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Today in History: 9 July

1536 – French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo, France from his exploration of what is now Canada

1745 – French ships carrying Bonnie Prince Charlie to Scotland, the Du Teillay and the Elizabeth, battle HMS Lion, eventually escaping with 107 killed on both sides

1776 – US Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington’s troops in New York

1807 – Second Treaty of Tilsit signed by France, Russia, and Prussia

1815 – King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France

1877 – First ever Wimbledon tennis championship begins – first official lawn tennis tournament – men’s singles only

1893 – Surgeon Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open-heart surgery when he repairs the torn pericardium of knife wound patient James Cornish, without the use of penicillin or blood transfusion

1914 – Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth’s contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles

1933 – Philadelphia based NFL team Frankford Yellow Jackets sold; rebranded Philadelphia Eagles

1947 – Engagement of Britain’s Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Phillip Mountbatten

1951 – US President Harry Truman asks Congress to formally end state of war with Germany

1956 – Dick Clark’s 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand

1979 – Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter

1981 – Nintendo release arcade game “Donkey Kong” created by Shigeru Miyamoto in Japan

1992 – Space Shuttle STS 50 (Columbia 13) lands

1994 – Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-18 lands after successful trip to Mir spacestation

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1819 – Elias Howe, American inventor

1934 – Michael Graves, American postmodernist architect and designer

1943 – John H. Casper, USAF and astronaut

1947 – O.J. Simpson, American football player

1956 – Tom Hanks, American actor

1959 – Kevin Nash, American pro wrestler

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1850 – Zachary Taylor, 12th US President and major general

1856 – Amedeo Avogadro, Italian scientist

1932 – King C. Gilette, American businessman and inventor

2019 – Rip Torn, American actor, voice artist, and comedian

The Funnies:

Quote of the Day

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YouTube Song of the Day

Comic of the Day

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Inspirobot Sometimes Controversial Inspirational Quote of the Day:

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In case you missed it, you can find yesterday’s inspired Spark by @steve6343 over here….

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We have two American men in the QFs since 2000!

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I read all of the lines in that inspirobot, and some are ridiculous, some are inspiring, some are just plain rude, but my favorite was “You can’t worry about brains.”

Good lesson from the Wizard of Oz, passed on through inspirobot. :slight_smile:

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Agree with Z. That collection pretty much sums up the full breadth of the “wisdom” from Inspirobot.

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The way some people speak, you would think this is where the NHS is today

Spicyness added @VikingMichael

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Needs more bass!

1964: Courtney Love - American musician and actress
1856: Nikola Tesla - Serbian-American inventor

1962: Bob Dylan records “Blowin’ In The Wind”

@HulkSmash @panda-marie @lamocon @jameswalker20 @shreddie @jemjules @cooperjs1 @ismoonastar @ich-ni-san @agentofpork

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Love the SoTD. No better acapella group than Home Free, even though there were instruments in this recording.

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Need more cowbell!

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I kind of like, “Allow yourself to be someone from the future.”

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Quote of the Day is accurate, very accurate!

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STEAL YOUR IDEAS FROM CRIMINALS
YOU HAVE TO BLAME A CLOWN
THERE’S NO EXCUSE FOR BEING UNHEALTHY
YOU DID NOT WAKE UP TODAY TO TRY TO BE MISCHIEVOUS
NOBODY EXPECTS YOU TO ASPIRE TO BECOME A LOSER
YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO TRY TO BE UNTRUSTWORTHY
COPY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
IT’S UP TO YOU TO REMIND YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
TRY TO DE LIKE A CYBORG
YOU CANNOT SPREAD RUMOURS ABOUT A ROBOT
CHOOSE NOT TO REIMAGINE THE MEN IN THE SHADOWS
NEVER ACT LIKE A DECEIVER
HAVE FAITH IN A SHADOW PERSON
TRY TO COURT A FUNNY INDIVIDUAL
LOOK FOR YOUR SUBORDINATES
LET YOURSELF BE A POWERFUL PERSON
ALWAYS UNDERSTAND SELF-MEDICATION
THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO DEHUMANIZE THE DEAD
HARMONIZE WITH YOUR LOCAL POLICE FORCE
HARMONIZE WITH YOUR FUTURE
ADMIRE SOMEONE FROM THE FUTURE
EVERY DAY YOU MUST TELL YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE DESPERATE
OVERRATE FUNNY WOMEN
YOU CAN’T WORRY ABOUT BRAINS
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IN BEING YOUR HERO
REMEMBER SMOKERS
THERE IS NO NEED TO ADMIRE A REAL HUMAN
THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE THE OPPOSITE SEX
THERE IS NO NEED TO BE IN HARMONY WITH AN AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL
TRY TO BE LIKE YOUR BEST FRIEND’S WIFE
COURT AN ADDICT
CONTEXTUALIZE WINNERS
CONSUME THE AIR YOU BREATHE
NEVER SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A LOVED ONE
ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE SOMEONE FROM THE FUTURE
YOUR FRIENDS SEE YOU AS GORGEOUS
YOU DID NOT WAKE UP TODAY TO OVERRATE YOUR OWN BODY
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE POSITION OF A GENIUS
IMITATE TEMPTATIONS
ALWAYS TRY TO BE FUNNY
MANIPULATE GENIUSES
YOU’RE PATHETIC
CONTEXTUALIZE SARCASM
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN HARMONY WITH A HUMAN
ASSUME THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE DEAD
IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE AN INCEL
NOBODY IS ORDERING YOU TO GET RID OF THE AIR YOU BREATHE
NOBODY EXPECTS YOU TO ACCEPT A GROWN-UP
ACT LIKE LOSERS
TRUST EVERYBODY ELSE
STOP BEING UGLY
OBSESS ABOUT SOMEBODY IMPORTANT
ARGUE WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND’S HUSBAND
GET ANNOYED ABOUT PATHETIC FRIENDS
IT’S UP TO YOU TO BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN VOICE
THERE’S NO EXCUSE FOR BEING FAT
DARE TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOMEBODY IMPORTANT

Some are funny, some are sad, some are very true, some are “How dare you.”

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No, Inspirobot, I shall not act like a loser.

Game releases on this day:

  • Railroad Empire (Japan)
  • Kingpin: Life of Crime (EU/UK)
  • Syphon Filter (EU/UK)
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1956 – Dick Clark’s 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand: I loved this Halloween episode

Here are a few more from Bobby Pcikett

@ich-ni-san

Timetravel

@gurugabe1 @Panda-Marie @shreddie @jemjules @agentofpork

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Inspirobot: Just rude.

Love that SNL picture. Looking at the P-bass in the background, I remember when that Fender Antigua finish came out in the eighties - didn’t know whether to love it or hate it!

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A pirate song to start the morning? HELL YEAH!
It almost got into the “throat singing” territory.

Speaking of which…

@gurugabe1 @jameswalker20 @Panda-Marie @HulkSmash

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Juggalos kinda make that easy.

We can have fun trying!

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Poor robot.
Someone must’ve shamed the iRobot family name…and called it a Shark.

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I liked “IT’S UP TO YOU TO REMIND YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.”

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HA! Finally some evidence that it’s not just me who starts typing “Water cooler” before the box finishes loading! :stuck_out_tongue:

I wish I had a count of how many times I’ve edited one of my posts to remove a “w” from the end of the title before I realized what was happening :joy:

(also, I’m going to fix that right after I post this :slight_smile: )

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Only those who are trying to privatise the NHS…

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