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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 4th day of the 43rd week, the 24th day of the 10th month, the 297th day of 2018, and:
40 Hour Work Week Day
Black Thursday
Food Day
Hunter's Moon at 11:45 AM EDT -- according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, so called because it occurs when the season for hunting many game animals begins
Independence Day – Zambia [AKA Northern Rhodesia at that time] from United Kingdom in 1964
Lung Health Day
National Bologna Day
National Crazy Day
National Good and Plenty Day
Take Back Your Time Day
United Nations Day
Unity Day
World Development Information Day
World Polio Day
ON THIS DAY IN ...
1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1621 - Eustache Martin baptized; born to Marguerite Langlois, the wife of Abraham Martin, the farmer who gave his name to the Plains of Abraham; First French child born in North America. Québec, Québec
1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.
1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in Sheffield, England.
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed, and the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln.
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor [a 63 year old Bay City, Michigan, teacher, a widow and a non-swimmer, accompanied by her pet kitten] becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel -- and survives. Fifteen other people try it [10 survive]
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
1931 – The George Washington Bridge,connecting New York and New Jersey, opens to public traffic.
1945 – Founding of the United Nations with 51 nations joining
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. The flat earthers have been claiming all photos of the earth are doctored ever since.
1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam -- a decision that would cost the US dearly
1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
1977 – Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1998 – Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission.
2002 – Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.
2003 – The era of supersonic jet travel came to an end as three British Airways Concordes landed at London's Heathrow Airport.
2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
2014 – The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ~ Maya Angelou
So I didn’t win the MegaMillions huge cash bonanza. In fact, I didn’t win a dime and am out $6. And I am okay with that. I’ll pack all those dreams up for now and put them away. The one thing that I really wish I could’ve had was knowing that I would never be a financial burden on my family – the rest was just icing on the cake.
And so we all showed up at work this morning and live goes on
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