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I didn't realize that Dave Brubeck was born in 1920. Wow! Loved his music. He, and the Modern Jazz Quartet. 
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12-06-2009, 08:59 PM
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December 7th
43 BC ~ Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author.
1787 ~ Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1928 ~ Birthday of Noam Chomsky, Linguist.
1941 ~ The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into World War II.
1963 ~ Instant replay is used for the first time in a Army-Navy game.
1970 ~ Death of Rube Goldberg, best known for his cartoons depicting Rube Goldberg machines.
1971 ~ Birthday of Chasey Lain, Porn Actress.
1972 ~ Launch of Apollo 17, the last manned lunar landing mission.
1975 ~ Indonesia invaded East Timor.
1993 ~ Death of Wolfgang Paul, Physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1989.
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12-07-2009, 07:57 PM
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December 8th
1542 ~ Birthday of Mary, Queen of Scots.
1864 ~ Death of George Boole, Mathematician.
1925 ~ Birthday of Sammy Davis Jr., Actor & Singer.
1939 ~ Birthday of James Galway, Irish flutist.
1941 ~ The U.S. entered World War II when Congress declared war against Japan.
1953 ~ President Eisenhower gave the "Atoms for Peace" speech.
1978 ~ Death of Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel.
1980 ~ Mark Chapman murdered former Beatle John Lennon.
1991 ~ Leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine signed an agreement ending the U.S.S.R. and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1993 ~ U.S. participation in The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed into law by President Clinton.
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12-08-2009, 09:32 PM
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December 9th
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12-09-2009, 07:40 PM
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December 10th
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12-10-2009, 03:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jseal
2005 ~ Death of Richard Pryor, comedian & actor.
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Richard Pryor was a Peorian! Born and raised here, he grew up in his grandmothers brothel. How about that? 
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12-10-2009, 06:04 AM
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Richard pryor died in 1815?
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12-10-2009, 06:55 AM
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Richard pryor died in 1815?
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Sorry about that. Not sure what happened. Either he actually died in 2005  or he was a whole lot older than he looked. 
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12-10-2009, 07:14 AM
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Whenever Oldfart catches me that way, I always write it off as due to quantum fluctuations in the ether - hardware failure. 
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December 11th
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12-10-2009, 09:54 PM
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Whenever Oldfart catches me that way, I always write it off as due to quantum fluctuations in the ether - hardware failure. 
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Sheesh!
This is what I get for keeping you guys honest.
mutter mutter There ain't no justice mutter mutter
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Strange Days: December 12th
Filling in for jseal this weekend. He'll be back on Monday.
1531 ~ Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City.
1911 ~ The capital of India moved from Calcutta to New Delhi.
1915 ~ Birthday of Frank Sinatra, Singer & Actor.
1927 ~ Birthday of Robert Noyce, one of the men credited with the invention of the integrated circuit.
1963 ~ Kenya gained its independence from the UK. Uhuru!
1967 ~ Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones avoided a prison term for narcotics.
1979 ~ Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe.
1999 ~ Death of Joseph Heller, Author.
2000 ~ The U.S.Supreme Court released its decision in Bush v. Gore.
2006 ~ Death of Peter Boyle, Actor.
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12-14-2009, 09:26 AM
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December 14th
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12-14-2009, 07:21 PM
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December 15th
1791 ~ The U.S. Bill of Rights ratified.
1890 ~ Death of Sitting Bull, leader of Lakota tribe.
1916 ~ France defeated Germany in Battle of Verdun.
1916 ~ Birthday of Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his contribution to the elucidation of the structure of DNA.
1919 ~ Birthday of Max Yasgur, owner of the Woodstock Festival site.
1958 ~ Death of Wolfgang Pauli, Physicist.
1961 ~ An Israeli war crimes tribunal sentenced Adolph Eichmann to death.
1966 ~ Death of Walt Disney, Animator & Cartoonist.
1982 ~ Spain reopened the border with Gibraltar.
1994 ~ Netscape Navigator 1.0 first released.
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