Friday, December 30, 2016

DECEMBER 30 = Rasputin is Murdered

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Gregori Rasputin (left) was assassinated on today's date, December 30 in 1916. This man was as strange and mysterious a character as...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

DECEMBER 21 = First Basketball Game is Played

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“I showed them two peach baskets I’d nailed up at each end of the gym, and I told them the idea was to throw the ball into the oppos...
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Friday, November 25, 2016

NOVEMBER 25 = Evacuation Day

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"So perfect was the order of march, that entire tranquility prevailed and nothing occurred to mar the general joy..." This w...
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Saturday, November 12, 2016

NOVEMBER 12 = Ellis Island Closes

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"In America Life is golden/ In America the flowers are more beautiful/ In America life is much better/ And that's what I...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

SEPTEMBER 29 = Film Director Stanley Kramer is Born.

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On today's date, September 29 in 1913, the celebrated Stanley Kramer, the director and producer was born in New York City. Throughou...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

SEPTEMBER 6 = The Marquis de Lafayette is Born

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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette, more commonly known as simply the Marquis de Lafayette was born on today...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

AUGUST 30 = First African-American Astronaut Blasts Off!!

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On today's date, August 30 in 1983, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford became the first African American to take par...