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11 April, 2016 at 11:52 pm #845927

CatWScotia
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Just avoid green wallpaper – you should be safe! I think it was arsenic that was in the colouring, and then anybody who was in the room and breathed now and again would inhale the stuff.

Of course – it’s not impossible that the decorator had been given special instructions . . .

😯

12 April, 2016 at 6:32 pm #845962

Jeankit
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04-12-16 – More fun for History Buffs:

1861 The Civil War begins

Crime

1633 Galileo is convicted of heresy

General Interest

1864 The Fort Pillow Massacre
1945 President Roosevelt dies
1961 First man in space
1981 First launching of the space shuttle

Hollywood
1914 First movie “palace” opens

Music
1954 Bill Haley and the Comets record “Rock Around The Clock”

13 April, 2016 at 10:13 pm #846009

Jeankit
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04-13-16:
Purrday Artist of the Day

Born today in 1886 artist Nicolae Tonitza.

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14 April, 2016 at 6:25 pm #846051

Jeankit
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April 14 – Today in History:
Civil War
1865
President Lincoln is shot »

John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln »

General Interest
1912
RMS Titanic hits iceberg »

Hollywood
1969
Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand tie for Best Actress Oscar »

Literary
1818
Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language is printed »

Music
1935
Country legend Loretta Lynn is born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky »

15 April, 2016 at 5:58 pm #846088

Jeankit
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It’s Friday 04-15-16:
General Interest
1865
President Lincoln dies »
1912
Titanic sinks »
1998
Pol Pot dies »
2013
Three people killed, hundreds injured in Boston Marathon bombing »

Hollywood
1990
Greta Garbo dies »

Literary
1940
English author and politician Jeffrey Archer is born »

Music
1894
Bessie Smith is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee »

Old West
1912
Molly Brown avoids sinking with the Titanic »

Presidential
1865
Lincoln is pronounced dead »

Sports
1947
Jackie Robinson breaks major league color barrier »

Vietnam War
1967
Antiwar protests held in New York and San Francisco »

18 April, 2016 at 3:57 pm #846192

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American actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco in a spectacular ceremony on this day in 1956. Princess Grace née Kelly debuted on Broadway in 1949. She won her an Oscar in 1954 for her performance in The Country Girl. While filming To Catch a Thief (1955) in the French Riviera, Kelly met Prince Rainier of Monaco. It wasn’t love at first sight for Kelly, but the prince initiated a long correspondence, which led to their marriage in 1956. Afterward, she became Princess Grace of Monaco and retired from acting. She had three children and occasionally narrated documentaries.

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19 April, 2016 at 5:42 pm #846227

Jeankit
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Today 4-19 in History:

General Interest
1861
First blood in the Civil War »
1943
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins »

Rock of Remembrance

:/ NEVER AGAIN!
1993
Branch Davidian compound burns »
1995
Truck bomb explodes in Oklahoma City »

Hollywood
2002
My Big Fat Greek Wedding released »

Blast from the Past! 😉
Literary
1824
Lord Byron dies in Greece »

Music
1975
The Captain and Tennille bring wedded bliss to the pop charts with their first hit record »

Old West
1876
Wyatt Earp dropped from Wichita police force »

Presidential
1809
Jefferson sells servant to Madison »

Sports
1897
First Boston Marathon run »

Vietnam War
1967
Air Force pilot cited for bravery »
1971
Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstrate »

World War I
1919
Discussion of Italian claims begins at Paris peace conference »

World War II
1943
Warsaw ghetto uprising put down »

Help History to Remember – Never to be Repeated!

20 April, 2016 at 2:29 pm #846262

Anonymous
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Today will be a happy laid back toking good time in Denver!

In Denver with over a year of legal recreational marijuana sales under its belt, 4/20 — the calendar equivalent to 4:20 p.m., the time pot smokers would historically toke up — does speak for itself.

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20 April, 2016 at 3:28 pm #846265

Jeankit
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Hmm….Hi…High – gettin’ high in CO.
Sorry, not my thing but whatever works for ya! 😉

Today 4-20-16 in History:
1689
Siege of Londonderry begins »
1871
Ku Klux Act passed by Congress »
1902
Curies isolate radium »
1999
Columbine High School massacre »

Hollywood
1926
New sound process for films announced »

Literary
1841
First detective story is published »

Music
1923
“Mambo King” Tito Puente is born »

Old West
1914
Militia slaughters strikers at Ludlow, Colorado »

Presidential
1898
McKinley asks for declaration of war with Spain »

Sports
1986
Jordan scores 63 points in playoff game »

Vietnam War
1970
Nixon announces more troop withdrawals »
1971
“Fragging” on the rise in U.S. units »

World War I
1917
Nivelle Offensive ends in failure »

World War II
1945
Operation Corncob is launched while Hitler celebrates his birthday »

20 April, 2016 at 3:32 pm #846266

katzenjammer
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“Oh to be in Denver, now that April’s here” … *Sniffs deeply*
I only ever inhaled, really-really!
Yet each morning I arise wondering if today be the day that PM Justin follows thru on election campaign promise to legalize the weed. *Sigh*
A little virtual gift for lucky you, PG! *wink*
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21 April, 2016 at 7:53 pm #846308

Jeankit
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04-21 TODAY IN HISTORY:

According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. Actually, the Romulus and Remus myth originated sometime in the fourth century B.C., and the exact date of Rome’s founding was set by the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in the first century B.C.
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Today’s History in Making: Iconic Music Legend Prince has died at age 57.

21 April, 2016 at 9:03 pm #846309

Anonymous
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I am shocked that Prince passed away. He’s a tremendous influence in the music world and I will miss him.

21 April, 2016 at 9:57 pm #846311

katzenjammer
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Prince died? Noooooo! Icon for sure. 🙁

22 April, 2016 at 8:22 pm #846358

Jeankit
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This Week’s Purrdays!
4-20
“Do I dream predominantly about fashion? No. I dream much more about cats.”

Happy Birthday model and magazine “creative director” Grace Coddington. Coddington is seventy-five today.

4-22
Born today in 1878 actress Kitty Gordon.

25 April, 2016 at 8:05 pm #846498

Jeankit
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04-25-16:
Purrday Artist:
Born today in 1920 artist Paul Wonner.

Below: Wonner painting “Room with Curved Window, Cat and Bird” (2000).

26 April, 2016 at 8:01 pm #846546

Jeankit
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04-26:
1954
Polio vaccine trials begin

On this day in 1954, the Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia. Children in the United States, Canada and Finland participated in the trials, which used for the first time the now-standard double-blind method, whereby neither the patient nor attending doctor knew if the inoculation was the vaccine or a placebo.

General Interest
1937
Nazis test Luftwaffe on Guernica »
1986
Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl »

Hollywood
1986
Maria Shriver marries Arnold Schwarzenegger »

Literary
1888
Anita Loos is born »

Music
1977
Studio 54 opens »
2013
Country music star George Jones dies »

Old West
1798
James Beckwourth is born »

Sports
1918
Olympic track star Fanny Blankers-Koen is born »

26 April, 2016 at 9:08 pm #846557

Jeankit
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” …my kitten at home is the only flying cat in the world.”

Born today in 1868 aviator John Bevins Moisant.
Below: In 1910 Moisant flew the first flight with a passenger across the English Channel. On board the plane were Albert Fileux, his mechanic, and his cat, Mademoiselle Fifi.

Happy Purrday Today!

27 April, 2016 at 4:30 pm #846595

Jeankit
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Today in History 4/27:
On this day in 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a founder of modern science. Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets.

1963 High school freshman Little Peggy March earns a #1 hit with “I Will Follow Him”

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28 April, 2016 at 6:37 pm #846621

Jeankit
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Happy Purrday to:
“You know, if I didn’t have these 37 cats and three dogs, I think I would have been compulsive.”
Born today in 1937 actress Sandy Dennis.
😀

3 May, 2016 at 8:56 pm #846821

Jeankit
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Happy Purrday to Pawsome Pete Seeger:
“So, are you going to practice today?” asks my inner mom.
“Well, sure. But I’ve got one more phone call to make. The dishes are dirty. I have to feed the cat.”

Born today in 1919 singer, musician and activist Pete Seeger.
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