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    Quote Originally Posted by leelai
    Richard......this was mentioned on our 6 o'clock news tonight!

    They had footage of it too...How nostalgic it is!
    Yes, wonderful. A great uncle was a booking clerk at one station before he emigrated to Canada inter-war. I'm planning a visit to the London Transport museum.

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    On this day in 1916 - Dutch South Sea dike cracks.

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    January 14, 1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
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    January 14, 1973; the Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14-7 at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Super Bowl VII, becoming the first team in National Football League history to finish with an undefeated season.
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    January 15, 1943 – The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
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    Quote Originally Posted by J. A.
    January 15, 1943 – The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
    It only took 16 months to complete!
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    On this day in 1889 - Cloncurry, Queensland reached 128°F (53°C) (Australian record) and in 1879 - January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996)

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    Quote Originally Posted by scifan57

    It only took 16 months to complete!
    Really?! How did they manage that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by J. A.

    Really?! How did they manage that?
    It was wartime, after all. They just kept throwing money at it until it was finished.
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    January 16, 2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
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