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The Boston Tea Party: a crowd of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumps 342 crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the British Tea Act.
Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!
The Boston Tea Party: a crowd of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumps 342 crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the British Tea Act.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter, was printed for the first time in 1901.
Epimetheus , one of Saturn's natural satellites, was discovered, but was mistaken as "Janus". It took 12 years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing virtually the same orbit.
I hope this Link works. Read about their interchangeable orbits. It's really fascinating!
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Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!
Epimetheus , one of Saturn's natural satellites, was discovered, but was mistaken as "Janus". It took 12 years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing virtually the same orbit.
I hope this Link works. Read about their interchangeable orbits. It's really fascinating!
They're due to switch orbits again in Jan.,2006!
Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!
Today marks the 126th anniversary of the birth of Josef Stalin, one of the very few tyrants to die a natural death at an advanced age. He stood only 5'4", always had himself photographed from below to create the illusion of size, and wore elevator shoes secretly bought in Berlin. He studied for the priesthood as a youth. He suffered small pox as a child and had terribly pock marked skin, but had photographs of himself doctored to eliminate the ugly marks. He may have been the only person in the world who expected Hitler not to attack Russia after the Non-Aggression Pact, and had his intelligence agents who reported German buildups, and indeed the first German incursions across the Russian border, shot! When he at last accepted the reality of the German invasion he retreated to his dacha east of Moscow and stayed stone drunk for a week, until the Politburo arrived en masse and commanded him to take command. During WW2 he was successfully able to control his paranoia, his ego, his drunkenness enough to out-play the methedrine befuddled Hitler. The country Stalin commanded, the USSR, broke apart peacefully with the signing of a simple piece of paper on Dec. 25, 1991. The tyrant and his creation have vanished from the face of the Earth.
1937 Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated feature in Hollywood, CA. The movie was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Too bad they don't make them like that anymore.
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