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Dan Gall
Jun 21, 2017, 9:10:46 AM6/21/17
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June 21, 1779
On this day in 1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de
facto alliance with the Americans.
June 21, 1947
After an interim of seven years, during which World War II wreaked havoc
across the European continent, the first post-war Mille Miglia auto race
is held on this day in 1947 in Brescia, Italy.
June 21, 1964
T
Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney are killed by a Ku
Klux Klan lynch mob near Meridian, Mississippi. The three young civil
rights workers were working to register black voters in Mississippi,
thus inspiring the ire of the local Klan. The deaths of Schwerner and
Goodman, white Northerners and members of the Congress of Racial
Equality (CORE), caused a national outrage.
*****
Thought of the Day
After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access
cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.
De La Lastra's Law
*****
Question of the Day
In the human body what is replaced every three months?
Yesterdays Question
What does QOD stand for on a prescription?
Answer
Take every other day
On this day in 1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de
facto alliance with the Americans.
June 21, 1947
After an interim of seven years, during which World War II wreaked havoc
across the European continent, the first post-war Mille Miglia auto race
is held on this day in 1947 in Brescia, Italy.
June 21, 1964
T
Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney are killed by a Ku
Klux Klan lynch mob near Meridian, Mississippi. The three young civil
rights workers were working to register black voters in Mississippi,
thus inspiring the ire of the local Klan. The deaths of Schwerner and
Goodman, white Northerners and members of the Congress of Racial
Equality (CORE), caused a national outrage.
*****
Thought of the Day
After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access
cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.
De La Lastra's Law
*****
Question of the Day
In the human body what is replaced every three months?
Yesterdays Question
What does QOD stand for on a prescription?
Answer
Take every other day
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