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Good morning, folks.

Buy real silver before the massive run up.

I have a bunch to sell

Morning! Visiting family in Louisiana, getting ready to workout, can't lose thise gains. Plus those Italian Christmas dinners are big.

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Can you post us the run down of "today in history"?

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I hope this will suffice.


Today in History: December 22


401 St. Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1216 Pope Honorius III delegates decree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"

1775 Continental Navy is organized with 7 ships; Esek Hopkins is appointed the first commander

1790 Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92)

1894 Amateur Golf Association of the United States is formed in New York City, renamed soon afterwards to the United States Golf Association

1917 In the NHL's first official week of play, 3 players score hat tricks in the same game, for the same team; Corb Denneny, Reg Noble, & Harry Meeking each score 3 for the Toronto Arenas in an 11-4 win over the Ottawa Senators

1937 Lincoln Tunnel, under the Hudson River, opens to traffic, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey to Midtown Manhattan, New York City

1939 Finnish counter offensive at Petsamo

1944 Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium

1975 US President Gerald Ford signs the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) - establishes National Petroleum Reserve

2001 Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.

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