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    ^^^^ HA! Beat me to it! ^^^
     
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    It was on this date in 1965 that the Ford Motor Company announced that they were including this great new device - the 8-track tape player - in their new model of automobiles!

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    Today is, Trail of Tears Commemoration Day!
     
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    Every year there is a trail of Tears ride. I hope to do it if I could get my Chief finished.
     
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    #1426 Firebro17, Sep 16, 2014
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    Today is the second day of a devastating wild land fire which started late Sunday afternoon in a very beautiful area of the Sierras, where I had spent nearly 18 years of my fire service career.

    Here's an incredible photo taken on Sunday evening (looking west) from the east side of Bass Lake, in eastern Madera County. The fire is currently 45% contained and at least 30 homes have been lost.
     

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    Today is, Constitution Day (Citizenship Day)!
     
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    If only one of our most prominent citizens (that's rumored as questionable) had a complete understanding of the Constitution!
     
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    That photo is terrifying & beautiful all at the same time. I feel so bad for those folks who are losing everything. Sure hope the firefighters stay safe.
     
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    And the last one before him..... :yesnod:
     
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    To be more precise, Today is, Constitution Day!
    Lets celebrate it.
     
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    Today is 50% off sale at a local hardware store.
     
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    Oh boy I'm off to buy half a hammer. :biggrin5:
     
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    Isn't that just the one scene from "Bambi"?
     
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    In the world of some maybe, but no.....
     
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    Today is World Water Monitoring Day!
    Are you drinking fluoridated water?
     
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    Today is Hamburger Day.
     
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    Loves me a great hamburger!!

    From:Wikipedia:

    The hamburger most likely first appeared in the 19th or early 20th century. [1][2]

    The modern hamburger was a product of the culinary needs of a society that was rapidly changing due to industrialization, and therefore, people had less time to prepare as well as to consume meals.

    Americans contend they were the first to combine two slices of bread and a steak of ground beef into a "hamburger sandwich" and sell it. Part of the controversy over the origin of the hamburger is because the two basic ingredients, bread and beef, were prepared and consumed separately for many years before their combination. Shortly after its creation, the hamburger was prepared with all of the now typically characteristic trimmings, including onions, lettuce, and sliced pickles.

    During the 20th century, there were various controversies, including a nutritional controversy in the late 1990s. The burger is now readily identified with the United States, and a particular style of cuisine, namely fast food. [3] Along with fried chicken and apple pie, the hamburger has become a culinary icon in the United States. [4][5]

    The hamburger's international popularity demonstrates the larger globalization of food [6] that has also been witnessed in the rise in the global popularity of other national dishes, including the Turkish döner kebab, the Italian pizza, and Japanese sushi. The hamburger has spread from continent to continent perhaps because, in part, it is easy to understand in different culinary cultures. [7] This global culinary culture has been produced, in part, by the concept of selling processed food. This idea was first imagined in the 1920s by the White Castle restaurant chain and its visionary Edgar Waldo "Billy" Ingram, and was refined by McDonald's in the 1940s. [8][9] This global expansion has provided comparative economics such as the Big Mac Index, [10] which allows for the comparison of the purchasing power of different countries where the Big Mac hamburger is sold.
     
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    Today is also the United States Air Force's Birthday!

    Happy 67TH Air Force!!
     

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    ^^ "Thunderbirds are Go!"
     

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