soutxed
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Post by soutxed on Oct 7, 2020 7:45:09 GMT -5
October 7, 1960, John Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon held their second televised debate, this one in Washington, D.C.
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 7, 2020 22:43:51 GMT -5
Hello MidnightSun, BillG, johnmori, soutxed, Thanks for the most excellent posts today!
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 7, 2020 23:03:29 GMT -5
Who Knew???Who Knew??? Since I posted October 8th's National Day yesterday, I 'm making up for that & posting October 7th National Day today. Regularly scheduled program sequence will resume tomorrow!!
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 7, 2020 23:52:06 GMT -5
Okay by me. Go w/the flow. You're more likely to get a computer virus from visiting religious sites than porn sites. Who knew?Says Symantec.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 8, 2020 5:52:41 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 8, 1956 The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
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Post by soutxed on Oct 8, 2020 8:19:53 GMT -5
On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and in several communities in Michigan.
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Post by BillG on Oct 8, 2020 10:22:10 GMT -5
Who knew??? On October 8, 1919 : The first transcontinental air race in the United States begins with 63 planes competing between California and New York.
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 8, 2020 22:55:53 GMT -5
Who Knew???
National Leif Erickson Day is observed annually on October 9th. The day honors the Norwegian-born Leif Erikson. The Norse explorer earns credit for bringing the first Europeans known to have set foot in North America. Leif Erikson left the European continent in 999 and landed in North America around the year 1,000.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 9, 2020 1:07:06 GMT -5
The inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one. In 1966, Fredric Baur developed the ingenious idea for Procter & Gamble to uniformly stack chips inside a can instead of tossing them in a bag. Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Oct 9, 2020 5:57:19 GMT -5
Who knew??? On October 9, 1936 Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
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Post by soutxed on Oct 9, 2020 9:00:10 GMT -5
October 9, 1974 Oskar Schindler, the German businessman memorialized in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, died.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 9, 2020 15:39:02 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 9, 1961 Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the World Series
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 9, 2020 18:09:00 GMT -5
Hello MidnightSun, BillG, soutxed & johnmori,
Thanks for the excellent posts today!
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 9, 2020 23:52:52 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 10, 2020 2:12:53 GMT -5
Yes to a thick slice, Please!
Sunglasses were originally designed in the 12th century so Chinese judges could hide their facial expressions in court when questioning witnesses. Who knew?
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