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Discussion in 'Fun and Games' started by Juliet316, Dec 26, 2012.

  1. Lazy Storm Trooper

    Lazy Storm Trooper Jedi Master star 4

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    On this Day:

    September 24, 1979 – Filming for The Empire Strikes Back finishes.
     
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  2. Juliet316

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    ON THIS DAY

    On Sept. 25, 1957, with 300 United States Army troops standing guard, nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, days after unruly white crowds had forced them to withdraw.
     
  3. Rogue501st

    Rogue501st Jedi Knight star 1

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    September 25, 1951 - Actor Mark Hamill was born. [face_party]
     
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  4. Lazy Storm Trooper

    Lazy Storm Trooper Jedi Master star 4

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    On this Date:

    September 25, 1998 – StarWars.com announces "The Phantom Menace" as the name of Episode I.
     
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  5. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    ON THIS DAY

    On Sept. 26, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in Chicago as Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off.
     
  6. Lazy Storm Trooper

    Lazy Storm Trooper Jedi Master star 4

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    September 26, 1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
     
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  7. Sarge

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    I read a book about that voyage; it's an amazing story. Wish I could remember what it was called...
     
  8. I Are The Internets

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    I like some of his music.
     
  9. tom

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    the beatles' abbey road is 44 years old today.
     
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  10. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    ON THIS DAY

    On Sept. 27, 1964, the Warren Commission issued a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
     
  11. Lazy Storm Trooper

    Lazy Storm Trooper Jedi Master star 4

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    September 27, 2007 – NASA launches the Dawn probe.

    September 27, 2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
     
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  12. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    ON THIS DAY

    On Sept. 28, 1924, two United States Army planes landed in Seattle, Wash., having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.
     
  13. Lazy Storm Trooper

    Lazy Storm Trooper Jedi Master star 4

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    September 28, 1999 - Star Wars Tales 1 published.

    September 28, 2012 – Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season Five began airing on Cartoon Network with Revival.
     
  14. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    ON THIS DAY

    On Sept. 29, 1957, the New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds, losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1. The Giants moved to San Francisco for the next season.
     
  15. Lazy Storm Trooper

    Lazy Storm Trooper Jedi Master star 4

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    September 29, 1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
     
  16. Drac39

    Drac39 Force Ghost star 6

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    1982- In Chicago, IL, seven people died after taking capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. 264,000 bottles were recalled. They never caught this guy either
     
  17. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    I remember reading about that in various places over the years (first time was in Reader's Digest). It's scary that this person was never caught for this. What are the odds at this point that we only find out who this person is via Deathbed Confessional?
     
  18. Juliet316

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    ON THIS DAY

    On Sept. 30, 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders agreed at a meeting in Munich that Nazi Germany would be allowed to annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
     
  19. Lazy Storm Trooper

    Lazy Storm Trooper Jedi Master star 4

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    September 30, 1935 – The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
     
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  20. Drac39

    Drac39 Force Ghost star 6

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    Peace in our time...
     
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  21. I Are The Internets

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    Hot dam son!
     
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  22. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    ON THIS DAY

    On October 1, 1961, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 60 set in 1927.
     
  23. I Are The Internets

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    Did he break Babe Ruth's spirit too?

    "The home runs betray you because they belong to me now!"
     
  24. Rogue501st

    Rogue501st Jedi Knight star 1

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    And no one suspected there was a frozen Transformer and the AllSpark hidden inside. :p
     
  25. Lazy Storm Trooper

    Lazy Storm Trooper Jedi Master star 4

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    On this Day:

    October 1, 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
     
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