Festival of Hidden Palindromes

Born this date:

1883 Eubie Blake

And in case you've been in a coma the past two weeks:

Event o' the Day

Bring it ON!

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Born this date: 1911 Ronald Reagan










On this date:

1951 Radio commentator Paul Harvey

arrested for trying to sneak into the

Argonne National Laboratory

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On this date:

1861 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented

(and I thought
it had to do with
chickens.)










Quote o' the day:


"When I was a boy I was told that anybody
could become President;
I'm beginning to believe it."

Clarence Darrow

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25 days to

Whuppity Scoorie!





Born: 1913 Woody Hayes '

"Three yards in a cloud o' dust"







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R.I.P. 1976 Edward Benjamin Britten

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Born this date:

1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd











1959 "The Day the Music Died"











Quote o' the Day:

"As long as people will accept crap,
it will be financially profitable to dispense it."

Dick Cavett

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Born this date: 1905 Ayn Rand

"Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.










R.I.P. 1969 Boris Karloff









On this date (1925)


Norwegian immigrant Gunnar Kaasen was the musher on the dog team that successfully delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925. Lead dog for that final leg of the 600-mile trip was the indomitable Balto.

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Born this date: 1942 Terry Jones













On this date:
1650 Rene Descartes (stopped thinking)










Quote o' the Day:

"I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally."

W. C. Fields

28 Days to Whuppity Scoorie OOO-Rah.

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