Tag: of the day
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May 27, 2008 12:11 PM EDT --
I went out with the girls saturday night, drinking and dancing.....had a great time. Got in around 1:30 AM....woke up at 4 AM, with the worse sore throat ever, my ears hurt, my whole head hurt! Got . . . more
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May 26, 2008 03:50 PM EDT --
What memorial day means to me. And why it is a day of pain.
On my mothers side, I am a descendant of a revolutionary war soldier.
My Father . . . more
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February 02, 2008 05:11 PM EST --
Here is today's installment! Some interesting things happened on Groundhog Day through the years!
Feb 2 1852
The first public toilet is inaugurated, located at 95 Fleet . . . more
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February 03, 2008 02:39 PM EST --
Feb 3 1882
P.T. Barnum purchases the elephant Jumbo. He keeps him for three years until the animal's skull is crushed by a train. After his death, Jumbo gets extra exposure, as his stuffed skin . . . more
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February 04, 2008 07:45 AM EST --
Feb 4 1783
A large earthquake in Calabria Italy leaves 50,000 dead.
Feb 4 1899
On patrol in the city of Manila, Private William Grayson shoots three Filipino soldiers when they fail . . . more
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February 08, 2008 09:50 AM EST --
Feb 8 1861
Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Alabama. Effectively marking the start of what would lead to the war of Americans fighting other Americans.
Feb 8 . . . more
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February 09, 2008 03:53 PM EST --
Just in case I don't get a chance to do a Sunday edition (hey, sometimes I actually do have a life;-) I thought I would put up two days today!
Feb 9 1895
Volley Ball was invented . . . more
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February 11, 2008 10:39 PM EST --
Sorry good people of Gather, this one is a bit late today!
Feb 11 1790
Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
Feb 11 1852
1st British public female . . . more
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February 12, 2008 08:24 AM EST --
Feb 12 1554
The sixteen year old Lady Jane Grey, puppet Queen of England for nine days, beheaded in the Tower of London. Questions arose as to where to bury this semi-queen, until it was decided . . . more
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February 13, 2008 08:49 AM EST --
Feb 13 1837
Riot in New York over high price of flour
Feb 13 1886
Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes . . . more
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February 16, 2008 10:55 PM EST --
Feb 16 0374
9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Feb 16 0600
Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze . . . more
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February 17, 2008 09:09 AM EST --
Feb 17 1600
Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno burned at the stake at Campo di Fiore in Rome, likely because ecclesiastical authorities were alarmed at his rambling and somewhat insane ideas, coupled . . . more
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June 07, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
If you could gain proof of someone's guilt about something, what would it be?
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March 17, 2008 07:45 AM EDT --
Mar 17 432
St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a Slave
Mar 17 461
Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his . . . more
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February 05, 2008 07:49 AM EST --
Feb 5 1861
The "Peep Show" machine patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati.
Feb 5, 1936
The final appearance of Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character premiered in "Modern . . . more
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February 03, 2008 04:10 PM EST --
My future Stepson said to his mom "today is a holiday" she said "which holiday is today?" He said "it's Superbowl Sunday". With all they hype many people do feel . . . more
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February 11, 2008 04:33 PM EST --
I have read a couple of articles on Gather talking about what men and women want for gifts, in particular, what they want for Valentine's Day. It has been noted that men are quite simplistic in their . . . more
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February 14, 2008 08:15 AM EST --
Feb 14 In early History becoming the first Saint Valentine's Day
The eve of the Roman feast of Lupercalia. Naked youths would run through Rome, anointed with the blood of . . . more
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February 20, 2008 08:45 AM EST --
Today's has quite a Few events that were devastating and sad!
Feb 20 1725
10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for bounty
Feb 20 1792
U.S. postal . . . more
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February 21, 2008 11:59 PM EST --
Okay Good people of Gather, I am sorry that this one is very late and is getting published at the time when this day is almost history. This one couldn't be helped though. I started this . . . more
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