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This Day in History, January 3 On January 3rd, 1938, the March of Dimes was established by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Other Notable Events for January 3rd In 1777, the Continental Army commanded by Gen. George Washington defeated the British at Princeton, N.J. In 1938, the first March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized. In 1939, Gene Cox, 13, became the first female congressional page. In 1959, Alaska became the 49th state of the union. In 1961, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba after Fidel Castro announced he was a communist. In 1967, Jack Ruby, who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy, died of cancer in Dallas. In 1969, police at Newark, N.J., confiscated a shipment of the John Lennon-Yoko Ono albums "Two Virgins" because the cover photo, featuring full frontal nudity, violated pornography laws. In 1990, deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega left his refuge in the Vatican Embassy in Panama City and surrendered to U.S. troops. He was whisked to Florida to face narcotics trafficking charges. In 1991, AIDS was removed from the list of diseases that would automatically bar an infected person from entering the United States. In 1993, U.S. President Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the START II treaty reducing strategic nuclear arsenals by two-thirds. In 2000, peace talks between Israeli and Syrian leaders opened in Shepherdstown, W.Va. In 2001, the 107th Congress convened for the first time with the Senate equally divided 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans had a 10-member advantage in the House. Also in 2001, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percent to stem an economic slowdown. In 2002, Miami won the national collegiate football championship by defeating Nebraska, 37-14. Miami returned to the football championship game in 2003 but this time lost to Ohio State, 31-24, in two overtimes. In 2003, Democrats John Kerry, John Edwards, Howard Dean and Al Sharpton announced for their party's 2004 presidential nomination. In 2004, a Flash Airline Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheik in Egypt, killing 148 people. Also in 2004, a NASA robotic explorer called Spirit touched down on Mars, sending a signal home to California that it survived the descent through the Martian atmosphere. In 2005, Indonesia's Ministry of Health announced another 14,000 deaths, bringing the total of lives lost in Asia's earthquake and tsunami disaster to 155,000. In 2006, Jack Abramoff, a powerful Washington lobbyist, agreed to plead guilty to fraud, public corruption and tax evasion charges and to testify against politicians and former colleagues. Also in 2006, Iran advised the International Atomic Energy Agency it planned to restart work on what it called its "peaceful nuclear energy program." Copyright 2006 by United Press International  ~Life is blooey only if U make it one~ |
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1/3/2007 11:13 pm |
Welcome to FFF Blogville!  I hope you do the same for the 6th, my  birthday.Happy New  Year ianqol...
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1/4/2007 1:49 pm |
Interesting... You keep count of everything .. what about you ? Say something about yourself my dear. Keep it up. love you
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Glad you liked it ... thanks for the visit Devyk! ~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Welcome to FFF Blogville! I hope you do the same for the 6th, my birthday.Happy New Year ianqol...~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Yes it is quite a lot. Happy New YEar Don!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Yes that is one significant day in my life too!  ~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Hope you found it ... For a bird's eye view, it's a non-profit organization which deals with the different facets of PREMATURE BIRTH. ~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Interesting... You keep count of everything .. what about you ? Say something about yourself my dear. Keep it up. love you ~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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1/5/2007 6:26 am |
jangol dear (Janice) .... good & Interesting profile..  I mean not only worry & keep record of the world. What about your own record .. dont forget your own self .. caring about statistics of events. Think of the beauty and loveable moments of life. Ok Dear ... With lots of love
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Hi Mac ... nice to see that lovely smile. Welcome too!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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The feast when we celebrate the Three Wise Men who came to visit Jesus~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Thanks Mac for the info. I appreciate it!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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I understand it may not be significant in our history but it all depends on the event itself too.~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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At least my joining date here is marked and will be remembered!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Not so ... because the MArch of Dimes is a sighificant organization in its own right!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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You do know a lot more than that Art!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Yes I do appreciate it too from Mac!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Hello Sarha ... great to see you here. How's life nowadays?~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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They are the same actually. ~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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If it's in history then it must be significant enough to be on record!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Learning is a continuous process I should say!~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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jangol dear (Janice) .... good & Interesting profile.. I mean not only worry & keep record of the world. What about your own record .. dont forget your own self .. caring about statistics of events. Think of the beauty and loveable moments of life. Ok Dear ... With lots of love ~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Also in 2006, Iran advised the International Atomic Energy Agency -------------------------------------- it planned to restart work on what it called its "peaceful nuclear energy program." Is there such a thing as peaceful where weapons of mass destruction is concerned?  ~Life is blooey only if U make it one~
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Yes it is quite a number! Heaven's angels brought U to knock upon my door! 
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Welcome to FFF Blogville! I hope you do the same for the 6th, my birthday.Happy New Year ianqol... ... that's today I suppose. Happy Bday sir!Heaven's angels brought U to knock upon my door!
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