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A thought for the day: Resolved, that is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise. -- American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton

On this date in history:

In 1892, the first professional football game was played in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny Athletic Association defeated the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0. Touchdowns at the time were worth 4...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Women's suffrage activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1815
- Baha'u'llah, born Mirza Husayn Ali, founder-prophet of the Baha'i faith, in 1817
- sculptor August Rodin ...Read more

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2019 with 49 to follow.

The moon is full. Morning stars are Mars, Neptune and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

Beethoven needs your help! Mozart has been killed at a party in a mansion and Beethoven has been called to the case. The rooms in the mansion are: The Library, The Dining Room, The Music Room, and The Study. Mozart was killed in the Music room. Schubert, Joplin, Hayden, and Gershwin are the suspects. Beethoven has figured out that the suspect that was in the Music Room at the time of the murder is the one who killed Mozart. Find out which ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Boone County, Mo., judge has ruled that University of Missouri violated the state's open records law by placing an exorbitantly high price tag on records sought by a California animal rescue group.

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On this date in history:

In 1831, Nat Turner, who led fellow slaves on a bloody uprising in Virginia, was hanged. Turner, an educated minister, believed he was chosen by God to lead people out of slavery.
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Those born on this date include:

- Abigail Adams, wife of U.S. President John Adams, in 1744
- Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1821
- U.S. Army Gen. George Patton in 1885
- baseball Hall of...Read more

The five-person city council of Noyes Heights met recently to vote on five proposals. Each of the five council members cast an aye or a nay vote for each of the five proposals, with no absentions. Use the clues below to discover how each council member voted on each of the proposals.

1. Each proposal got a different number of aye votes (possibly zero).

2. All in all, there was one more aye vote than nay vote cast.

3. At no time did Quincy ...

On this date in history:

In 1775, the United States Marine Corps, then known as the Continental Marines, was formed by order of the Second Continental Congress.

In 1871, journalist Henry Stanley found...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Martin Luther, founder of Protestantism, in 1483
- William Hogarth, English artist/engraver, in 1697
- actor Richard Burton in 1925
- American Indian rights ...Read more

chagrin \shuh-GRIN\ (noun) - Acute vexation, annoyance, or embarrassment, arising from disappointment or failure.

(transitive verb) - To unsettle or vex by disappointment or humiliation; to mortify.

"Chagrined to find ...Read more

Five men at a board games club meet once a week to play their favourite board game 'Hollywood Quest'. In this game each space is colour coded one of five colours, each one representing a category of questions.

The five categories are Books, Celebrities, Films, Music, Television.

The five colours are blue, green, grey, orange and purple.

Can you name all five men, their favorite categories and the colours represented by those categories?

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On this date in history:

In 1872, a fire which began in the basement of a warehouse in downtown Boston raged for 12 hours, consuming 65 acres and leaving 776 buildings in ruins. The Great Boston Fire killed at ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Russian author Ivan Turgenev in 1818
- actor Marie Dressler in 1868
- actor Hedy Lamarr in 1914
- Sargent Shriver, first director of the Peace Corps, in 1915<...Read more

A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?