Monthly Archives: September 2013

Thoughts for the Day

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (September 25th): 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and became the first known European to see the Pacific Ocean. 1690: The first American newspaper, called Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestic, appeared in … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 24, 2013 by Ron

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (September 24th): 1717: Birthdays: English novelist Horace Walpole; 1725: Birthdays: Irish brewmaster Arthur Guinness; 1755: Birthdays: John Marshall, fourth chief justice of the United States; 1789: The Judiciary Act of 1789 was passed by Congress and signed … Continue reading →

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Quotes September 23rd

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Ron

“Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one’s abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.” – Horace, 65 B.C.-8 Also you need not worry about the dosage pattern as well as the cialis … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (September 23rd): 480 B.C.: Birthdays: Greek playwright Euripides; 63 B.C.: Birthdays: Roman Emperor Augustus; 1215: Birthdays: Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan; 1779: The USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, defeated British frigate HMS Serapis in a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (September 22nd): 1694: Birthdays: English statesman and wit Philip Dormer Stanhope, earl of Chesterfield; 1776: Deaths: The British hanged American Revolutionary War hero and patriot Nathan Hale. His famous last words were, “I only regret that I … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (September 21st): 1645: Birthdays: Louis Joliet, French-Canadian explorer of the Mississippi River; 1780: American Gen. Benedict Arnold gave plans to West Point, N.Y. to the British. 1792: The Legislative Assembly of revolutionary France voted to abolish the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (September 20th): 1519: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan began a voyage to find a western passage to the East Indies. 1833: Birthdays: Italian pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ernesto Teodoro Moneta; 1873: Financial chaos forced the New … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (September 19th): 1777: American soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga in the Revolutionary War. 1879: Birthdays: Irvin Westheimer, who founded the American Big Brothers movement; 1881: U.S. President James Garfield died in Elberon, N.J., of gunshot … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (September 18th): 1709: Birthdays: English poet and lexicographer Samuel Johnson, writer of the first English dictionary; 1779: Birthdays: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story; 1819: Birthdays: French physicist Jean Foucault, inventor of the gyroscope; 1850: The U.S. … Continue reading →

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