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Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, N.C.
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AP Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1977, singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.
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8-1-1966 Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 14 people at the University of Texas before he was gunned down by police.
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Today in History 29, July 1890, Artist Vincent van Gogh died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France, at age 37
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July 19, 1969 Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins on board, went into orbit around the moon.Then on July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
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June 25, 1967, The Beatles performed their new song “all you need is love” on an international telecast.
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June 23, 1868 Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer."
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From Today in History.
On this day in 1775, Congress issues $2 million in bills of credit.
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Today, in 1968, Bobby Kennedy was killed. I can’t think of the day, without remembering the song, Abraham, Martin and John.
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Today marks the 123th anniversary of Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s poem, Casey At The Bat.
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Fifty years ago today, John F. Kennedy asked the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
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Following the jury selection for the Casey Anthony case, I was continually amazed at how many potential jurors claimed they either had no opinion or had not ever thought about how they felt about the death penalty.
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After spending 35 years in Information Technology, I am pleased to call for a moment of Personal Privilege and endorse this video commemorating 100 years of IBM.
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The last couple of days, I’ve been watching the jury selection for the Casey Anthony case. Up front let me say I’m grateful I don’t qualify for jury selection in Florida. I haven’t been too impress with the process.
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On May 10 in 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany. There is nothing more disturbing for those of us who love books, than stories of book burnings. Actually it is almost impossible to believe if we didn’t have it recorded in photos and videos.
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The photo of Kent State students from 41 years ago is seared in my imagination. I was days away from graduating from High School, from launching out into life from which I had been sheltered for so long.
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The photo of Kent State students from 41 years ago is seared in my imagination. I was days away from graduating from High School, from launching out into life from which I had been sheltered for so long.
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With the problems facing our education systems, it is more important than every to express our appreciation for our teachers. My appreciation is not only for the work you do, but because I wasn’t willing to do it myself.
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Are there no secrets any more? (A blast from my past)
What does it say about our world, if in a remote place like Abbottabad, Pakistan, you can’t conduct a secret mission? You’ve heard the stories of the tweets coming from bin Laden’s neighbors who inadvertently tweeted the on-going details of the US Raid. It touched my heart that the tweeter was an IT consultant.
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The Easter bunny visited my house in 2011
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