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Posted on 8/31/23 at 5:09 am
Posted on 8/31/23 at 5:09 am
Today in History: August 31
1802
Captain Meriwether Lewis leaves Pittsburgh to meet up with Captain William Clark and begin their trek to the Pacific Ocean.
1864
At the Democratic convention in Chicago, General George B. McClellan is nominated for president.
1919
The Communist Labor Party is founded in Chicago, with the motto, "Workers of the world unite!"
1942
The British army under General Bernard Law Montgomery defeats Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps in the Battle of Alam Halfa in Egypt.
1944
The British Eighth Army penetrates the German Gothic Line in Italy.
1949
Six of the 16 surviving Union veterans of the Civil War attend the last-ever encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1951
The 1st Marine Division begins its attack on Bloody Ridge in Korea. The four-day battle results in 2,700 Marine casualties.
1961
A concrete wall replaces the barbed wire fence that separates East and West Germany, it will be called the Berlin wall.
1985
Police capture Richard Ramirez, dubbed the "Night Stalker" for a string of gruesome murders that stretched from Mission Viejo to San Francisco, Cal.
1990
East and West Germany sign the Treaty of Unification (Einigungsvertrag) to join their legal and political systems.
1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a Paris car crash along with her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul while fleeing paparazzi.
2020
US cases of COVID-19 pass 6 million with 183,300 deaths with California (699.000), Florida (619,000) recording the most (Johns Hopkins)
Today in History: Born on August 31
1949
Richard Gere, actor (Pretty Woman, An Officer and a Gentleman).
1970
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson, singer, songwriter, record producer, actress; youngest artist ever to write, produce and perform a Billboard #1 single ("Foolish Beat").
JOTD
My wife walked in on me while I was watching porn
In a panic reflex I instantly changed to a random channel, the fishing channel.
As my wife walked out again she said: "you should stay on the porn channel... you know how to fish."
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Posted on 8/31/23 at 5:39 am to Armymann50
Posted on 8/31/23 at 5:58 am to Armymann50
Good morning
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:54 am to Armymann50
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1919
The Communist Labor Party is founded in Chicago, with the motto, "Workers of the world unite!"
The Bolshevik revolution was funded out of America and London as a divide and conquer scheme
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:57 am to Armymann50
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1942
The British army under General Bernard Law Montgomery defeats Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps in the Battle of Alam Halfa in Egypt.
This free movie from Youtube on Rommel is excellent
Rommel
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:57 am to Armymann50
Morning
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:58 am to SupperClubDrunkBus
I would drink her coffee
Posted on 8/31/23 at 10:11 am to kywildcatfanone
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9:57 am
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Morning
Posted on 8/31/23 at 11:36 am to paperwasp
Still morning?
Posted on 8/31/23 at 12:47 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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Still morning?
What am I mourning?
Who died?
Posted on 8/31/23 at 12:50 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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I would drink her coffee
I hope that's making piggilicious jealous.
Posted on 8/31/23 at 4:38 pm to paperwasp
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Who died?
Quality threads on tRant.
Posted on 8/31/23 at 4:51 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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Quality threads on tRant
Clearly TigerLunatik's fault.
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:51 pm to paperwasp
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Clearly TigerLunatik's fault.
why not both
Posted on 9/1/23 at 5:06 am to Armymann50
Posted on 9/1/23 at 6:07 am to 1BIGTigerFan
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Quality threads on tRant.
Posted on 9/1/23 at 6:14 am to Armymann50
Morning all. New day.
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