I know it's a bit early, but we won't be here again til a week tomorrow!!

"In 1995, the eternal flame that burns in the Russian town of Taganrog to honour those killed in WW2, went out. The town had not paid it's gas bill!!"


OOPS!!!


DM

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

..1991

Comedian and actor Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure outside of an adult movie theater in Sarosota, Florida. Reubens apparently was masturbating while watching a porno flick in the theater. Following the arrest, toy stores across the nation removed all Pee-wee toys, and his kiddie-show career was destroyed.

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Nubian

Today's date: Oct. 10, 2004

On this date in 1835 Gail Borden, of condensed milk fame, began publishing the weekly newspaper "Telegraph and Texas Register" at San Felipe de Austin. It was the only newspaper in existence in Texas at the time of independence.

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one for all, and all for me!

1779 ~ Death of Casimir Pulaski, Polish fighter for American independence.

1809 ~ Death of Meriwether Lewis, explorer.

1844 ~ Birthday of Henry Heinz, food manufacturer.

1896 ~ Death of Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer.

1899 ~ Boer War: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State began.

1919 ~ Birthday of Art Blakey, jazz drummer.

1931 ~ Manhattan Project: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt was presented with a letter signed by Albert Einstein urging the United States to rapidly develop an atomic bomb program.

1961 ~ Death of Chico Marx, comedian. One of the Marx Brothers.

1975 ~ “Saturday Night Live” premiered. George Carlin is the guest host.

1986 ~ Cold War: US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.

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1307 ~ All Knights Templar in France were simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.

1792 ~ In Washington, DC, the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) laid.

1812 ~ War of 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights - United States forces are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock.

1925 ~ Birthday of Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the UK.

1945 ~ Death of Milton S. Hershey, founder of Hershey Chocolate Company.

1946 ~ France adopted the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

1959 ~ Birthday of Marie Osmond, Singer & Actress.

1974 ~ Death of Ed Sullivan, television personality.

1977 ~ Four Palestinians hijacked a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demanded release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction.

1982 ~ Birthday of Ian Thorpe, swimmer.

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1492 ~ Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia.

1609 ~ "Three Blind Mice" published by London teenage songwriter Thomas Ravenscroft.

1817 ~ Birthday of Bahá'u'lláh, prophet founder of the Bahá'í Faith

1822 ~ Brazil becomes formally independent of Portugal.

1870 ~ Death of Robert E. Lee, United States Civil War general (Confederate).

1872 ~ Birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer.

1935 ~ Birthday of Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer.

1968 ~ Summer Olympics open in Mexico City, Mexico.

1997 ~ Death of John Denver, singer.

2000 ~ In Aden, Yemen, the “USS Cole” is badly damaged by two suicide bombers , killing 17 crewmembers and wounding at least 39.

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Eudaimonia

1772 ~ Birthday of Sir William Congreve, English inventor (“By the rockets’ red glare”).

1806 ~ Birthday of John Stuart Mill, English philosopher.

1873 ~ Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

1883 ~ The eruption of Krakatoa began, leading ultimately to the volcano's destruction three months later.

1896 ~ Death of Clara Schumann, German Pianist and Composer.

1901 ~ Birthday of Max Euwe, Dutch world chess champion.

1927 ~ Charles Lindbergh took off from Long Island, New York, on the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving in Paris the next day.

1961 ~ U.S. marshals were sent to restore order in race-torn Montgomery, Alabama.

1980 ~ In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejected by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.

2000 ~ Death of Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist.

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Eudaimonia

1471 ~ Birthday of Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist.

1881 ~ Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

1895 ~ Death of Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer.

1921 ~ Birthday of Andrei Sakharov, physicist and human rights activist, awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize.

1924 ~ Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".

1933 ~ Birthday of Maurice André, trumpeter.

1956 ~ The U.S. detonated the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

1991 ~ Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber.

2000 ~ Death of Sir John Gielgud, British actor.

2004 ~ Stanislav Petrov was awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983.

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Eudaimonia

1813 ~ Birthday of Richard Wagner, Composer.

1840 ~ Transporting British convicts to the New South Wales colony was abolished.

1856 ~ In one of the more impressive expressions of American democracy, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the U.S. Senate because of a speech Sumner had made which attacked Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas.

1859 ~ Birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Physician & Writer.

1885 ~ Death of Victor Hugo, French author.

1907 ~ Birthday of Sir Laurence Olivier, Actor & Director.

1907 ~ Birthday of Hergé, comic book creator.

1947 ~ The Truman Doctrine was enacted.

1969 ~ The lunar module of Apollo 10 separated from the command module and flew to within nine miles of the moon's surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

1972 ~ Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and joined the British Commonwealth.

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1430 ~ Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.

1701 ~ Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder.

1848 ~ Birthday of Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer.

1873 ~ Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established.

1906 ~ Death of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer.

1908 ~ Birthday of John Bardeen, the only man to have been awarded the Nobel prize in Physics twice; 1956 & 1972.

1934 ~ Death of Bonnie and Clyde, Outlaws.

1951 ~ Birthday of Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion.

1977 ~ More than 100 children and six teachers were taken hostage in a primary school in northern Holland.

1969 ~ The UK release of Tommy, by rock band The Who; the first rock opera.

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Eudaimonia

1813 ~ Birthday of Richard Wagner, Composer.

1840 ~ Transporting British convicts to the New South Wales colony was abolished.

1856 ~ In one of the more impressive expressions of American democracy, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the U.S. Senate because of a speech Sumner had made which attacked Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas.

1859 ~ Birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Physician & Writer.

1885 ~ Death of Victor Hugo, French author.

1907 ~ Birthday of Sir Laurence Olivier, Actor & Director.

1907 ~ Birthday of Hergé, comic book creator.

1947 ~ The Truman Doctrine was enacted.

1969 ~ The lunar module of Apollo 10 separated from the command module and flew to within nine miles of the moon's surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

1972 ~ Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and joined the British Commonwealth.

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Eudaimonia

1471 ~ Birthday of Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist.

1881 ~ Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

1895 ~ Death of Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer.

1921 ~ Birthday of Andrei Sakharov, physicist and human rights activist, awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize.

1924 ~ Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".

1933 ~ Birthday of Maurice André, trumpeter.

1956 ~ The U.S. detonated the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

1991 ~ Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber.

2000 ~ Death of Sir John Gielgud, British actor.

2004 ~ Stanislav Petrov was awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983.

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Eudaimonia

1881 ~ Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

1921 ~ Birthday of Andrei Sakharov, physicist and human rights activist, awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize.

1924 ~ Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".

1933 ~ Birthday of Maurice André, trumpeter.

1956 ~ The U.S. detonated the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

1978 ~ Birthday of Briana Banks, Porn Actress.

1979 ~ Birthday of Jesse Capelli, Canadian Porn Actress.

1991 ~ Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber.

2000 ~ Death of Sir John Gielgud, British actor.

2004 ~ Stanislav Petrov was awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983.

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Eudaimonia

1471 ~ Birthday of Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist.

1881 ~ Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

1921 ~ Birthday of Andrei Sakharov, physicist and human rights activist, awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize.

1924 ~ Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".

1956 ~ The U.S. detonated the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

1978 ~ Birthday of Briana Banks, German/American Porn actress.

1981 ~ Birthday of Belladonna, Porn actress.

1991 ~ Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber.

2000 ~ Death of Sir John Gielgud, British actor.

2004 ~ Stanislav Petrov was awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983.

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Eudaimonia

1772 ~ Birthday of Sir William Congreve, English inventor (“By the rockets’ red glare”).

1806 ~ Birthday of John Stuart Mill, English philosopher.

1873 ~ Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

1883 ~ The eruption of Krakatoa began, leading ultimately to the volcano's destruction three months later.

1896 ~ Death of Clara Schumann, German Pianist and Composer.

1901 ~ Birthday of Max Euwe, Dutch world chess champion.

1927 ~ Charles Lindbergh took off from Long Island, New York, on the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving in Paris the next day.

1940 ~ The first prisoners arrive at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

1961 ~ U.S. marshals were sent to restore order in Montgomery, Alabama.

2000 ~ Death of Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist.

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Eudaimonia