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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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Camille Bohannon

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pete townshend yng

Pete  today

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend, also known as
Bijou Drains, is 69 years old today.  

PeteTownshend now 2

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FIRST JUMPING JUBILEE ON THIS DAY IN 1928

frog jubilee

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The Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee is one of the longest running
events in the State of California. Professional Frog Teams travel from all over the
state to compete.

jump winner

      FROG JUMP RECORDS

                  jumpingfrog

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SINGER JERRY VALE HAS DIED AT 83

Jerry Valeyng

jerry vale

Jerry Vale (Gennaro Luigi Vitaliano)  (July 8, 1930 – May 18, 2014)

According to a statement by family attorney Harold J. Levy, Vale, who had been
in declining health, died Sunday at his Palm Desert home surrounded by family
and friends.

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ERUPTION PIC, EXCELLENT FOR FRAMING!

mt st. helens poster
From a Oregon Journal Special Section, June 19, 1980

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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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mt st helens oregonian

Harry Truman
Harry Randall Truman was the owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens
Lodge at Spirit Lake, located at the foot of the mountain and was in the
danger zone at the time of the eruption.

 

mt st helens from portland 
The eruption of Mt. St. Helens as seen from downtown Portland, Oregon

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