Wednesday, November 5, 2025


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Misc. History


1851 - Charles Henry Dow was born. He was the founder of Dow Jones & Company.

1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the sixteenth president of the United States.

1861 - Jefferson Davis was elected as the president of the Confederacy in the U.S.

1947 - "Meet the Press" debuted on NBC Television. The show went to a weekly show on September 12, 1948.

1952 - The first hydrogen bomb was exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

1965 - The Rolling Stones, Strangeloves and Fontella Bass appeared on "Shindig!"

1995 - Art Modell, the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans to move his team to Baltimore.


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Guns are always the best method for a private suicide. They are more stylish looking than single-edged razor blades, and natural gas has gotten so expensive. Drugs are too chancy. You might miscalculate the dosage and just have a good time.
- P. J. O'Rourke



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