News Thats Used

Wednesday June 6, 2007

Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski lost consciousness in 1988 after being struck by a train. He suffered horrific injuries when his head was trapped between two carriages. He didn't come out of his coma until Sunday June 3, 2007 when he opened his eyes to see his devoted wife Gertruda's face looking at him. She cared for him all through his coma. Mr. Grzebski was given only about two years to live ...

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Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

Quips

Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

Filed Under: Church Notices

Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

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Fun Book Titles

My Years in a Lunatic Asylum
- by I. M. Nutty

Peek-a-Boo!
- by I. C. Hugh

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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Good Question

Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

How long will a floating point operation float?

Why does an inspiring sight like a sunrise always have to take place at such an inconvenient time?

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World Firsts

John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.

Tuesday February 8, 1898

Filed Under: → Business & Industry

1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

Filed Under: → Politics

The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

Friday February 7, 1964

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Events

The man known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' died after his chest was punctured by a stingray barb while diving off Australia's northeast coast. The 44 year-old colourful personality was filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef when tragedy struck.

According to friend and colleague, John Stainton, Steve Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.

Monday September 4, 2006

Filed Under: → Deaths

Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics, "I was born. I lived. I died.", and instructs people to "Wait the appropriate amount of time" before trying to claim her stuff.

They wrote it in Jean Oddi's perspective, recapping the people important to her, adventures she had and her favorite activities, including playing cards and teaching her granddaughter "dirty songs".

Thursday February 23, 2017

Filed Under: → Deaths

A father and son in Alabama were killed when they crashed into each other in a head-on collision. Jeffrey Morris Brasher and his son Austin Blaine Brasher of Bankston, Alabama, died early Saturday morning.

Jeffrey Brasher was driving a 2006 Ford pickup and his son was driving a 2004 Chevrolet truck when they collided on a highway head-on, said Alabama State Trooper Jonathon Appling.

Saturday February 18, 2017

Filed Under: → Deaths