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  1. DFWRocket

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    This Day In History..

    August 17, 1590

    Governor of Roanoke Island colony, John White, returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he had left there 3 years earlier

     
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    August 17th, 1998 - President Clinton testifies before grand jury

    He became the first sitting president to testify before the Office of Independent Counsel as the subject of a grand-jury investigation.
     
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    This Day In History..

    August 18, 1992

    Larry Bird announces his retirement

     
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    EDIT: I thought this was Magic retiring....That's on Nov 7th.

    Man, I vaguely remember hearing commentators giving him a good 4-5 years after the news dropped.

    It would've been that era's Kobe moment if it had turned out that way.

    For better or worse, he's the punchline to drug companies already having the cure for AIDS but only for the Illuminati.
     
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    Traded Magic Johnson to my friend before he found out he had HIV that night, but turned out getting Brad Daugherty and a pizza wasn't the steal of the century when Brad came down with virtigo. Great moments in Fantasy history.
     
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    This Day In History..

    August 19, 1960

    The Beatles give their 1st public performance at the Indra Club in Hamburg

    (this isn't it, but it is the oldest known Beatles performance video which I thought was cool)

     
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    are there any rockets fans in this thread ... asking for a friend @tinman

     
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    99 > all
     
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    Game 7: Houston 96 -- Sonics 91 -- Hakeem 22/13 - Drexler 24/8 - Barkley 20/14

    HOU Wins series 4-3
     
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    The reason this was the right trade to make.
     
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    This Day In History..

    August 20, 1920

    Meetings are held to the lay the foundation for the APFL, which would later become the NFL.


     

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