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Post by BillG on Jun 10, 2024 5:53:11 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 10TH is "National Iced Tea Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Jun 10, 2024 8:04:40 GMT -5
June 10, 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous is founded.
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Post by johnmori on Jun 10, 2024 8:08:42 GMT -5
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June 10, 1977
James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 10, 2024 16:54:21 GMT -5
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Roll out the red carpet for National Egg Roll Day celebrations on June 10.
This yummy food holiday delivers an American Dream story, plus satisfies a craving at the same time.
You know you’re craving an egg roll now!
The egg roll began as a Chinese-American tradition that extended to Vietnamese immigrants reaching for the American Dream.
These traditions grew from the unfailing dedication of families in chop suey palaces serving hungry workers.
Restaurants across the country perfected their own versions of the egg roll with a variety of finely chopped ingredients
--pork, shrimp, cabbage, onions, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and seasonings all rolled up in a thin pastry wrap and deep-fried.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Jun 10, 2024 17:25:05 GMT -5
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1865 Tristan und Isolde, the earliest example of what Richard Wagner called “music drama,” was first performed
it became the greatest German opera of the late 19th century.
1692 First “witch” hanged in Salem Village
Being found guilty of “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries,” Bridget Bishop on this day in 1692 became the first person to be hanged during the Salem witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 11, 2024 0:33:16 GMT -5
Chicago's nickname has nothing to do with the weather. Sure, the city gets cold in the winter, and wind definitely plays a role, but the nickname "the Windy City" has nothing to do with that. According to the Chicago Historical Society, the term "Windy City" was first coined by 19th century journalists to describe the people who find themselves in the city's elite. It was meant as a criticism, referring to this particular designation of people as "full of hot air."
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Post by johnmori on Jun 11, 2024 6:29:09 GMT -5
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June 11, 1919
Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
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Post by BillG on Jun 11, 2024 6:37:06 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 11TH is "National Corn on the Cob Day"!
 
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Post by VanIsleRover on Jun 11, 2024 13:37:31 GMT -5
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11 June
2002 The reality competition TV series American Idol debuted, and it became one of the most-watched shows in the United States.
1982 Steven Spielberg's blockbuster E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was released in theatres, and it is widely seen as a classic of American cinema.
1509 Henry VIII wed his first wife, Catherine of Aragon;
the refusal of Pope Clement VII to later annul the marriage triggered the break between Henry and Rome and led to the English Reformation.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Jun 11, 2024 13:53:24 GMT -5
Who Knew?? Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  www.britannica.com/place/Winnipeg also 'Windy City' due to high winds. Winnipeg has been called “Little Chicago” or most commonly “The Chicago of the North” for good reason. At the turn of the century, Chicago and Winnipeg were rivals. Is that hard to believe? Before World War I, Winnipeg was the fastest-growing city in North America. By 1911 Winnipeg was the third-largest city in Canada. Winnipeg, like Chicago, was an international finance, industry, and transportation hub. From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, Chicago architects came to Winnipeg to practice their art and technique in buildings designs. They designed many buildings in the Exchange District. The Chicago architects’ style influenced and inspired local Winnipeg architects, and the city kept growing in the Chicago style. Many locations in Winnipeg were inspired by the Chicago style. That’s why film directors do not hesitate to use Winnipeg streets as location sets when a plot includes scenes in 20th century Chicago. “Shall We Dance,” with Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez, was shot in Winnipeg but set in Chicago. |
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 11, 2024 16:02:59 GMT -5
Whales swallow half a million calories in a single mouthful. Or, specifically, around 457,000 calories, according to a 2011 study in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Many whale species take in oversized mouthfuls of ocean water and filter out the krill and other small ocean life for consumption using their baleen plates. They're the Michael Phelps of the ocean world. (The swimmer has been said to eat 12,000 calories a day.)
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 12, 2024 1:17:43 GMT -5
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We are baking up some goodness on June 12 for National Peanut Butter Cookie Day!
This delicious food holiday allows cookie lovers and peanut butter lovers to step away from the pies and cakes to indulge in a little peanut butter and cookie therapy.
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Post by BillG on Jun 12, 2024 6:28:01 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 12TH is "National Jerky Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Jun 12, 2024 8:06:44 GMT -5
June 12, 1987 Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”
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Post by VanIsleRover on Jun 12, 2024 19:27:58 GMT -5
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June 12
1991 A series of major explosions began inside Mount Pinatubo, a volcano in western Luzon, Philippines—its first eruption in 600 years.
1981 The action adventure film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark—directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford
—was released in theatres; a huge success, it spawned numerous sequels.
1967 In Loving v. Virginia the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down a state law that banned interracial marriage,
ruling that it was unconstitutional under the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
1939 The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, held its first induction ceremony;
Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Honus Wagner were among the inaugural class, which had been elected three years earlier.
1776 The constitutional convention of the colony of Virginia adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights,
a model for the Bill of Rights later added to the U.S. Constitution.
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