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Today, President Gerald Ford would have been 95 years old.

This day may be famous for being his birthday, but I will always remember it, because I was sitting in a house packing moving boxes getting ready to move into my first apartment. Yep. I remember the date. Why? Because I was in Las Vegas and the temperature outside was like 120 degrees. It’s hard to forget that.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease .

In 1989, Laurence Olivier passed away.

Laurence Olivier was an excellent actor. He always seemed to be a gentleman and he was always in shape and never needed fat burners. He was a true class act. Of all the rolls he played, I think my favorite was Nicodemus in “Jesus of Nazareth”.

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We took this video the other day,

It’s amazing what happens when the kids take the video camera. Sometimes it’s magical. Sometimes, it’s deadly.

Please be advised that no actual piggies were injured or killed during the filming of this video. In fact, they are all still wandering aimlessly along the tracks.

You’ll notice in the video, that we have some blankets and crib bedding hanging from the walls. You’d be amazed at how well it works to buffer some of the sound in the basement.

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On this day in 1937, Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared.

I can only wonder, if they had some duct tape, a lighter, a couple bic pens, and some paperclips, if they might not have disappeared.

I know, not everyone can be a MacGuyver, but you have to wonder how they could disappear completely from the face of the Earth. The documentary shown above sure makes me wonder though.

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On this day in 1936, Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell was published.

This was an excellent movie, and the actors and actresses were simply amazing. I have seen some of the costumes worn by the performers, and I can verify that many of the women in the film did not need Phentermine or anything like it to help them lose weight.

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He was born February 8, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts.

He died on June 27, 2001 in Los Angeles, California

He was an accomplished and award winning screen and stage actor.

He was adept at both comedy and drama.

He attended Harvard and was president of the school’s Hasty Pudding Club.

Some of his movies include, Bell, Book and Candle, It Happened To Jane, and The China Syndrome.

Who is he?

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On this day in 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his men died at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

In June of 1876, the government sent in troops under the command of Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry to locate and rout the Indians. Terry, taking the main body of men up the Yellowstone River, hoped to block the movement of the Indians at the mouth of the Little Bighorn River, while Custer and the 7th Cavalry were to travel up the Rosebud River and cross the Little Bighorn River, thus, it was hoped, trapping the Indians between the two groups. Some three days into his march, Custer abandoned the plan when he rather suddenly encountered a large group of Sioux and Cheyenne encamped nearby. Envisioning a three-pronged attack, he ordered Captain Frederick Benteen and Major Marcus Reno to lead troops on either side of the river, while he would advance to the northwest and surprise the encampment from the north. Reno, who attacked first (and long before Custer reached the northern edge of the camp), was clearly overwhelmed by the Indians, and he retreated across the river, losing his strategic edge. He was joined by Benteen’s fresh troops, and the combined forces dug in and continued to fight. At Reno’s retreat, however, the major force of Indians, by then alerted to Custer’s presence, rode to the attack and completely vanquished Custer and his men within an hour, leaving more than 200 dead.

Read more about the Battle of Little Bighorn at Brittanica.com

I have traveled all over the west taking time to visit Washington state, the beaches of California and even Vegas vacations, but my favorite destination has always been the Black Hills and the surrounding area.

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On this day in 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes patented the Type-Writer and the world has never been the same.

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On this day in 1893, Lizzie Borden was aquitted of the murder of her parents.

Freaky. Can you imagine how freaked out people would have been back then, just to be seen with her? Yikes. I bet the best movers New York had to offer wouldn’t have been caught dead moving her from New England down to the city. Then again, they might not have heard about her past.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease .

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On this day in 1983, Sally Ride became the first American female to visit space.

I remember that day quite well. I also remember that computer memory was ridiculously high priced for what you got (what was it, like 2mb of RAM at the time?) Heck, the page you are reading right now is bigger than 2mb. Look at what’s happened in the past 25 years. Wow.

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