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"Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride, married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms." -- poet #MaryOliver, born OTD in Maple Heights, OH (1935-2019). R.I.P.

Today in 2008, engineers turned on the #LargeHadronCollider, the centerpiece of the "European Organization for Nuclear Research" and its mission is to study the building blocks of matter. Contrary to the concerns of some, the Earth didn't implode or get sucked into a black hole.

Today in 1919, New Yorkers welcomed 25,000 soldiers home from the battlefields of Europe nearly a year after #WW1's end with a gigantic victory parade down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing led his 1st Infantry Division troops past the grateful throngs.

Nothing at stake in tonight's presidential debate...Just American democracy, and maybe Western Civilization...

"Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside." – short-story writer #OHenry, born William Sydney Porter in Greensboro, NC (1862-1910). His works include "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief." RIP

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Four passenger jets were hijacked OTD in 2001 in a terrorist suicide plot, with two planes slamming into NYC's #WorldTradeCenter twin towers, one hitting the #Pentagon, and another crashing in Pennsylvania. The death toll from the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil reached 2977.

His presidential palace bombed by his own air force, the world's first democratically elected Marxist head of state, #SalvadorAllende, died OTD in 1973 as a military coup ousted him from power in #Chile. The South American nation then fell under the rule of Augusto Pinochet. #CIA

Today in 1792, looters took advantage of the French Revolution's chaos by breaking into the Royal Storehouse and nabbing the Crown Jewels, among them a diamond of enormous size. The #FrenchBlue vanished for 20 years before one recut piece surfaced in London as the #HopeDiamond.

Trump signs American flag, violates flag code on 9/11

Today in 1940, Marcel Ravidat, 18, found an entrance into a series of caves beneath the fields of Dordogne, France, and came back with 3 friends to explore the subterranean world. There they gazed upon the #LascauxCavePaintings that experts later dated to over 17,000 years old.

"The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth." – satirist, cultural critic & scholar of American English Henry Louis #HLMencken, born OTD in Baltimore, MD (1880-1956).

MAGAts are never ones to let the facts get in the way of a good story! #JulietteLewis

Today in 490 BC, the Athenians & their Plataean allies defeated the 1st Persian invasion force of Greece at the #BattleofMarathon. Legend has it that a Greek warrior named #Pheidippides ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory, then dropped dead of exhaustion.

A bomb threat today rattled #SpringfieldOhio, the town targeted by Pet-Eating Conspiracies. Someone claiming to be a resident called in the threat in a bid to express frustration over an influx of Haitian immigrants to the area. The good news is that the city's pets are all safe.

Today in 1857-during the #Panicof1857-the #SSCentralAmerica sank about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.

Today in 1846-the lauded poet #ElizabethBarrett joined her beau, the up-and-coming poet #RobertBrowning, to marry in secret at a London church. They then moved to Italy, cultivated a circle of literary friends, had a son, and crafted words for the ages.

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏♥️ To make it worth sharing, here's a Short Eared Owl approaching!😍🦉 Thank you very much!😊🐦