• This Week in History - August 5 thru August 11 - Read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA

  • Aug 11 2024
  • Length: 22 mins
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This Week in History - August 5 thru August 11 - Read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA

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    This Week in History read by Annette Roe

    8/5 - 1861 - Abe Lincoln signs the Reveue Act imposing Federal Income tax for the first time. 8/6 - 1930 - The missingist man in New York. 8/7 - 1974 - Pettit walks a high wire tight rope between New York's Twin Towers. 8/8 - 1988 - The lights go on at Wrigley Field. 8/9 - 2010 - A Jet Blue Flight attendant quits his job by sliding on the airplane escape chute. 8/10 - 1945 - Japan accepts the Potsdam conference terms of unconditional surrender. 8/11 - 1984 - Reagan jokes about bombing Russia while testing a microphone.

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