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Today In History

In 1097 the first Crusaders arrived in Antioch.

In 1600 the Battle of Sekigahara set the Tokugawa clan as Japanese Shoguns.

In 1740 Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia.

In 1803 the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

In 1818 the 49th parallel was set as the border between the U.S. and Canada.

In 1820 Spain sold part of Florida to the U.S. for $5 million.

In 1873 P.T. Barnum Hippodrome opened as "the Greatest Show On Earth".

In 1906 Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum (radio) tube.

In 1911 Roald Amundsen set out on the race to the South Pole.

In 1935 Mao Tse-Tung and his communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi, China.

In 2000 while surfing the net, Spooky accidentally finds the last page of the internet, thus screwing up his count of web sites. Uttering a cuss word, he begins all over again at a.com.

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The Word of the Day is Footle (v.i.) - To waste time, talk nonsense. (n.) - Foolishness.

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Today, I ate 4 chicken hot dogs. Ihave never eaten chicken hot dogs before. Is that historical?

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Depends. Were they kosher?

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I walked home for the first time in 2 years today, very odd

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Yes!!! They were!!!

Hey fiend, I have a feeling that you may be driving your shoes for a while. :/

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In 1944 the U.S. 1st Army won the Battle of Aachen.

In 1944 General Douglas MacAurthur returned to the Philippines.

In 1947 HUAC began hearings into alleged communist influence in Hollywood.

In 1955 Harry Belafonte recorded "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song).

In 1968 Jaqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis.

In 1973 President Nixon started the Saturday Night Massacre by having Solicitor General Bork fire Watergate prosecuter Archibald Cox, prompting Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General Ruckelshaus to resign in protest.

In 1987 subway gunman Bernhard Goetz was sentenced to 6 months in jail.

In 1997 the U.S. government accused Microsoft of violating a pact, forcing IE browsers on computers.

In 2000 Wonderaz eats 4 kosher chicken hot dogs for the first time. This becomes the historical highlight of his life so far.

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The Word of the Day is Footle (v.i.) - To waste time, talk nonsense. (n.) - Foolishness.

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In 2000: fiend and wastedpotential go mad and spam the Jeremy Sword to the point that it kicks the hell out of top

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Harry Browne supports considering the iron rule of Mother Theresa over Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia "The Greatest Show on Earth!"

With or without the involvement of chicken hot dogs.

Vote for Harry Browne!

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