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admin wrote a new post, Pauline Phillips, The Original Dear Abby, Dies At 94 9 years, 10 months ago
On this day in 2013, Pauline Phillips, who for more than 40 years wrote the “Dear Abby” newspaper advice column, dies at age 94 in Minneapolis after battling Alzheimer’s disease. Using the pen name Abigail Van B […]
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admin wrote a new post, 12 People Killed, 70 Wounded In Colorado Movie Theater Shooting 10 years, 4 months ago
On this day in 2012, a 24-year-old gunman goes on a rampage at a movie theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora, killing 12 people—the youngest a 6-year-old girl—and injuring at least 70 others. The shooting too […]
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admin wrote a new post, TV Legend Andy Griffith Dies 10 years, 5 months ago
On this day in 2012, Andy Griffith, famous for his role as the good-hearted, small-town sheriff of fictional Mayberry, North Carolina, on the iconic 1960s TV sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show,” dies at age 86 at his […]
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admin wrote a new post, Nora Ephron, Director Of “When Harry Met Sally,” Dies 10 years, 5 months ago
On this day in 2012, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Nora Ephron, whose credits include “Silkwood,” “When Harry Met Sally,” and “You’ve Got Mail,” dies at age 71 of complications from leukemia in New York City […]
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admin wrote a new post, Ray Bradbury, Bestselling Science Fiction Author, Dies At 91 10 years, 6 months ago
On this day in 2012, one of the preeminent science fiction authors of the 20th century, Ray Bradbury, whose books include “The Martian Chronicles,” “Fahrenheit 451” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” d […]
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admin wrote a new post, Longtime Egyptian Leader Hosni Mubarak Sentenced To Life In Prison 10 years, 6 months ago
On this day in 2012, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is found guilty of failing to stop the killings of hundreds of anti-government demonstrators during the 2011 popular uprising that forced an end to his […]
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admin wrote a new post, Facebook Raises $16 Billion In Largest Tech IPO In U.S. History 10 years, 6 months ago
On this day in history, Facebook, the world’s largest social network, holds its initial public offering (IPO) and raises $16 billion. It was the largest technology IPO in American history to that date, and the t […]
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admin wrote a new post, Donna Summer, Queen Of Disco, Dies 10 years, 6 months ago
On this day in 2012, singer and songwriter Donna Summer, who rose to fame during the 1970s with such disco anthems as “Love to Love You Baby” and “Hot Stuff,” dies at age 63 in Naples, Florida, after battlin […]
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admin wrote a new post, Dick Clark, Host Of “American Bandstand” And “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” Dies 10 years, 7 months ago
On this day in 2012, Dick Clark, the TV personality and producer best known for hosting “American Bandstand,” an influential music-and-dance show that aired nationally from 1957 to 1989 and helped bring rock `n’ […]
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admin wrote a new post, Longtime “60 Minutes” Journalist Mike Wallace Dies 10 years, 8 months ago
On this day in 2012, broadcast journalist Mike Wallace, a full-time correspondent for the pioneering TV newsmagazine “60 Minutes” from its debut in 1968 until 2006, dies at age 93 in New Canaan, Connecticut. Dur […]
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admin wrote a new post, Husband Of Missing Utah Woman Kills Self And Two Young Sons 10 years, 10 months ago
On this day in 2012, 36-year-old Josh Powell, who had been in the public eye since police labeled him a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his 28-year-old wife, Susan, locks out a social worker then […]
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admin wrote a new post, Van Der Sloot Admits To Peru Murder 10 years, 11 months ago
On this day in 2012, Joran van der Sloot, a longtime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba, pleads guilty to the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores, in Lima, […]
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admin wrote a new post, NASA’s Final Space Shuttle Mission Comes To An End 11 years, 4 months ago
On this day in 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completes its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the program’s 30-year history, its five orb […]
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admin wrote a new post, Casey Anthony Released From Prison 11 years, 4 months ago
On this day in 2011, Casey Anthony is released from jail in Orlando, Florida, 12 days after being acquitted on charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. The Casey Anthony trial riveted Americans, […]
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admin wrote a new post, Notorious Boston Mobster Whitey Bulger Is Arrested 11 years, 5 months ago
On this day in 2011, after 16 years on the run from law enforcement, James “Whitey” Bulger, a violent Boston mob boss wanted for 19 murders, is arrested in Santa Monica, California. The 81-year-old Bulger, one of […]
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admin wrote a new post, Osama Bin Laden Killed By U.S. Forces 11 years, 7 months ago
On this day in 2011, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. The […]
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admin wrote a new post, Britain’s Prince William Weds Kate Middleton 11 years, 7 months ago
On this day in 2011, Great Britain’s Prince William marries his longtime girlfriend Catherine Elizabeth “Kate” Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London. Some 1,900 guests attended the ceremony, while another 1 mil […]
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admin wrote a new post, Jaycee Dugard’s Kidnappers Plead Guilty 11 years, 7 months ago
On this day in 2011, Phillip Garrido, 60, and his wife Nancy, 55, plead guilty to the 1991 kidnapping of 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard. The Garridos held Dugard captive at their Northern California property for 18 […]
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admin wrote a new post, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Injured In Shooting Rampage 11 years, 11 months ago
On this day in 2011, Gabrielle Giffords, a U.S. congresswoman from Arizona, is critically injured when a man goes on a shooting spree during a constituents meeting held by the congresswoman outside a Tucson-area […]
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admin wrote a new post, Legendary New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Dies 12 years, 5 months ago
On this day in 2010, George Steinbrenner, the larger-than-life, longtime owner of the New York Yankees, who re-established the team as one of baseball’s most successful franchises, dies of a heart attack at age 8 […]
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