somewhere jerry garcia, bob marley, jimi hendrix, jim morrison and a few others are gathered around in a circle. passing around "ideas" on how to make the world a better place. or maybe those guys are just on the shirts of the dudes sitting at my table. whoa.
oh yeah! i almost forgot. Happy 4/20! Happy birthday One Nut (otherwise known as hitler)! And Happy birthday to my old stoner roommate brien. you stealing bastard.
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-30] All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda 1964 - 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belg in 2:19:59 1964 - 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools 1965 - People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1966 - WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 - French author R‚gis Debray caught in Bolivia 1967 - NY Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1 1967 - US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon 1967 - US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War 1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1968 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM 1968 - S Afr Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed 1969 - 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1970 - 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 1970 - Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria 1970 - Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new US marathon record 1971 - Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun" 1971 - US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1972 - Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 1972 - Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket 1973 - Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit 1974 - Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" 1975 - 29th Tony Awards: Equus and Wiz win 1975 - 4th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer 1975 - Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead 1976 - George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python 1977 - Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses 1977 - Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres 1978 - Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace 1980 - Cubans begin to arrive in US from Mariel boatlift 1980 - Donna White wins LPGA Florida "Lady Citrus" Golf Tournament 1981 - 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of NZ in 2:26:46 1981 - 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