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Post by jimco22 on Jul 1, 2020 17:25:19 GMT -5
Who Knew??? I would average 12,160 steps/day in June 2020 Total 364,808 for the month  Who Knew??? |
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 1, 2020 22:55:46 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 1, 2020 23:46:45 GMT -5
The bigger the orange the sweeter it is.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 2, 2020 5:01:57 GMT -5
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July 2, 2002
Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
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Post by soutxed on Jul 2, 2020 9:42:02 GMT -5
On July 2, 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau (gee-TOH’) at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September. (Guiteau was hanged in June 1882.)
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 2, 2020 10:37:18 GMT -5
On July 2, 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau (gee-TOH’) at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September. (Guiteau was hanged in June 1882.)
After the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901, Congress informally requested that the Secret Service provide presidential protection.
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Post by BillG on Jul 2, 2020 10:39:05 GMT -5
Who knew??? On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.
 
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 2, 2020 21:42:21 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 2, 2020 23:15:25 GMT -5
Only pregnant female polar bears hibernate.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 3, 2020 5:48:57 GMT -5
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July 3, 1775
American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Post by BillG on Jul 3, 2020 10:23:15 GMT -5
Who knew??? On July 3, 1886 - In Germany, Karl Benz drives the first automobile.
 
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 3, 2020 20:59:36 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 3, 2020 22:43:01 GMT -5
Only John Hancock actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
All the others signed later.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 4, 2020 5:05:53 GMT -5
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July 4, 1826
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."
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Post by soutxed on Jul 4, 2020 9:01:48 GMT -5
On this day in 1966 Freedom of Information Act in the US is signed into law.
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