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Post by BillG on Jul 4, 2020 9:27:22 GMT -5
Who knew??? On July 4, 1831 "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston. It was written by Samuel Francis Smith.
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 4, 2020 19:06:34 GMT -5
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 4, 2020 19:08:03 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 4, 2020 23:08:41 GMT -5
The world’s most expensive spice is saffron.
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Post by BillG on Jul 4, 2020 23:27:54 GMT -5
Who knew??? On July 5, 1955 : "Rock Around the Clock" record, by Bill Haley & His Comets, becomes Number 1 on the American Billboard music charts, becoming the first rock and roll record to hit the top of the American record charts where it stayed for eight weeks.
 
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Post by johnmori on Jul 5, 2020 5:39:13 GMT -5
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July 5, 1954
Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right," at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Post by soutxed on Jul 5, 2020 8:35:18 GMT -5
On this date in 1811 Venezuela declares independence from Spain
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 5, 2020 22:30:04 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 6, 2020 2:09:33 GMT -5
It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 6, 2020 5:32:23 GMT -5
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July 6, 1933
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
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Post by BillG on Jul 6, 2020 7:47:07 GMT -5
Who knew??? On July 6, 1997, the rover Sojourner rolled down a ramp from the Mars Pathfinder lander onto the Martian landscape to begin inspecting the soil and rocks of the red planet. Designed for a mission lasting only 7 days, it was active for 85 days.
  
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Post by soutxed on Jul 6, 2020 8:09:19 GMT -5
July 6 1971, jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong died in New York at age 69.
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 6, 2020 21:17:06 GMT -5
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 6, 2020 21:18:44 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 6, 2020 23:45:33 GMT -5
Camels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
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