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Deb in IA
08-23-2002, 12:30 PM
On August 23, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery.

On August 23, 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.Didn't last very long, did it?

On August 23, 1989, in a case that inflamed racial tensions in New York City, Yusuf Hawkins, a black teen-ager, was shot dead after he and his friends were confronted by white youths in a Brooklyn neighborhood.

On August 23, 2000, an estimated 51 million viewers tuned in for the finale of CBS' reality series ''Survivor'' in which contestant Richard Hatch won the $1 million prize.

kinlaw6450
08-23-2002, 12:35 PM
I was one of the millions watching Survivor...LOL

Thanks!

oldkicker
08-23-2002, 12:37 PM
Thanks, Deb. :)

glo
08-23-2002, 12:40 PM
Thansk Deb..interesting as usual....I can't believe that many people tuned into Survivor...and I wasn't one of them

EROS
08-23-2002, 12:54 PM
Thanks, DEB:D . Fortunately, we don't have capital punishment anymore in Mass............

Big Dude
08-23-2002, 01:00 PM
Thanks Deb

Adam aka Big Dude

ILUVDXL
08-23-2002, 01:02 PM
Thanks, Deb. Have a great weekend.

nativetxn
08-23-2002, 06:13 PM
Very interesting. Thanks for doing this, Deb :)