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    Today in History

    File under "This Cannot Be a Coincidence." Today is the birthday of Rene Descartes, philosopher, writer, mathematician. "Cogito Ergo Sum" "I think, therefore I am." And on this day thirty years ago, 1999: The Matrix is released. "I think... I am?" Jesse Owens, 4 time olympic god medalist...
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    Today in History

    March 28, 1979, Middletown, PA. The worst nuclear power plant disaster in the USA happens as the Three Mile Island reactor has a serious problem. Nuclear power in the United States will never really recover and few plants have been built since. Madrid fell to Franco in 1939, ending the Spanish...
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    Today in History

    Seeing the list of names of the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire is probably the firs time I've fully understood the scope of it.
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    Today in History

    In a move far ahead of its former New World colonies, The British Empire abolished the slave trade in 1807. 212 years later, trafficking in the sale of other humans is still a global problem. In 1957, weenies at US Customs seized copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem, "Howl!"
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    Cast iron

    Made my day! I’m very glad you’re on board.
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    FS Goodwear A-1 Capeskin 46

    What a covetable jacket! Wow.
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    Today in History

    In 1931, Nevada secured its future by legalizing gambling. 1895 - In a major milestone for motion pictures, Auguste and Louis Lumière filmed the first footage with their new cinematograph, "the wonder of the age," according to Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula.
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    Dating in 2019

    I've met most of the women I've dated through doing community theatre, so here's another vote for getting together with people of similar interest. In fact, those I did NOT meet that way either didn't prove to be lasting relationships, or were very serious wrong turns that did and shouldn't have.
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    Today in History

    March 15, 1972: The Godfather premiers, giving boys memorable quotes to pull out for the rest of their lives. Beware the Ides of March. On this day in 44 BC, Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Roman Senators. Symbolics Computer Corp registered the first internet domain, symbolics.com, in...
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    Today in History

    The planet Uranus was discovered on March 13, 1781. Why, oh why didn't they name it something else. Speaking of joke butts, Uncle Sam made his first appearance in the New York Lantern on this day in 1852.
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    Today in History

    It's the stories of those who came so very close to surviving, but didn't, that are the worst to me. Just a few more weeks and she would have made it, perhaps. And Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He would have survived but the Nazis made it a point to murder him just days before bugging out. March 12 is...
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    Today in History

    1959, International Toy Fair, NYC: The Barbie Doll is introduced. More than 1 billion have been sold worldwide, and Mattel claims that worldwide, three Barbie dolls are perchased every second. 1945: The massive bombing of Tokyo begins.
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    What are you snacking on?

    My wife has subscribed to a snack delivery thing, thenaturebox. All natural snacks that are really quite delish. I like the dark chocolate covered almonds and the jalapeño cheddar popcorn, m'self.
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    Today in History

    The Big Fight, Ali Vs Frazier, 1971. Frazier won a 15 round decision. In the same year, Harold Lloyd, silent film comic, actor, producer and later, pine photographer, died on this day. As we mark International Women's Day, it's interesting to note that it began in Copenhagen in 1911. In...
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    Today in History

    Today is the birthday of Michelangelo. He is 544. Bayer registered its trademark for aspirin, 1899.
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    Today in History

    In 1510, Cortez arrives in Mexico, looking for Aztec gold. Captains Barbarosa and Sparrow would duke it out over the cursed result for centuries.... The first issue of PEOPLE magazine is published March 4, 1974.
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    Today in History

    The Salem Witch Trials began in MA in 1692. John Proctor's house, I believe, still stands and is on the market today. Joseph Stalin collapsed of a stroke March 1, 1953. He died four days later--catch The Death of Stalin if you haven't already. A great dark comedy.
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    Antique Miniature Mahjong Set (Ca. 1900)

    It's in the Classified section - is it for sale? (NICE set)
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    Today in History

    February 27, 1942, the birthday of Jimi Hendrix. Also the anniversary of the death of Louis Vuitton, 1892. His brand survives.
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    Today in History

    Feb. 23 is the annivsary of the raising of the US flag on Iwo Jima, 1945. It is also the anniversary of the appearance of the Gutenberg Bible, in 1455. It is the first book printed with moveable type, and it changed everything.
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