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Monday, December 25, 2017

Christmas







Special birthdays today... my pal, Dude's dad, and UPS driver... Dave Russell is celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE!!!

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A former high school Wilsonite, Arlon Webb,  Class of '59, is celebrating his birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARLON!



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Married to JoAnne.


Historically this date...

1066 – William the Conqueror is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey,London.
 



1776 – George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
 



1868 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil WarConfederate soldiers.
 


1974 – Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
 

2007 – A tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escapes from its enclosure and attacks three people, killing one.


And births this date include....
1642 – Isaac Newton, English scientist (d. 1727)
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1821 – Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)
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1870 – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics industrialist (d. 1965)
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1890 – Robert Ripley, collector of odd facts (d. 1949)
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1899 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)
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1948 – Barbara Mandrell, American singer and actress
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1949 – Sissy Spacek, American actress
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