Seneca
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Mon Jun-06-05 02:40 PM
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Today In History: June 6, 2005 |
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June 6, 2005
Today in history
On this date:
• In 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.
• In 1918, the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood, which resulted in a U.S. victory over the Germans, began in France.
• In 1925, Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.
• In 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, N.J.
• In 1942, Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle of Midway.
• In 1944, the D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
• In 1966, black activist James Meredith was shot and wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.
• In 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
• In 1978, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.
• In 1985, authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as the remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious "Angel of Death" of the Nazi Holocaust.
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mikita
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Mon Jun-06-05 02:45 PM
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1. and today I just sadly learned |
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that my nephew is being shipped out to Kuwait (navy).
It makes me so sad, although he did this to himself, and his father, my brother, is proud as punch.
I want to throw up and strangle my brother -- the young man going away will never be the same.
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Seneca
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Mon Jun-06-05 02:52 PM
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2. I am sorry to hear that |
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May he be safe, and return home safely.
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Mon Jun-06-05 02:53 PM
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3. thank you -- I CAN'T stop crying n/t |
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