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    1789 -- The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to the Department of State.

    1821 – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador gain independence.

    1835 – Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands.

    1917 – Alexander Kerensky proclaimed Russia a republic.

    1935 – The Nuremberg Laws deprived Jews of their citizenship and made the Swastika the official emblem of Nazi Germany.

    1963 -- A church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, killed four young black girls.

    1989 -- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Penn Warren, the first poet laureate of the United States, died.

    2004 – The National Hockey League lockout began. The 2004-2005 season would ultimately be canceled.

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    There was a slight—very slight—chill in the air this morning and it seemed pretty dry after a weekend of rain. September is still summer in Texas (as is October and most of November), but every now and then you get these little hints of fall. And this morning, that's just what I got. And that's all I have to hang on to, because we don't really get a fall in Texas. It's too bad because fall is my favorite season.

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    The pizza delivery service called back making sure my order for a pizza with double anchovies wasn't a prank phone call...

     

     

    Lol. :)

     

     

    This morning I woke up to the cruelest of cruel ironies. My radio alarm woke me up and the song on the radio at the moment was "Get Drunk and be Somebody" by Toby Keith. For those of you not familiar with the song, it's about finally getting off of work on Friday and celebrating the weekend. Guys. It was 6:00 AM on a Monday morning. Just what I needed. B)

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    1814 – Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner.

    1901 – President McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.

    1927 -- Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France.

    1940 -- Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.

    1959 -- The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the Moon when it crashed onto the lunar surface.

    1982 – Princess Grace of Monaco died from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.

    1994 -- Acting commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the 1994 baseball season on the 34th day of a strike by players.