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RON DESANTIS IS 45 YEARS OLD TODAY

Young Ron DeSatanist in his military uniform

Judge Temporarily Blocks DeSantis Law Restricting 'Woke' Workplace Trainings

Ron Desantis is a Republican politician who became the United
States Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district in
2013. He has served under the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In 2019, he became Florida’s 46th governor.

He was captain of the varsity baseball team in his senior year at 
Yale University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A.
in History in 2001.

In 2007 he was assigned to SEAL Team One and deployed to Iraq
with the troop surge as the Legal Advisor to the SEAL Commander, Special Operations Task Force-West in Fallujah, and was later
awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal for
his service.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


'We are not turning back': Gov. Ron DeSantis says schools will remain open despite CDC guidance

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FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY

 A young boy circa 1916.
    
    
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On July 14, 1913, Gerald R. Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
in Omaha,
Nebraska. His biological father left the family when
Ford was three years old. His mother’s second husband, Gerald
Ford, adopted the young boy and gave him his name.

The young Ford went on to become the first vice president to
assume office after a president resigned, after President
Richard M. Nixon (below) stepped down in 1974.

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Richard Milhous Nixon
(January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)

    

    
    
    
   

       
 

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PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR WILL TURN 102

USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor Survivor Ken Potts (Full Interview) - YouTube


WASHINGTON (TND) — A World War II hero — who survived the
attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 — is ready to celebrate a big
birthday.

Ken Potts will be turning 102 on Saturday, according to the
USS Arizona Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

Potts was aboard the USS Arizona when the battleship was
attacked by the Japanese military on the naval base at in
Hawaii on December 7, 1941. More than 1,170 crewmen were
killed. But Potts, along with at least 330 others, survived.

      

The USS Arizona floats near Pearl Harbor in a photo taken by a Japanese spy sometime before December 7, 1941.
The USS Arizona near Pearl Harbor in a photo taken by a
Japanese spy sometime before the December 7 attack.

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USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.


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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum)
(January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996)

George Burns has three stars on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame
: a motion pictures star at 1639 Vine
Street
, a television star at 6510 Hollywood Boulevard,
and a live performance star. Burns is also a member
of the
Television Hall of Fame, where he and Gracie
Allen
were both inducted in 1988.

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The Famous comedy duo of George Burns and Gracie Allen.

George Burns & Gracie Allen were not only
married in real life, their work from the
mid-1930s through the mid-1950s made them
one of the biggest comedy duos in Hollywood.

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IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1941

The Attack on Pearl Harbor - YouTube

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Comparing news headlines from around the world |  Blog | findmypast.com

The Path to Pearl Harbor | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

Headlines & photos: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in Hawaii - US declares war &  joins WWII (1941) - Click Americana

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