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My ribs ache from being kicked awake.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1909 The SOS distress signal was first used by an American ship, the Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
1934 The first federal prisoners arrived at the island prison Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.
1954 A formal peace took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and the Communist Vietminh.
1956 Abstract artist Jackson Pollock died in an automobile accident in East Hampton, N.Y., at age 44.
On Aug. 11, 1965, rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles. In the week that followed, 34 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.
1984 President Ronald Reagan joked during a voice test for a paid political radio address that he had ''signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.''
1992 The Mall of America, the biggest shopping mall in the country, opened in Bloomington, Minn.
1993 President Bill Clinton named Army Gen. John Shalikashvili chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding Gen. Colin Powell.
1997 President Bill Clinton made the first use of the line-item veto approved by Congress, rejecting three items in spending and tax bills.
1998 British Petroleum purchased Amoco for $49 billion in the biggest foreign takeover of a U.S. company.
2000 Pat Buchanan won the Reform Party presidential nomination in a victory bitterly disputed by party founder Ross Perot's supporters, who chose their own nominee in a rival convention.
2002 US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2003 NATO took command of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2003 Charles Taylor resigned as Liberia's president and went into exile in Nigeria.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell (patron saint of Porn) turns 72 years old today.
80 Mike Douglas
Former TV talk show host
62 Jim Kale
Rock musician (Winnipeg's own the "Guess Who")
52 Hulk Hogan
Wrestler-actor
51 Joe Jackson
Singer
38 Joe Rogan
Actor-host (''Fear Factor'')
37 Charlie Sexton
Rock guitarist
Hey hey, have a nice day..... Now I'm off to check my 6/49 tickets... :D
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