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Post by soutxed on Jul 14, 2024 7:49:36 GMT -5
July 14, 1953, First US national monument dedicated to a black American, to preserve the boyhood home of agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver in Newton County, Missouri.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Jul 14, 2024 8:50:24 GMT -5
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14 July 2013 The world's last telegram was sent as India's state-run telecommunications company ended its telegraph service.
1969 Easy Rider was released in U.S. theatres, becoming a classic of the counterculture and propelling Jack Nicholson to stardom.
1968 American baseball great Hank Aaron hit his 500th career home run.
1960
British ethologist Jane Goodall first arrived at what became Gombe Stream National Park inTanzania; there she conducted her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees.
1865 British mountaineer Edward Whymper became the first person to climb the Matterhorn.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 14, 2024 21:54:04 GMT -5
Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once went on a joyride. In 1933, Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart ditched a fancy dinner in Washington, D.C., and hopped into an Eastern Air Transport Curtis Condor for a quick trip to Baltimore and back, according to The Baltimore Sun. Earhart, who was wearing a white silk gown, piloted the plane for most of the flight.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Jul 15, 2024 2:06:58 GMT -5
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15 July 2006
Cofounders Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone publicly launched their online microblogging service Twitter,
and within the following decade it had more than 300 million users.
1988 The thriller Die Hard was first released in U.S. theatres, launching a hugely popular series and helping establish Bruce Willis as an action star
1978 American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performed in England before 200,000 people.
1912 American Jim Thorpe won a gold medal for the decathlon at the Olympics in Stockholm; he also captured a gold medal for the pentathlon.
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Post by BillG on Jul 15, 2024 5:43:52 GMT -5
Who Knew??? July 15TH is "National I Love Horses Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Jul 15, 2024 8:05:42 GMT -5
July 15, 1916, Boeing Company (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 15, 2024 9:04:11 GMT -5
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July 15, 1975
Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 15, 2024 22:04:37 GMT -5
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National Pet Fire Safety Day on July 15 reminds us to consider our pets when planning fire routes and safety in our homes.
 
Our pets are as much a part of our family as any other member.
This day stresses the importance of protecting them.
Taking preventable measures now can both save your home and your pet.
Many times our pets can cause a fire if we don't take the proper precautions.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 16, 2024 2:05:21 GMT -5
Andy Warhol inspired Louboutins' red soles. Louboutin shoes are known as much for their high price as for their red soles, but what many don't know is that the color was inspired by Andy Warhol. According to The New Yorker, Warhol's drawing Flowers caught Christian Louboutin's eye and gave him the idea — with the aid of an assistant's red nail polish — to add the color to the bottom of the kicks.
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Post by BillG on Jul 16, 2024 7:00:18 GMT -5
Who Knew??? July 16TH is "National Corn Fritters Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Jul 16, 2024 8:00:14 GMT -5
July 16, 1951, Holden Caulfield is done with phonies in Salinger's new novel. A teenager is expelled from school and travels to New York City to spend a few days wandering around. Out of this deceptively simple plotline, J.D. Salinger weaves an archetypal tale of teenage angst in 'The Catcher in the Rye,' a novel published today that will be hailed and censored in equal measure.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 16, 2024 14:40:30 GMT -5
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July 16, 1956
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 16, 2024 18:19:35 GMT -5
There is a fruit that tastes like chocolate pudding. Black sapote has another irresistible name: the chocolate pudding fruit. According to Good Morning America, the fruit — native to Central and South America — tastes like sweet custard with a hint of chocolate. When it's fully ripe, the flavor (and consistency) has been described as a dead ringer for chocolate pudding.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 17, 2024 7:34:14 GMT -5
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July 17, 1938
Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
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Post by soutxed on Jul 17, 2024 7:52:37 GMT -5
July 17, 2018, Barack Obama gives speech honoring Nelson Mandela and warning of "strongman politics" in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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