Australia ~ "Australia Day" An 'official' excuse to get Royally drunk!! (Like they NEED one! )


1788 (and THIS is what th^t celebrates!! The first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia.


1802 ~ Congress passed an act calling for establishment of a library within the US Capitol.


1837 ~ Michigan became the 26th state in the United States.


1950 ~ India, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic.


1979 ~ Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died in New York at age 70.


1993 ~ Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.


2001 ~ A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind