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FakeNoose

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Fri Oct 20, 2017, 09:37 AM Oct 2017

October 20, 2017 - Today in history

1803
The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

1967
A jury in Meridian, Miss., convicted seven men of violating
the civil rights of slain civil rights workers James Chaney,
Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. The seven received
prison terms ranging from three to 10 years.

1982
Carnegie Mellon University concluded an agreement
with IBM to become an experimental computer center with
more than 20,000 PCs.

2011
Moammar Gadhafi, 69, Libya’s dictator for 42 years,
was killed as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown
of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance
two months after his regime fell.

Today’s birthdays:
Japan’s Empress Michiko, 83. Actor William “Rusty” Russ, 67. Actress Melanie Mayron, 65. Retired MLB All-Star Keith Hernandez, 64. Actor Viggo Mortensen, 59. Actor Kenneth Choi, 46. Rapper Snoop Dogg, 46. Singer Dannii Minogue, 46. Actor John Krasinski, 38. Actress Katie Featherston, 35. Actress Jennifer Nicole Freeman, 32.

Thought for today:
“Everybody’s private motto: It’s better to be popular than right.”
— Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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