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12-22-2013, 06:16 PM | #41 |
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Records show it was sent to a J. Chiphead in Phila, PA. Understand that guy later moved to Florida and eventually went on to drive a Corvette.
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On this day, December 23, 1783, following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, General George Washington resigns as commander in chief of the Continental Army and retires to his home at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
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The crew of the USS PUEBLO was released by North Korea December 23rd, 1968.
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Dec. 23, 1888 - Following a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh cut off part of his own earlobe. He must have really been a nutcase! |
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December 23, 1913 - President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law.
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1788 - Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the seat of the national government. About two-thirds of the area became the District of Columbia.
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We should take it back!
Dec. 24, 1968 - The crew of the U.S. Navy ship, Pueblo, was released by North Korea. The Captain of the Pueblo, Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, and 82 of his crew were held for 11 months after the ship was seized by North Korea because of suspected spying by the Americans.
I was in a transportation unit in the Army when it was captured and we were on high alert ready set to sail. Lucky it calmed down and I got to stay in the good old USA. That's the event that prompted me to get married. Most Americans don't realize that North Korea still has the Pueblo and it was recently given a fresh coat of paint and put on display as a trophy for Kim Jong-un. |
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Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.
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Old West legend Kit Carson was born on this day in 1809.
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1944 - A German submarine torpedoed the Belgian transport ship S.S. Leopoldville with 2,235 soldiers aboard. About 800 American soldiers died. The soldiers were crossing the English Channel to be reinforcements at the battle that become known as the Battle of the Bulge.
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