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Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
--- Napoleon Hill
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
--- Carl Gustav Jung
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TOYEAR (TO-YEAR): This year.
-----Bible Quote For Today-----
My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. - Ps. 7:10 NIV
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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
--- Albert Einstein
* ***** Events For Today ("on this day")
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*-Kirtland's Warbler discovers
*-St. Lawrence Seaway Act enacted (1954)
*-The term "Bogey" first used in golf
*-Sewing Machine Lamp Holder patented
*-Whisky Rebellion began
*-Unsuccessful assassination of Pope John Paul II
* attempted (1981)
*-Republic of Ecuador created (1830)
*-Dodge Brothers sell out to Chrysler (1928)
*-Braniff Airlines files bankruptcy (1982)
*-Practical Printing Press invented
*-First Billiard Match held
*-"Casey at the Bat" published
*-Word "Cocktail" first used in print (1806)
*-First aviation map put into service
*-First Ford car rolls out
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* ***** Births For Today (birthday trivia)
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*-Oliver Heaviside
*-Arthur Sullivan
*-Stevie Wonder
*-Harvey Keitel
*-Dennis Rodman
*-Clive Barnes
*-Ritchie Valens
*-Gil Evans
*-Herbert Ross
*-Peter Henry Emerson
*-Jack Bruce
*-Shipwreck Kelly
*-Georges Braque
*-Eloise Broady
*-Daphne du Maurier
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