April 30, 2011: Deal of the century

Think I might do some bird watching tomorrow. No, no, no. I am not going to eat them. Looking for a tufted titmouse.

April 30, 1803, Louisiana Purchase concluded.


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Erie, PA

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 29, 2011: A great honor

Life is short and fragile. What has taken place the past couple of days in the South proves it. Prayers to all.

April 29, 2004, World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C.



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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 28, 2011: Sailors snap

Prayers for those in the South and Southeast U.S. that have been pounded by tornadoes.

April 28, 1789, Mutiny on the HMS Bounty.

April 28, 1945, Benito Mussolini executed.

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Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 27, 2011: Taxing tea

The sun paid a visit Tuesday. It felt refreshing.

April 27, 1773, Parliament passes the Tea Act.

April 27, 1813, explorer Zebulon Pike dies.


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Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 26, 2011: Good results

John Wilkes Booth died on this date back in 1865.

April 26, 1954, polio vaccine trials begin.


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Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 25, 2011: Start of a passage

May I suggest wherever you live, you need to take a walk and enjoy life.

April 25, 1859, ground broken for Suez Canal.


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Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 24, 2011: Book it

April 24, 1800, Library of Congress established.

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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 23, 2011: Billy the poet

The word jellybean meant a man was a stylish dresser back int eh 1910s and 1920s. Thanks to Answers.com.

April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare is born.



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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 22, 2011: Save Earth

Pondering the awesomeness of this weekend and what it means.

April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day.


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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 22, 2011: Save the earth

Pondering the awesomeness of this weekend and what it means.

April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day.


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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 21, 2011: WWI legend killed

I am still waiting for Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook to allow me to hold a town hall meeting at his company's headquarters.

April 21, 1918, Red Baron killed in action.

April 21, 1989, Chinese students begin protests at Tiananmen Square.


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Buxton, Derbyshire, England

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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 20, 2011: Sad day in Colorado

I know one day spring temps will come back here. Be patient.

April 20, 1898, President McKinley asks for declaration of war with Spain.

April 20, 1999, a massacre at Columbine High School.

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Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 19, 2011: Innocence lost

Freedom isn't free.


April 19, 1861, first blood in the Civil War.

April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building explodes

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Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 18, 2011: The British are coming!

April 18 is National Columnist Day. On April 18, 1945 one of the greatest journalists, Ernie Pyle, was killed in action covering World War II.

April 18, 1775, Revere and Dawes warn of British attack.

April 18, 1906, the Great San Francisco Earthquake.


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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 17, 2011: Welcome home

Joe Garagiola is a class act.

April 17, 1790, Benjamin Franklin dies.

April 17, 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion begins.

April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 returns home.


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Brax, France

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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

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Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 16, 2011: Deadly rampage

R.I.P. Bernie Flowers, a Purdue University legend and wonderful man.

April 16, 1947, Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War."

April 16, 2007, massacre at Virgina Tech leaves 32 dead.


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Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 15, 2011: Jackie was great

You gotta keep on dancing.

April 15, 1920: the Sacco-Vanzetti case draws national attention.

April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in baseball.


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Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 14, 2011: Fatal act

Always bite the hand that feeds you.

April 14, 1865, President Lincoln is shot.

April 14, 1912, RMS Titanic hits iceberg.


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Brax, France

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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 13, 2011: Music, wonderful music

Everyone can blog, but not all are writers.

April 13, 1742, Handel's Messiah premieres in Dublin.

April 13, 1866, Butch Cassidy is


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Brax, France

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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 12, 2011: Great space day

A nation divided goes to war on April 12, 1861.

April 12, 1633, Galileo is convicted of heresy.

April 12, 1961, the first man in space.

April 12, 1981, first launching of the space shuttle.


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Buxton, Derbyshire, England

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Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

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Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 11, 2011: Drama in space

"Houston, we've got a problem here." James Lovell commander of Apollo 13 after an explosion on April 13, 1970

April 11, 1951, President Truman relieves Gen. Douglas MacArthur of U.S. forces in Korea.

April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 launched to moon.

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Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 10, 2011: Speaking for animals

"A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats".
Mason Cooley

Read more:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_pet.html#ixzz1J4oWNq6yApril 10, 1866,  American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded.

April 10, 1942, Bataan Death March begins.

April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announces the break up of the Beatles.

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Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 8, 2011: Hammerin' Hank

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt

April 8, 1935, Works Progress Administration established by Congress.

April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron sets a new home run record.


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Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 7, 2011: Auto innovator passes

According to a story by Reuters,  Scrooge McDuck, the "penny-pinching poultry" with a fortune in gold coins whose estimated worth is $44.1 billion, headed the list of Forbes' "Fictional 15" wealthiest imaginary characters.

April 7, 1947, auto pioneer Henry Ford dies.

April 7, 1994, the Rwandan genocide.


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Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 6, 2011: The Games are back

Ferris Bueller: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

April 6, 1896, first modern Olympic Games.

April 6, 1917, America enters World War I.


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Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 5, 2011: A great leader

New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia bought a rookie teammate custom-made suits. Ellis Burke did the same for Sabathia in 2001 when he came up with the Cleveland Indians.

April 5, 1614, Pocahontas marries John Rolfe.

April 5, 1955, Winston Churchill resigns.


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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

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Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 4, 2011: A great man is silenced

We still must overcome all over the world.

April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.

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Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

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China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 2, 2011: A great storyteller

Be a good note taker.

April 2, 1805, Hans Christian Andersen is born.

April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II dies.


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Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI