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July 20, 1969

"The Eagle has landed."

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Originally posted by @handyandy
July 20, 1969

"The Eagle has landed."
A fantastic achievement of which the US should be justifiably proud.

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Originally posted by @wolfgang59
13th March
Uranus was discovered
63 Earths can fit inside the planet Uranus.....unless you get limber, then maybe 64.

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80 years ago Dustin Hofmann was Born.

Happy Birthday!

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Originally posted by @ponderable
80 years ago Dustin Hofmann was Born.

Happy Birthday!
My best wishes too!

Rain Man
Tootsie
Kramer vs Kramer
The Graduate
Marathon Man
etc etc

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton died in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France on this day in 1937 (aged 75), 'The Age of Innocence'.

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On this day 30 years ago.
19th August 1987
Hungerford Massacre in UK

A nutter with a semi-automatic kills 16, wounds 15.
British law regarding gun ownership is subsequently tightened.

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22nd August 1485
The Battle of Bosworth Field,
the death of Richard III
the end of the House of Plantagenet.

A turning point in history?

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15th September 1967

50 years ago today President Lyndon B. Johnson, writes a letter
to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation

What a good idea!!

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20th September 1977

Forty years ago today Vietnam was admitted to the United Nations.

Today they make my T-shirts and supply me with fish.
Thus far they have not changed any other countries to Communism.

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Originally posted by @wolfgang59
20th September 1977

Forty years ago today Vietnam was admitted to the United Nations.

Today they make my T-shirts and supply me with fish.
Thus far they have not changed any other countries to Communism.
Excellent TV documentary series on the Vietnam War currently under way in the U.S.

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21st September 1937

The Hobbit is published.

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21st September 1947 Stephen King was born

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Originally posted by @ponderable
21st September 1947 Stephen King was born
Today is Peace Day, bring candles. First day of Muhaarram begins at sundown.
Better not eat.

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1822: Champollion presents the Translation of the Hieroglyphs via the Rosetta Stone.

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