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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Today is the 2nd day of the 16th week, the 16th day of the 4th month, the 106th day of 2017, and:
Boston Marathon Day ((I don't run))
Day of the Mushroom ((are they related to Triffids?))
Emancipation Day -- April 15 is a Sunday and since April 16 is a legal holiday in the District of Columbia where the IRS headquarters are so it gives you an extra day to file.
Foursquare Day -- an homage to Foursquare, a location-based social networking service that lets users "check in" to various eating and drinking establishments
National Bean Counter Day ((of all the things that you can count, did you ever wonder why beans get counted?))
National Eggs Benedict Day ((love that sauce))
National Healthcare Decisions Day ((check -- I did a colonoscopy "consult"))
National Librarian Day ((so read))
National Orchid Day ((the flower not the color))
National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day ((how'd that work out for you?))
Patriots' Day -- a holiday commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord, which took place on April 19, 1775. ((so why do it today instead of on Thursday?))
Teach Your Daughter to Volunteer Day ((would rather she pursue her dreams))
On this day in ...
1457 BC – Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1780 – The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
1853 – The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
1858 – The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
1910 – The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
1947 – Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1962 - Bob Dylan debuted his song "Blowin' in the Wind" at Gerde's Folk City in New York.
1964 - "The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers)," the band's debut album, was released.
1972 – The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1990 – "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
I am positive that it was important for every cell phone to blare out an alert that there was flash flood warning before 4:30 AM
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