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Happy birthday, President Carter. In a long public life, there are plenty of pictures. This one's my favorite. Carter's graduation from the Naval Academy in 1946. Rosalyn on the left of the picture, his mother Lillian on the right. Picture from the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.
08:48 PM - Oct 01, 2023
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I had $ 5 in my piggy bank, I bet the entire amount on Billie Jean King with my dad. Dad told my mother it would "teach me a lesson." He would not pay up after the match. Instead he brought me a malt at the local ice cream store instead, and I still remember the price - 79 cents. #OTD 50 years ago.
02:38 PM - Sep 20, 2023
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#OTD in 1945 - "The thoughts and hopes of all America—indeed of all the civilized world—are centered tonight on the battleship Missouri. There on that small piece of American soil anchored in Tokyo Harbor the Japanese have just officially laid down their arms." - President Harry Truman.
10:41 AM - Sep 02, 2023
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the front page of today's "The Daily Tar Heel."
12:48 PM - Aug 30, 2023
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OTD in 1945 - Branch Rickey, general manager of the Dodgers met with Jackie Robinson to discuss breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. According to Rickey, he kept asking over and over again "Can you do it?"
07:42 AM - Aug 28, 2023
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OTD 45 years ago, Devo released their debut album.
07:40 AM - Aug 28, 2023
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#OTD in 1985, fellow #Hoosier Ryan White attended classes via telephone, he was 14 at the time. White was forbidden from attending school because of a recent diagnosis of #HIV .
11:17 AM - Aug 26, 2023
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from my new home state of #Michigan . #vaccination rates for children are at their lowest level since 2011. https://ivaccinate.org/mic...
02:37 PM - Aug 20, 2023
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My daughter and me at freshman orientation at Butler University, #OTD in 2017.
11:59 AM - Aug 19, 2023
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"I need the help of every American—Republican, Democrat or Independent—Jew, Catholic, or Protestant—people of every color, creed and race." #OTD in 1940 #Hoosier Wendell Willkie accepted the Republican nomination in his hometown of Elwood IN.
08:08 AM - Aug 18, 2023
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from the social media accounts of #Hoosier author John Green, several school boards in #Indiana are trying to ban his books.
04:19 PM - Aug 10, 2023
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“I envisage a world which is almost impossible to imagine in this country. A world in which race would count for nothing.” James Baldwin, born #OTD in 1924. Picture from the social media posts by Ray Boomhower.
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born #OTD in 1920, Henrietta Lacks.
11:31 AM - Aug 01, 2023
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#OTD 75 years ago, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981 which desegregated the armed forces of the United States.
08:57 AM - Jul 26, 2023
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#catsofspoutible lazy weekend edition.
10:35 AM - Jul 23, 2023
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#OTD in 1962, Jackie Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Shown here with Branch Rickey and Rachel Robinson.
09:11 AM - Jul 23, 2023
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"Maybe I am not very human--what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house."
Edward Hopper, born on this day in 1882. From the social media accounts of Ray Boomhower, senior editor at the #Indiana Historical Society Press
03:40 PM - Jul 22, 2023
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born #OTD in 1922, Rachel Robinson. Shown her with her husband at Ebbets Field. I think this was taken at the end of the 1947 season.
12:58 PM - Jul 19, 2023
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"In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?"

Woody Guthrie, born #OTD in 1912.
08:39 AM - Jul 14, 2023
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#OTD in 1987.
09:35 AM - Jul 13, 2023
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This month is the 70th anniversary of "Duck Dodgers" - https://cartoonresearch.co...
08:33 PM - Jul 12, 2023
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I will be joining the Board of Directors of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases with Drs. Brooks and Munoz. https://www.nfid.org/nfid-...
08:20 PM - Jul 11, 2023
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For four weeks in July 1984, the number one album in the USA was #Springsteen 's "Born in the USA."
08:22 PM - Jul 10, 2023
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#OTD in 1956, Dick Clark started his long run as host of "American Bandstand."
07:37 AM - Jul 09, 2023
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July 3, 1981, on page A20 of the Times - and I just went to a #PRIDE month screening of "The Normal Heart" where this article is mentioned. Thanks to Rebecca Makkai for posting this to her SM. #MedSpoutible -
06:05 PM - Jul 04, 2023
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"On July 3, 1947, Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck purchases the contract of outfielder Larry Doby from the Newark Eagles of the Negro American League. Doby will play in his first game two days later, becoming the first African-American player in American League history."
03:18 PM - Jul 03, 2023
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In case you are missing the drama today. #GoodbyeTwitter .
03:56 PM - Jul 01, 2023
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speaking of baseball, this was in my Facebook memories today. My daughter commented "Dad you are the guy in the white shirt."
02:40 PM - Jun 29, 2023
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#OTD in 1905 Archibald "Moonlight" Graham made his only major league appearance for the New York Giants. His real life story is portrayed in the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams" by Burt Lancaster in his final film role.
02:25 PM - Jun 29, 2023
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Happy 97th birthday to Mel Brooks, and congrats on the honorary Oscar as well.
08:29 AM - Jun 28, 2023
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