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Post by johnmori on Mar 12, 2021 5:59:44 GMT -5
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March 12, 1985
Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
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Post by soutxed on Mar 12, 2021 11:20:10 GMT -5
On March 12, 2020, the stock market had its biggest drop since the Black Monday crash of 1987 as fears of economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis deepened; the Dow industrials plunged more than 2,300 points, or 10%.
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Post by BillG on Mar 12, 2021 15:18:36 GMT -5
Who knew??? On March 12th, 1894 Coca-Cola begins selling it's first bottles in 1894 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
 
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 12, 2021 23:50:16 GMT -5
Who Knew??? March 13th recognizes National K9 Veterans Day and the dedicated K9 units who’ve served since World War II.
A lot of things changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. We rationed oil, leather, and rubber. The military draft men into service. Women rolled up their sleeves and built war supplies.
And dogs were called to duty. During the first world war, the United States took notice of the European use of canines as sentries, message carriers, and several other functions.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 13, 2021 2:57:43 GMT -5
The first written use of “OMG” was in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill from Admiral Lord Fisher of the Royal Navy. The events of that day were so exciting, he wrote, "O.M.G. (Oh! My! God!)." How could Fisher have known that the acronym he invented would go on to become one of the most-used phrases in the world? Here's the letter.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 13, 2021 9:12:26 GMT -5
March 13, 1943 German troops liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków. Thousands of men, women and children were murdered by the Nazis or deported to extermination camps.
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Post by johnmori on Mar 13, 2021 9:25:18 GMT -5
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March 13, 1969
Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 13, 2021 23:38:28 GMT -5
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 Daylight Saving Time is currently put to use on the second Sunday in March in the USA. The practice is designed to give people an extra hour of sunlight in the evening hours.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 14, 2021 3:35:34 GMT -5
Feels like I was robbed an hour of sleep.Flamin' Hot Cheetos were invented by a janitor. Richard Montañez, working at the Frito-Lay plant in Southern California, pitched the idea of adding chili powder to regular Cheetos to the company's CEO. Top brass liked the idea and, since its success, Montañez has risen up the company ranks and now serves as an executive for PepsiCo. Congrats Richard!
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Post by soutxed on Mar 14, 2021 7:52:26 GMT -5
March 14, 1942 For the first time in history, a dying patient's life is saved by penicillin.
Although some claim that the pioneering trials at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, England resulted in the first cures using penicillin, Orvan Hess and John Bumstead are generally credited with the first documented successful treatment.
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Post by johnmori on Mar 14, 2021 8:22:02 GMT -5
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March 14, 1794
Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
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Post by BillG on Mar 14, 2021 14:05:02 GMT -5
Who knew??? On March 14th, 1903 Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
 
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 14, 2021 23:19:40 GMT -5
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 On March 15th, National Kansas Day recognizes The Sunflower State.
Magnificent herds of bison, elk, mule deer, and antelope roamed the vast open plains populated by Cherokee, Osage, Pawnee, and many other tribes. The region became a part of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 15, 2021 0:47:20 GMT -5
The largest living organism is an aspen grove in Utah called Pando. Blue whales may be the largest animals on the planet, but they aren’t the largest living organism. The Pando aspen grove is made up of 47,000 identical quaking aspen trees that cover 106 acres of Fishlake National Forest in Utah. The aspen grove is connected by a single shared root system and has been around for thousands of years. Unfortunately, Pando has been shrinking for decades due largely to human intervention and animal grazing. Only time will tell if conservation efforts will make a difference.
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Post by BillG on Mar 15, 2021 6:16:58 GMT -5
Who knew??? On March 15th, 1892 Jesse W. Reno patented the Reno Inclined Elevator. It was the first escalator.
 
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