SNIP-ITS Version 1.0 Copyright (C) 1997 Backwoods Entertainment

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Life's most persistent and urgent question is:
What are you doing for others?
		Martin Luther King, Jr.
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0002
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For every criticism you make of someone's 
job performance, make sure you give the 
person four compliments.
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0003
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Before you criticise someone's job performance, 
make sure you can do the job better, because 
you may end up doing it.
			Joseph H. Atkisson
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0004
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If you hear a voice within you saying "You are 
no painter", then by all means paint...and that 
voice will be silenced.
			Vincent Van Gogh
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0005
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During the devastating earthquakes in Kobe, Japan, an American 
newscaster did a short piece on a Japanese woman who setup a 
makeshift store out of boxes selling flashlights and batteries.

  When the commentator asked why she wasn't selling these essential 
items for more than the regular price, the woman answered, "Why would 
I want to profit from someone else's suffering?"
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0006
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Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute.
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0007
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Be the change you want to see in the world.
				Gandhi
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0008
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The only place you find success before work is in the dictionary.
						Mary V. Smith
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0009
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THE PATIENCE PRAYER
God grant me patience
...and I want it right now!
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0010
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Things work out best for those who make the 
best of the way things work out.
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0011
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. 
The secret of getting started is breaking your 
complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable 
tasks, and then starting on the first one.
				Mark Twain
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0012
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Great dancers are not great because of their 
technique; they are great because of their 
passion.		Martha Graham
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0013
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Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to 
make yourself to do the thing you have to do when it ought to be done 
whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be 
learned and however early a person's training begins, it is probably 
the last lesson a person learns thoroughly.
						Thomas Huxley
						British Biologist
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0014
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Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who 
put them into action are priceless.
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0015
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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
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0016
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Nuns only have good habits.
		Joseph H. Atkisson
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0017
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If you have a penny and I have a penny and we exchange pennies, you 
still have one cent ond I still have one cent.

But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, 
you now have two ideas and I now have two ideas.
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0018
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I'm only attending school until it becomes available on CD-ROM.
					Anonymous Sixth Grader
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0019
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After a concert, a fan rushed up to famed violinist 
Frietz Kreisler and gushed: "I'd give my whole life to 
play as beautifully as you do." Kreisler replied, "I did."
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0020
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See everything. 
Overlook a great deal.
Improve a little.
	Pope John XXIII
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0021
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The will to win is not as nearly as important 
as the will to prepare to win.
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0022
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Shoot for the moon...even if 
you miss you'll be among the stars.
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0023
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Good enough never is.
		Debbi Field
Founder Mrs. Field's Cookies
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0024
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Those who can't laugh at themselves 
leave the job to others.
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0025
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The way I see it, if you want the 
rainbow, you gotta put up with the 
rain.
		Dolly Parton
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0026
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Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but 
what you want is someone who will take the bus with 
you when the limo breaks down.
					Oprah Winfrey
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0027
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Success is 99 percent failure.
		Soichiro Honda
Founder Honda Motor Corporation
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0028
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Kansas enacted a constitutional ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages 
in 1880 and remained dry until 1948.
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0029
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Prohibition began nationally in 1920, a year after states ratified the 
amendment to the U.S Constitution. The amendment was repealed in 1933.
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0030
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"The man who thinks only of his own generation is born for few."
						Seneca
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0031
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On July 26, 1895, a tornado in Dunkerton, Iowa, carried two colts 
1,000 feet high before they fell to there deaths.
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0032
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On July 26, 1775, Benjamin Franklin became the first American 
postmaster general.
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0033
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On July 26, 1945, Winston Churchill resigned as Great Britain's 
Prime Minister.
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0034
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On July 26, 1958, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed her son, Charles, 
to be Prince of Wales.
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0035
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500 cancelled stamps purchased in a store by Jeff Graubart in Rockville 
maryland included one on an envelope addressed to his own father at his 
family's former home in Glenview, Illinois.
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0036
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Marble Medallions with strange profiles on them were hung in the entrance 
halls of Roman homes to distract the Evil Eye of unfriendly visitors.
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0037
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Mrs. Alice R. Arnold of Orlando, Florida., regulary ate a cucumber 
sandwich and drank a glass of beer before going to bed - and lived 
to be 105!
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0038
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The Canada Goose uses 12,000 muscles to move its feathers.
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0039
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Giant Starfish found off the Pacific coast measure as much as 
2 1/2 feet in diameter.
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0040
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A watch made in Germany in 1850 was inside a silver coin.
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0041
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Irish Stew is a German dish.
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0042
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A lady's wrist watch was found by mrs. Jean Last in a
sealed can of pears, in Hollesley, England March 1959.
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0043
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On August 4, 1892 Lizzie Borden was arrested for the hatchet 
murders of her parents.
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0044
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On August 4, 1922, every telephone in the United States and Canada 
was shut down in commemoration of the death of Alexander Graham Bell.
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0045
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On August 4, 1992, the Los Angeles police officers accused of beating 
motorist Rodney King were indicted.
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0046
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Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
		Percy Bysshe Shelly
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0047
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On August 4, 1930, temperatures in Moorefield, W.Va., reached an 
all-time high of 112 degrees.
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0048
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The average big-screen movie costs $40 million to produce. Studios 
spend another $20 million for advertising.
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0049
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On July 25, 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was the first person to be named 
General of the U.S. Army.
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0050
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On July 25, 1871, William Schneider of Davenport, Iowa, 
invented the merry-go-round.
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0051
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On July 25, 1984 Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the 
first woman to walk in space.
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0052
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On July 25, 1986, hail up to 1-1/14 inches in diameter fell for 
85 minutes near Miller and Huron, S.D.
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0053
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On July 3, 1863, after three days of fighting, Union soldiers won 
the Battle of Gettysburg.
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0054
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On July 3, 1940, Abbott and Costello made their radio debut on NBC.
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0055
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On July 3, 1971 Jim Morrison, 27, of the band the DOORS, died of a 
heart attack while in the bathtub of his Paris home.
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0056
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Actor Tom Cruise was born July 3, 1962
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0057
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It is proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the 
simplest way.
					Ralph Waldo Emerson
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0058
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On July 3, 1992, 18-foot waves caused significant property damage 
at Daytona Beach, Fla.
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0059
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On July 11, 1864, Washington, D.C., was invaded by Jubal Early's 
Confederate troops.
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0060
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On July 11, 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that he was available 
for an unprecedented fourth term of presidency.
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0061
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On July 11, 1977, the Medal of Freedom was posthumously awarded to 
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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0062
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Actor Yul Brynner was born July 11, 1920, died 1985.
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0063
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Actor Tab Hunter was born July 11, 1931.
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0064
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Singer Debbie Harry, originally with the group Blondie 
was born July 11, 1945.
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0065
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Singer Bonnie Pointer was born July 11, 1951.
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0066
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Actress Sela Ward was born July 11, 1956.
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0067
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An unhatched egg is to me the greatest challenge in life.
					E.B. White
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0068
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On July 11, 1987, thunderstorm winds leveled a barn in Wisconsin, 
killing 44 head of cattle.
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0069
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On February 2, 1959 Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the big Bopper 
made there final appearances at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. 
All three were killed in a plane crash the next day. At the performance Buddy Holly played drums for Ritchie Valens & the Big Bopper.
The admission price that night was $1.25.
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0070
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Stu Sutcliffe was a member of the original Beatles band in Liverpool 
& Hamburg, where he died after suffering a head concussion. Sutcliffe 
was potrayed in the 1979 TV movie Birth of the Beatles by David 
Wilkinson.
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0071
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The theme song of the TV show Match Game was "A Swinging Safari". 
The song had been a 1962 hit for Billy Vaughn.
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0072
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Strawberry Springs was a small town where Bill Haley and the Comets 
were discovered playing at the town hall, in the 1956 movie "Rock 
Around the Clock".
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0073
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The nickname of singer Nelson Eddy was "The Singing Capon".
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0074
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The singer of the "Charlie" perfume TV commercials was Bobby Short.
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0075
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The flashy rock 'n' roll band KISS started in the 1970s. Its members are: 
Gene Simmons, Bass player, he was born Gene Klein on August 25, 1947; 
Peter Criss, Drums, he was born Peter Crisscoula on December 20, 1947; 
he was replaced in 1980 by Eric Carr; who later died and was replaced by 
Eric Singer; Ace Frehley, lead Guitar, was Born Paul Frehley on April 27, 
1955, he was replaced in the 1980s by Bruce Kulick. Paul Stanley Rhythm 
Guitar, was born Stanley Eisen on January 20, 1950. Rumors were that KISS 
stands for Knights in the Service of Satan.
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0076
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The nickname of folk singer "Leadbelly" ( Hubbie Leadbetter) was 
King of the Twelve-String Guitar.
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0077
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On July 18, 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
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0078
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On July 18, 1953, Elvis Presley made his first recording, "My Happiness," 
as a gift for his mother.
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0079
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On July 18, 1969, Ted Kennedy drove a car off a bridge in Chappaquiddick, 
Mass., causing the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
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0080
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Comedian Red Skelton was born July 18, 1913.
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0081
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Actor Hume Cronyn was born July 18, 1911.
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0082
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South African leader Nelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918.
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0083
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Astronaut John Gleen Jr. was born July 18, 1921
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0084
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Bravery never goes out of fashion. - William Makepeace Thackeray
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0085
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On July 18, 1991, a lightning bolt from a cloud five miles away 
killed a baseball player in Winnetka, Ill.
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0086
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GOLIATH OF GOTH (C.1060 B.C.)was a Philistine giant killed by 
David with a sling. The Bible puts his height at "six cubits 
and a span" (9 ft. 6 1/2 in.), but some early historians claim 
he was only 6 ft. 10 in.
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JAN VAN ALBERT (C.1920) was a Dutch giant, 9 ft. 5 in., whose photograph
appeared in The New York Times in June, 1920.
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MACHNOW (C. 1905)was a Russian giant, 9 ft. 3 in., who appeared at the 
London Hippodrome in 1905.
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JOHN MIDDLETON (C.1610) was a giant in the reign of England's James I. 
He is said to have measured 9 ft. 3 in.
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ROBERT PERSHING WALDLOW (1919-1940)was an American giant born 
in Alton, Ill., who at 8 ft. 11.1 in., attained the greatest 
scientifically verified height for a human being.
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JOHN F. CARROLL (1932-1969)was born in Buffalo, N.Y., 
Carrol measured 8 ft. 7 3/4 in.
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GAIUS JULIUS MAXIMINUS (173-238)was a Thracian of unusual size and 
strength who was emperor of Rome (235-238). He is reputed to have 
been 8 ft. 6 in. in height.
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JAMES TOLLER (1795-1819)was born on August 28, 1795, James Toller, 
Known as "the young english giant," he stood 8 ft. 1 1/2 in. at age 
18 and is reported to have been 8 ft. 6 in. when he died. He was 
exhibited in London in 1815-1816 and was presented at court to the 
czar of Russia and the king of Prussia.
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JOHN WILLIAM ROGAN (1871-1905) was born in Gallitin, Tenn., 
he measured 8 ft. 6 in.
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CHARLEMAGNE (742-814) King of the Franks and founder of the Holy 
Roman Empire, Charlemagne is said to have been 8 ft. tall.
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JANE BUNFORD (1895-1922)was born at Bartley Green, England, Jane Bunford 
stood 7 ft. 7 in., though she would have measured 7 ft. 11 in. had it not 
been for a curvature in her spine. She attained the greatest scientifically 
verified height for a woman, and she grew her hair to a record length of 
8 ft.
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ANNA SWAN (C.1865) a Nova Scotian giantess 7 ft. 5 1/2 in. in height who 
became a member of P.T. Barnum's Museum at age 17. She nearly burned to 
death in 1865 when the museum caught fire and rescue attempts were hampered
because of her size. She was at last lifted to saftey by means of a tackle 
and derrick. Anna Swan was presented to Queen Victoria in 1869, and later 
married Capt. Martin Van Buren Bates, a Kentucky giant approximately 
7 ft. 2 1/2 in.
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THE FAIRY QUEEN (C.1850) a young dwarf exhibited in London who reputedly 
measured 1 ft. 4 in. and weighed 4 lbs. Her feet were said to be 2 in. long.
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LUCIA ZARATE (1863-1889) the shorter of two sisters who formed a circus act,
"the Mexican Midgets," Lucia measured 1 ft. 8 in. She weighed 4.7 lbs at 
age 17.
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CAROLINE CRACHAMI (1814-1824) was born in Sicily, Caroline Crachami, at 
1 ft. 8.2 in., was the shortest human of whom there is accurate record. 
She was taken to london at the age of 9 and, under the guardianship of 
a man named Gilligan, was publicly exhibited until her death a year later 
in June,1824. Much to the horror of her father, Gilligan disappeared with 
her body, hoping to sell it at a high price for anatomical research. He 
eventually left it in the care of Sir Everard Home, who agreed to present 
it to the Royal College of Surgeons. Her father learned of Caroline's 
whereabouts too late to stop the dissection of her body.
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