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Post by soutxed on Mar 30, 2024 9:32:43 GMT -5
March 30, 1981, Gunman opens fire on President Reagan. As he's leaving a Washington, DC, hotel, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley, Jr. Doctors will later reveal that the bullet missed the president's heart by just an inch.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 30, 2024 15:39:20 GMT -5
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NATIONAL TAKE A WALK IN THE PARK DAY National Take A Walk In The Park Day on March 30th each year encourages us to stretch our legs on our favorite trail or at our neighborhood park.
Taking a walk at a local park is an excellent way to clear one’s mind from the stresses of the day, re-energize, and at the same time, improve health. After a long busy day, a calming and therapeutic way to relax would be a nice, leisurely walk in the park.
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Post by BillG on Mar 30, 2024 22:22:00 GMT -5
Who Knew??? March 31ST is "Easter Sunday"!
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 31, 2024 2:33:35 GMT -5
Continental plates drift at about the same rate as fingernails grow. That is, about a millimeter a week. Tectonic plates, which divide the continents, drift because of the heat that pushes its way up to the surface from the Earth's core. This is the same activity that causes earthquakes and volcanic activity. At the rate they move, the tectonic plates end up drifting between one and two inches each year. Who knew?
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Post by soutxed on Mar 31, 2024 7:56:46 GMT -5
March 31, 1995, American singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was shot and fatally wounded at the Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas by the President of her fan club Yolonda Salazar.
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Post by johnmori on Mar 31, 2024 11:47:41 GMT -5
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March 31, 1998 Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 31, 2024 23:39:48 GMT -5
Hitler's nephew wrote an essay defaming the dictator, then moved to the U.S. and served in the Navy to fight his uncle. William "Willy" Patrick Hitler was born in Liverpool to a British mother and a German father, the half-brother of Adolf Hitler. When Anglo-German relations started heating up due to his uncle's flamboyance, Willy published an essay in Look magazine entitled "Why I Hate My Uncle."
As war broke out, he moved his family to the United States, where he tried to enlist in the U.S. Navy but was turned down. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt took a second look at Willy's application and finally approved him to engage in the fight against the Nazis. Who knew?
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Post by sandipaws on Apr 1, 2024 0:55:16 GMT -5
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What do Benjamin Franklin, the phrase "mind your business," April 1st, and National One Cent Day all have in common? The answer is the penny, which we recognize on National One Cent Day.
The United States first issued a one-cent coin produced by a private mint in 1787. Benjamin Franklin designed it. On one side, it read "Mind Your Business" and on the other "We Are One." This coin was made of 100% copper was larger than today's penny and came to be known as the Fugio cent.
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Post by johnmori on Apr 1, 2024 5:56:48 GMT -5
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April 1, 1954 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Post by BillG on Apr 1, 2024 7:05:17 GMT -5
Who Knew??? April 1ST is "National Sourdough Bread Day"!
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Post by soutxed on Apr 1, 2024 8:05:40 GMT -5
April 1, 1934, Clyde Barrow kills two young highway patrolmen, H. D. Murphy and Edward Bryant Wheeler, at the intersection of Route 114 near Grapevine, Texas. Bonnie Parker's role in the murders helps turn public perception against the gang for good.
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Post by MidnightSun on Apr 2, 2024 1:43:47 GMT -5
Japan is the world's most earthquake-prone country. Earthquakes can range from minor tremors that are barely noticeable to building-toppling ground-shakers that cause massive destruction. But it's an inevitable part of life for those who live in countries such as China, Indonesia, Iran, and Turkey, which are some of the most earthquake-prone places on the planet. However, according to the USGS, Japan records the most earthquakes in the world. Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Apr 2, 2024 6:05:54 GMT -5
Who Knew??? April 2ND is "Peanut Butter and Jelly Day"!
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Post by soutxed on Apr 2, 2024 7:21:51 GMT -5
April 2, 1792 The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime.
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Post by johnmori on Apr 2, 2024 9:42:43 GMT -5
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April 2, 1972 Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
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