Strange Magic

Things you should know

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Birthdays on September 29th

1943 - Lech Walesa
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis
1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni
1901 - Enrico Fermi
1547 - Miguel de Cervantes

Todays Pic Dump

Today in history

Reporter Judith Miller released from prison, 2005

American Revolution

British spy sentenced to death, 1780

Automotive

Inventor Rudolf Diesel vanishes, 1913

Civil War

Union tries to break stalemate in Virginia, 1864

Cold War

Russians want the American dream, 1953

Crime

Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six, 1982

School principal murdered by student in Wisconsin, 2006

Disaster

Trains collide in Pakistan, 1957

General Interest

Lord Nelson born, 1758

Babi Yar massacre begins, 1941

The Tylenol murders, 1982

American woman climbs Everest, 1988

Hollywood

“Message filmmaker” Stanley Kramer is born, 1913

Literary

Miguel de Cervantes is born, 1547

Music

Gene Autry, "The Singing Cowboy," is born, 1907

Old West

The great singing cowboy, Gene Autry, is born in Texas, 1907

Presidential

JFK thanks Clare Booth Luce for good-luck coin, 1942

Sports

Willie Mays makes catch, 1954

Vietnam War

Hanoi announces that downed pilots will be treated as war criminals, 1965

Charges dropped against Green Berets, 1969

World War I

Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line , 1918

World War II

Nazis and communists divvy up Poland 1939

 Fun cartoon time

Todays Blast from the Past

Todays Quote

Lech Walesa

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.
Lech Walesa

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
Lech Walesa

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.
Lech Walesa

I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.
Lech Walesa

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.
Lech Walesa

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go.
Lech Walesa 

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Lech Walesa 

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.
Lech Walesa

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