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- March 21st - 1980 The United States announced the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1937 A police squad, acting under orders from Governor of Puerto Rico Blanton Winship, opened fire on demonstrators protesting the arrest of Puerto Rican Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, killing 17 and injuring over 200 others. 1804 The Napoleonic code, the French civil code established under Napoleon, entered into force, eventually strongly influencing the law of many other countries. 1800 After being elected as a compromise candidate after several months of stalemate, Pius VII was crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché. 1556 Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer , one of the founders of Anglicanism, was burnt at the stake in Oxford, England for heresy.
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"Be as kind to yourself as you are willing to be to others." - anon "Fear is that little darkroom in your head where negatives are developed." - anon "The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do." -Walter Bagehot "A mind is like a canvas: the more open your mind, the more colors you can use." -Ehren Goossens "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr. Come back tomorrow for more Quotables.
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Nostalgia: it just isn't what it used to be. Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it? Isn't Disney World basically a people trap, operated by a mouse? A sweet little boy decided to surprise his grandmother one morning by bringing her a cup of coffee. He made it himself and was so proud. He watched happily as she drank it. The grandmother had never in her life had such a bad cup of coffee, but she couldn't disappoint the child, so she finished it. As she forced down the last sip, she noticed three of those little green army guys in the bottom of the cup. She asked, "Honey, why would three little green army guys be in the bottom of my cup?" Her grandson replied, "You know, Grandma! It's like on TV, 'The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup.'" Come back tomorrow for more of The Daily Laugh!
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