BACK IN THE DAY

12/14/2011

 
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Back in the Day: 1809: Dr. Ephraim McDowell performed the first ovariotomy, removing a 22 pound tumor. || It went on to do a reality show.

 

BACK IN THE DAY

12/07/2011

 
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Back in the Day: 1917: World War I: U.S. declares war on Austria-Hungary. || We beat Austria. Hunger still a problem. #whyweneedadollarmenu

 

BACK IN THE DAY

11/15/2011

 
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Today in 1851 "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published || Teaching future generations of high school students to hate whales.

Today in 1986 SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky || Bernie Madoff see’s his window.


 

BACK IN THE DAY

11/01/2011

 
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1956 Brooklyn, NY, ends streetcar service. || But desire kept right on rolling. #TheKindnessofStrangers #TenesseeWilliams

 
 
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Back in the Day Today: 1931 Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion || If only he'd had Turbo Tax. 

 

BACK IN THE DAY

10/17/2011

 
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Back in the Day: 1859 John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, VA || aka Occupy Harper's Ferry. #historyrepeatsitself