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#On This Day – D-Day Special

7, 8, 2019 - #OnThisDay 7 August 1782 George Washington, commander-in-chief created the Purple Heart medal .... Read More

#On This Day – Graffiti

2, 8, 2019 - #OnThisDay  Coming of age comedy American Graffiti premiered on the 2nd August 1973. But, did .... Read More

#On This Day – Pockets

1, 8, 2019 - #OnThisDay Herman Melville, American author of Moby-Dick, was born on August 1st, 1819. .... Read More

#On This Day – The Mirror

31, 7, 2019 - #BornOnThisDay #HappyBirthdayHarryPotter Harry James Potter, J. K. Rowling’s fictional .... Read More

#On This Day – The Study

30, 7, 2019 - 30th July is #PaperbackBookDay Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote many of his Sherlock Holmes .... Read More

#On This Day – The Ring

29, 7, 2019 - #OnThisDay On the 29th July 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring was first .... Read More

#On This Day – The Scar

25, 7, 2019 - #OnThisDay On the 25th July 1797, James Farquhar, ship’s surgeon, wrote the following in .... Read More

#On This Day – Windows

24, 7, 2019 - #OnThisDay On the 24th July 1851 window tax was repealed in England. First introduced under .... Read More

#On This Day – The Model T

23, 7, 2019 - #OnThisDay On the 23rd July 1903 Ford motor company sold the first Model T. Completed at the .... Read More

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