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Geez I wish you'd get that right, jseal.
1995 ~ eBay nearly foundered. (with a little help from Oldfart )
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09-03-2013, 07:23 PM
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Oh, I dunno. It looks OK to me. 
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09-03-2013, 07:57 PM
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September 4th
476 ~ Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed.
1781 ~ Los Angeles was founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula (the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula).
1824 ~ Birthday of Anton Bruckner, Composer.
1888 ~ George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak. Interestingly, the Kodak company has just emerged from bankruptcy. It filed for Chapter 11 protection last year.
1891 ~ Birthday of Fritz Todt, developer of the German autobahn, the archtype for the limited access highway.
1957 ~ The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1957 ~ The Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Great Britain came to the conclusion that outlawing homosexuality impinged upon civil liberties.
1965 ~ Death of Albert Schweitzer, Physician, J.S. Bach interpreter, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
1995 ~ Death of William Kunstler, Attorney.
1998 ~ Google founded.
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09-04-2013, 08:19 PM
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September 5th
1793 ~ The French National Convention voted to implement terror measures to enforce the principles of the French Revolution.
1847 ~ Birthday of Jesse James, outlaw.
1882 ~ The first Labor Day parade in the U.S. was held in New York City.
1939 ~ The U.S. declared its neutrality in World War II.
1946 ~ Birthday of Freddie Mercury, British singer-songwriter (Queen)
1957 ~ “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac was published.
1972 ~ A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacked Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.
1981 ~ Birthday of Ann Marie Rios, Porn actress.
1982 ~ Death of Douglas Bader, World War II RAF fighter pilot.
1997 ~ Death of Mother Teresa, Inspiration.
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09-05-2013, 08:32 PM
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September 6th
1620 ~ The Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England, to settle in North America.
1766 ~ Birthday of John Dalton, British chemist and physicist. He was one of the earlier proponents of the atomic theory.
1847 ~ Henry Thoreau left Walden Pond and moved in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
1928 ~ Birthday of Robert Pirsig, Author (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance).
1941 ~ The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed, was extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas.
1965 ~ India invaded West Pakistan.
1986 ~ Birthday of Raven Riley, Porn Star.
1995 ~ Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2,131 consecutive baseball games.
1996 ~ Eddie Murray became the 15th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Oriole Park in Baltimore, Maryland.
2005 ~ The California Legislature became the first legislative body in the U.S. to approve same-sex marriages.
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09-07-2013, 03:08 PM
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September 7th
1776 ~ World's first submarine attack. American submersible craft Turtle attempted to attach a bomb to the hull of the British flagship Eagle in New York Harbor.
1908 ~ Birthday of Dr. Michael DeBakey, Heart Surgeon and inventor of the MASH.
1912 ~ Birthday of David Packard, Electrical Engineer.
1940 ~ The Blitz – Under orders from Adolf Hitler, the Luftwaffe began to bomb London. This was the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
1977 ~ The U.S. agreed to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1986 ~ Desmond Tutu becomes the first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1992 ~ Ciskei soldiers kill 24 at political rally.
1994 ~ Death of James Clavell, Author (Shogun) & Screenwriter (To Sir, with Love; The Great Escape).
1997 ~ Death of Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire.
2008 ~ Too Big to Fail: The US Government took control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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September 8th
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09-08-2013, 07:13 PM
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September 9th
1585 ~ Birthday of Cardinal Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, French statesman.
1776 ~ The Continental Congress officially named their new country the United States.
1828 ~ Birthday of Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (Anna Karenina, War and Peace).
1941 ~ Birthday of Otis Redding, Soul Singer.
1945 ~ Admiral Grace Hopper discovered the first computer bug.
1967 ~ Birthday of Anna Malle, Porn Actress.
1976 ~ Death of Mao Zedong, chief architect of the Chinese Communist Revolution.
1987 ~ Extradition to Belgium of twenty-five English football fans involved in the Heysel stadium disaster.
2001 ~ The leader of the Northern Alliance, Ahmed Shah Massoud, was assassinated in Afghanistan.
2003 ~ Death of Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist, "father of the hydrogen bomb".
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The first child to be born in the White House to U.S. President Grover Cleveland on September 9th 1893! Fun facts to know and share!
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09-09-2013, 08:21 PM
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Very cool! TY! 
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September 10th
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September 11th
1297 ~ William Wallace led a Scottish army to defeat the English in the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
1914 ~ In one of the earlier military engagements of WWI, Australian forces defeat Germans in New Britain.
1922 ~ British Mandate of Palestine began.
1948 ~ Death of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, first Governor-General of Pakistan.
1973 ~ A military coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet toppled elected Marxist President Salvador Allende.
1981 ~ Birthday of Luscious Lopez, Porn actress.
1987 ~ CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, angry over being preempted for a tennis match, marched off the set, leaving affiliates with six minutes of an empty news desk.
1987 ~ Death of Lorne Greene, Canadian actor.
2001 ~ The September 11 terrorist attacks destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City, part of The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and crashed a passenger airliner in Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 were killed.
2002 ~ Death of Johnny Unitas, Football Hall of Famer.
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September 12th
490 B.C. ~ The Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.
1683 ~ The Ottoman Empire was defeated in the Battle of Vienna.
1814 ~ War of 1812: An American detachment halted the British land advance to Baltimore in the Battle of North Point.
1880 ~ Birthday of H.L. Mencken, Journalist, Author.
1913 ~ Birthday of Jesse Owens, American track and field athlete.
1940 ~ Cave paintings discovered in Lascaux, France.
1959 ~ First episode of Bonanza. First regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
1977 ~ Death of Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist.
1992 ~ Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, was captured.
2003 ~ Death of Johnny Cash, Country Music Great.
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September 12th
2013 ~ Pixies Place was SPAM bombed!
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September 13th
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