Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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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 7th day of the 26th week, the 2nd day of the 7th month, the 184th day of 2016, and:
Freedom From Fear of Speaking Day (( "Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." ~ Ambrose Bierce ))
Hop-a-Park Day
I Forgot Day
International Cherry Pit Spitting Day
International Chicken Wing Day
International Day of Cooperatives
Made in the USA Day
National Anisette Day
Special Recreation for the Disabled Day
World Sports Journalists Day
World UFO Day -- in 1947 an alien aircraft supposedly crashed in the desert outside of Roswell -- the Army Air Force later said was a weather balloon
In 437 the Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire, but still under the influence of his former regent -- his mother Galla Placidia. In 1698 Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. In 1776 the Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4. In 1921 Harding signed the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany. In 1937 the last contact with Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan while they are over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. In 1962 the first Wal-Mart store (called Wal-Mart Discount City) opened for business in Rogers, Arkansas. 1964 LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.