantly warmly hugged his physicians and nurses, showing the world that he posed no public health threat one month after getting sick with the virus. Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin withdrawing from Ferguson, where nightly scenes of unrest had erupted since a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old nearly two weeks earlier. Former Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds, 81, died in Dublin.

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2015, 02:08:12 AM »

Today's Birthdays: Former NFL player and general manager Pete Retzlaff is 84. Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 83. Playwright Mart Crowley is 80. Singer Kenny Rogers is 77. Actor Clarence Williams III is 76. Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 76. Singer Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 76. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 74. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is 70. Actress Patty McCormack is 70. Pop singer-musician Carl Giammarese (jee-ah mah-REE'-see) is 68. Actress Loretta Devine is 66. NBC newsman Harry Smith is 64. Singer Glenn Hughes is 63. Country musician Nick Kane is 61. Actress Kim Cattrall is 59. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon is 56. Actress Cleo King is 53. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher John Wetteland is 49. Rock singer Serj Tankian (TAN'-kee-ahn) (System of a Down) is 48. Figure skater Josee Chouinard is 46. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 45. Retired MLB player Craig Counsell is 45. Rock musician Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 44. Actress Alicia Witt is 40. Singer Kelis (kuh-LEES') is 36. TV personality Brody Jenner is 32. Singer Melissa Schuman is 31. Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain (yoo-SAYN') Bolt is 29. Actor-comedian Brooks Wheelan (TV: "Saturday Night Live") is 29. Actor Cody Kasch is 28. Country singer Kacey Musgraves is 27. Actress Hayden Panettiere (pan'-uh-tee-EHR') is 26. Actor RJ Mitte is 23. Actor Maxim Knight (TV: "Falling Skies") is 16.

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2015, 02:08:38 AM »

Thought for Today: "I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential."

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2015, 02:09:59 AM »

Sports Quotes
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1. Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model:

I wan' all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan' all the
kids to copulate me."



2. New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season:

"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.."



3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skin's say:

"I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl,"

Matt Millen of the Raiders said: "To win, I'd run over Joe's Mom, too."



4. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins:

"He treat us like mens. He let us wear earrings.."



5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann:

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like
Norman Einstein."



6. Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh :

"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.."

(Now that is beautiful)



7. Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach:

"You guys line up alphabetically by height.."

And, "You guys pair up in groups of three, and then line up in a
circle."



8. Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson going to prison:

"Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for
three years,

not Princeton .."



9. Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a
color photo of himself above his locker:

"That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my
clothes."



10. Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regimen of
heavyweight Andrew Golota:

"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning, regardless of
what time it is."



11. Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to
Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice:

"My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an
uncle or an aunt.



12. Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player:

"I asked him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?'

He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'"



13. Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a
player who received four F's and one D:

"Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject."



14. In the words of NC State great Charles Shackelford:

"I can go to my left or right, I am amphibious."



15. Former Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips when asked by Bob Costas why he
takes his wife on all the road trips....

Phillips responded: "Because she's too ugly to kiss good-bye."




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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2015, 02:45:42 AM »

Time to hit the road for work, enjoy your day guys.
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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2015, 03:23:35 AM »

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #28 on: August 21, 2015, 03:55:32 AM »

Friday, bitches!

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Re: 8/21/2015
« Reply #29 on: August 21, 2015, 05:16:06 AM »

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