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2009-03-01 
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Posted by Fred 2009-03-01 10:18|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 GBUSMC:

Stumped?
Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back!  2009-03-01 10:44||   2009-03-01 10:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Unbelieveable! Miss Helen has rendered GolfBravoUMC speechless. Me, too. Well, almost.
Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-03-01 10:45||   2009-03-01 10:45|| Front Page Top

#3 This is the ship sunk in North Atlantic in 1941 by U-boat. Prior to our war with Germany.
Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Reuben_James_(DD-245)
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839  2009-03-01 10:53||   2009-03-01 10:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I find her a comely addition to Helen Week.
Posted by Fred 2009-03-01 13:28||   2009-03-01 13:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Also featured prominently in Clancy's Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising, for that reason, I suspect. Admiral Greer, in both books, was also named after an important WW II vessel Greer, and an earlier Admiral, too, it seems.
Posted by Bobby 2009-03-01 13:31||   2009-03-01 13:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Happy Birthday:

Frédéric Chopin - died 1849 Polish-born composer" (Now)

Glenn Miller - died 1944 "American bandleader" (Now)

David Niven - died 1983 "AWOL from British Army" (Now)

Deke Slayton - died 1993 American astronaut (Now)

Dinah Shore - died 1994 "Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy" (Now)

Lana Wood - 63 "Plenty O'Toole" (Now)

Catherine Bach - 55 "Daisy Duke" (Now)

Ron Howard - 55 "Opie Taylor" (Now)

This day in history:
1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
1811 - Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali. (Mameluke's source of Marine Officers sword)
1845 - President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
1847 - The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment. (Look at them today)
1872 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
1936 - The Hoover Dam is completed.
1946 - The Bank of England is nationalised. (Again)
1953 - Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
1971 - A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility. (Obama's buddy Ayers?)
2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-01 16:01||   2009-03-01 16:01|| Front Page Top

#7 gawd! Lana (yummmmmm in Diamonds Are Forever!) looks like Leona Helmsley *gakkkk*
Posted by Frank G 2009-03-01 16:43||   2009-03-01 16:43|| Front Page Top

#8 1953 - Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days 40 minutes later.

good times, good times

/Ima not Beria
Posted by .5MT 2009-03-01 16:53|| www.ninme.com]">[www.ninme.com]  2009-03-01 16:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Reuben James -- one of me wife's favorite songs.
Posted by Gabby 2009-03-01 19:37||   2009-03-01 19:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Helen Strauss could have launched Lana Wood
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-01 22:43||   2009-03-01 22:43|| Front Page Top

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