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Biting the Dust, Yet Still Alive!
Dirty ThirtiesCan you imagine enduring a time when "biting the dust" was exactly what you did day in and day out? There was not a day when the grinding of grit, smell of dust and taste of raw earth did...
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Pet Pamperings
Today is...Love Your Pet Day! My name is Foxie. Do you have a treat for me?Did you know that most households in the United States have at least one pet? Approximately 39% of US households own at least...
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"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night..."
This Day in History: February 20, 1792Alexis ClementsEarly Mail CarrierThe postal service has come a long way since its inception. Can you imagine sending a letter from New York to Philadelphia and...
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And the music goes on...Teen Idol of the 50s
This Day in Music History: February 20, 1949Nelson publicity photo, 1966Image Source: en.wikipedia.orgEric Hilliard Nelson, known as Ricky Nelson, lived amid musical talent from birth. On February 20,...
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International Mother Language Day
Today is...International Mother Language DayLanguages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage. All moves to promote the dissemination of...
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Three Tidbits for Today
This Day in History: February 21, 1878, 1947, 19651878…Residents of New Haven, Connecticut received copies of the first telephone directory issued in the U.S. It contained only 50 names on a single...
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The Race Is On...???
This Weekend is... NASCAR 2014 DAYTONA 500Image Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe race is on and here comes Clyde up the backstretch... Whoa! Not so fast! That's not Clyde revving up his engine and the race...
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What are your thoughts today?
Today is... Image Source: en.wikipedia.org World Thinking Day World Thinking Day has been celebrated every year since 1926, and has been an important fundraising day since 1932. It’s a day about...
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Music Memories
Today in Music History: February 22Music of the 50s and 60s is legendary. There is probably hardly a day during either decade that a song did not make the charts and become one of America's favorites....
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History and Memory: Iwo Jima
Chester Clyde Lee, U.S. NavyNov 12, 1916 - July 17, 1997February is virtually known as the month of romance, a time of love laced with poetic verses and promises of happiness. It is also home to times...
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The Race Is On!
On This Day ... Making History! Time is slowing clicking toward the start of The Great American Race. Since 1959, it has created memory after memory as year after year, lap after lap are engulfed in...
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What's up for today?
Today is...Wonder no longer! There are actually two celebrations up for grabs today. Perhaps one will be of your liking. If not, go ahead and make it YOUR day...like Sinatra, do it YOUR way! The first...
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The Alamo: Call for Help!
This Day in History: February 24, 1836Anyone who knows anything about America has heard the phrase "Remember the Alamo!" It has reverberated throughout our nation's history for nearly two centuries...
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Today's Trivia Tidbits
1956:Looking for a legal loophole with which to shut down rock and roll shows, police in Cleveland, OH enforce a 1931 ordinance forbidding minors from dancing without adult supervision.Can you imagine...
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Flaming Cocktails
This Day in History: February 25, 1890Image Source: en.wikipedia.orgWhile this day in history does not mark the first "Molotov cocktail" per se, it does mark the birth of its namesake. On February 25,...
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Salty & Sweet!
Today is...A day to enjoy some of life's finest: Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't but when do you not feel like chocolate? Of course, this would exclude those who actually do not...
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The Goober Pea Meets the Vendor
A South American native, the peanut arrived in North America via slave ships and in African-inspired cooking on plantations. Slaves sometimes made a little cash growing and selling the famous 'goober...
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Another Nutty Celebration!
Today is...The topic of nuts started yesterday, February 25 with its celebration being National Chocolate Covered Nut Day, aka National Chocolate Covered Peanut Day. This led to the Goober Pea Meets...
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Levi's Birth
This Day in History: February 26, 1829Today's historical significance focuses on a birth that eventually impacted the entire fashion industry of the world, both male and female, young and old, infant...
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear!
Today is... International Polar Bear Day Polar Bear Day celebrates one of nature’s most impressive hunters, and the world’s largest carnivore. When fully grown, polar bears can span an enormous 9 feet...
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