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D Blomberg wrote:
> Brad Justus wrote:
> >
> > To LEGO enthusiasts everywhere:
>
> > like: we are planning to make bulk ordering – albeit initially in a restricted
> > format – available by then.
>
>
> DECEMBER 9
> On this day in history,
>
> 1845 U.S. President Polk offers Mexico $25M to buy California (Mexico
> refuses offer)
Oooh, bad precedent. They won't sell it? We'll just wait a few years and take it!
> 1865 The New York Stock Exchange has new home on Broad St.
The jury's still out on this one.
> 1940 British launch their first major offensive of WWII in North Africa
That didn't last long.
> 1949 Chiang Kai Shek flees to Formosa
...thus dooming Taiwan to the brutal martial rule of a siege state. Granted, this
isn't too different in function than the alternative.
> 1961 "The Twist" as performed by Chubby Checker tops the charts
Well, OK, you have me here--this isn't exactly depressing, unless you take offence
at Chubby Checker's choice of sweaters.
> 1963 Studebaker closes last of its U.S. manufacturing plants
A moment of silence, please...the deceased? Automotive style (at least until the
90s).
> 1987 The Palestinian Intifada Begins on the Gaza Strip
Hmmm, another depressing neocolonial uprising.
> 1990 Lech Walesa Elected President of Poland
I've always found it humorous that Poland had a Lech as a president before the
United States did (but only barely). <insert rim shot here>
> 1999 The Lego Company announces bulk ordering
It's always great to end on a **positive** note! I hardly remember all of that
other stuff. ;)
best
Lindsay
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Lindsay Frederick Braun (Mr)
Department of History
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
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