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Title: This Day in History


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This Day in History
  • October 3, 2006

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The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way.
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Fact of the Day
  • Dogs have lived with people for more than 12,000
    years and may have first gravitated toward people
    for food and warmth. People of ancient Egypt and
    western Asia were the first to breed distinct
    types of dogs for different purposes. According
    to the Am. Kennel Club, dog breeds are classified
    into the following groups

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  • 1. Sporting
  • 2. Hound
  • 3. Working
  • 4. Terrier
  • 5. Toy
  • 6. Non-sporting
  • 7. Herding
  • 8. Miscellaneous

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  • There are about 200 breeds. All are descended
    from the wolf and have wolf-like instincts. The
    average dog can run 19 mph. The oldest American
    dog breed is the American Foxhound, dating back
    to 1650.

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EVENTS Taj Mahal 1678
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TAJ MAHAL
  • Finished on this day after 22 years
  • Took 22 years to build
  • 22,000 workers
  • Build as a mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, favorite
    wife of Emperor Shah Jahan, a Muslim Mughal
  • Built it as a monument to his love for Mumtaz

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1863
  • Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in
    November to be Thanksgiving.

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1931Dick Tracy Comic First Appears
  • Despite a natural talent for police work, Dick
    Tracy didn't always dream of being a detective.
    The good-looking, 34-year-old bachelor intended
    to be a family man. Then, he witnessed the murder
    of his fiancé's father by Big Boy, a local
    mobster. Tracy felt compelled to avenge the
    killing and nine days later he joined the
    plainclothes unit of a big-city police force as a
    detective, his new life mission would then be to
    capture the notorious villain, a decision that
    would sidetrack his marriage to Tess Trueheart
    for nearly 20 years.

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1932
  • Admission of Iraq into the League of Nations as
    an independent country
  • Prior to 1932 it had been a mandate of
  • Britain.

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1989
  • Art Schell became the first Aftican-American to
    coach a professional football team, the Los
    Angeles Raiders

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1990
  • East and West Germany became a united and
    sovereign state

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Birthday 1941
  • Chubbie Checker king of the Twist
  • Songs included the Twist, Lets Twist Again.
  • Still alive and perform-ing.
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