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Symbol in NYC building a history mystery A final thrust of the crowbar cracked the wooden crate open, and the architect, the anthropologist and the mortar expert leaned in to look at the oddity that had drawn them to an out-of-the-way warehouse.
It was a 3-foot-by-10-foot section of timeworn brick wall, its predictable rows abruptly interrupted by three distinct, deliberate-looking triangular shapes. Once part of a warehouse, it now does nothing but raise questions.

Watch the moon Make plans for the total lunar eclipse Aug. 28. For an even better experience, listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. SWEEEET!!!

Lightning struck a diver's air tank as he surfaced off Florida's Atlantic coast, killing him.

Tiny dog saves baby from rattlesnake Yikes!!!

Nude blonde, gold stilettos and a Ferrari..

Tourists fined for cycling nude in heatwave

Man finds out wife, not daughter, having affair DOH!!!!


Today in History:
1632 - 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France.

1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the Typographer, a precurser to the typewriter.

1903 - Ford Motor Company sold its first car. I wonder who bought the first one?

1903 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A. Oh..

1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo

1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary their demands World War I is sparked on July 28, 1914. Here we go.

1926 - Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. Thank you very much.

1929 - Fascist government in Italy ban the use of foreign words.

1940 "Blitz" begins, all-night raid on London

1962 - Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal.

1965 Beatles "Help" is released in the UK

1966 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens

1966 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"

1967 - 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).

1968 - Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. During the shootout, a riot began that lasted for five days.

1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya

1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are killed on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie when a helicopter spins out of control.

1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted)

1999 - ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo.


Happy Birthday:
1938 - Juliet Anderson, American pornographic actress.What? They didn't have those back then...

1943 - Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter

1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor

1965 - Slash, English guitarist (ex-Guns N' Roses) English??? American...


Deaths on this Day:
1875 - Isaac Singer, American inventor and entrepreneur (b. 1811)

1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822) He's also the only president get a speeding ticket. He was driving his carriage too fast on Pennsylvania blvd. No kidding.

We interrupt this blog for a test of the emergency irritating sound system. Please stand by. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEPITY BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
This was only a test. If this weren't a tebeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep How do you turn this damned thing off beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee there we go. Thank you and good night.