I am sorry to say that I don’t have a lot to say about today, but I will give it the old college try.
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On this date in 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
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On this day in 1943 the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, imprisoned and ultimately martyred by the Nazis, wrote in a letter: ‘A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes…and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.’ Something to think about I suppose as Advent rapidly approaches on November 30th.
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On this date in 1977 the Concorde Jet first flew from Paris to New York. I kinda miss the old bird myself.
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Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical,” single goes #1 & stays there for 10 weeks on this day in 1981. Words Fail Me.
