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On this day in 1620: Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay—the first child born of English parents in present-day New England.

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On this day in 1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

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On this day in 1928: Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie, starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York.

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On this day in 1800: Congress held its first session in Washington, D.C., in the partially completed Capitol building.

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On this day in 2006: Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman died at age 94.

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Here it is, Rants! & Raves!, your weekly opportunity to sound off about the week past.

Remember the rules:

1. A Rave! is something that happened during the past week that you’re pleased about and is signified by the word “Rave!” and/or an appropriately peppy emoticon (see Website Help to learn how to use emoticons, aka “smileys”).
2. A Rant! is something that happened during the past week that you’re ticked off about and is signified by the word “Rant!” and/or an appropriately grumpy emoticon.
3. You may Rant! about something a person said, did, or wrote, but you may not Rant! about generally disliking a person. IOW, no personal attacks allowed.

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On this day in 1851: Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick is published by Harper & Brothers.

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On this day in 1979: Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.

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On this day in 1920: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected baseball’s first commissioner.

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Happy Veterans Day!

On this day in 1918: The Allies and Germany signed an armistice that ended the fighting in World War I.

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