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● The 21 Club is a posh New York restaurant that has been in operation since 1922, though it has undergone some changes since its early days. The eatery's policy prohibiting women from wearing pants to dine didn't change until 1969. That was the year when "LaughIn" actress Judy Carne entered wearing what has been described as a "tunic-topped pants suit." When she was told she wouldn't be allowed to dine, she took off her pants and left them in the coat-check room. The tunic by itself just barely qualified as a micro-mini, but it was enough. The 21 Club changed its policy the next day. ● Smiling is a natural human instinct. Even people who have been blind since birth smile when they're happy. ● Ireland has the distinction of being the first nation in the world that had one woman succeed another woman as head of state, when, in 1997, Mary MacAleese was elected president after Mary Robinson served in that position.
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• In the far northern part of Canada there is a chain of islands known as the Arctic Archipelago. There are 94 islands with Ellesmere Island being the farthest north and the tenth largest island in the world. • Ellesmere Island is only 497 miles from the North Pole and 15 miles from Greenland. It is a polar desert with an average annual precipitation of only 2 ¾ inches, making it drier than the Sahara Desert! • On the southern coast of Ellesmere Island, Grise Fiord is the northernmost permanent community in Canada with a hardy but small population of 148. • An island with a population at the other end of the population spectrum is Java, Indonesia. It is the thirteenth largest island in the world and is home to 136 million people. • Known for its millions of peppers instead of people is Avery Island, Louisiana. The island is one ofWORDS five salt(continued): domes that rise “NATIONAL” of theChefs marshes the Louisiana Gulf • out French: knowof what it means to “french” a food item.isIt’s a verb means Coast. This island only 163that feet above to cut into thin strips, like, well, french fries. sea level. (And yes, that’s how the finger-friendly po• The and beans their are acres tatoMcIlhenny dish took itsCompany name.) Green item commonly prepared in this ofanother hot peppers and facilities for producing manner. the famous TABASCO® products occupy • most Maltese: These Island. tiny spaniels are easy to of Avery The family-owned identify thanks to their long, silky coats. The hot sauce Kennel company been at the site American Club has groups them its with other “Toy since founding in 1868. Dogs” like Pugs and • An island not known for hot peppers, Yorkshire Terriers. but beautiful flowers, red soil, Felinefor aficionados shorelines, andterm a famous novel is Prince also use the Maltese to describe Edward Island (PEI). Anne of Green cats that have a siGables, milarly published silky, gray- in 1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is famous all over the blue coat. Thousands tourists come to the • world. Colombian: This termofmeans different things to different people, depending on of how you island off the eastern coast Canada get your “jones.” Narcotics dealers may refer annually to visit Green Gables Heritage to their products as Colombian, although the Place Montgomery’s home, boththe part actualand source is often unknown. Luckily, of us prefer a bit of legal Colomofmajority PEI National Park. bian, as in the coffee grown in the South American nation. The prevalence of coffee shops throughout America is proof enough that many of us just can’t get along in the morning without a hot cup of Colombian.
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1. What island had the first lighthouse on Three fishermen were swept off course to a the Pacific shores of America? deserted island. They found a magic lantern IN TIME e 7/23/1989 2. What is that island most known for?MOMENTS containing a genie. The genie agreed to grant 1. Alcatraz Island. Channel 7/24/1969 3. How long was the island used forThe this History them each one wish. The first man wished to go 2. 1, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.Columbus ● On July 31, 1937, Charles Martine, an Apache scout who 7/25/1967 ● On Aug. 1498,United ItalianStates explorer Christopher purpose? home to his family. Poof! – he was gone. The Twenty-nine mes in the surrender of Geronimo in 4. years; What mainland is1934-1963. the nickname for thefirst famous sets foot 3. on the American for the time, in played second wanted thean sameimportant and – poof! –role he was 4. The Rock.island? 1886, dies on the Mescalero gone too. The third man, who was single, said, “I Reservation in New Mexico. present-day Venezuela. Thinking it was an island, he 5. Golden Gate 5. National The islandRecreation is part ofArea. what National wish myAfter friends were here to fi sh with me.” Well, being found, Geronimo agreed to a meeting with christened it Isla Santa and claimed Recreation Area? it for Spain. Columbus, – poof! Gen. – they were back! Miles, during which he gave his unconditional Nelson
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surrender. Martine and Geronimo were exiled, and Martine never did receive his promised reward.
● On July 28, 1945, a United States military plane crashes into the Empire State Building, killing 14 people. Upon impact, the plane’s jet fuel exploded. One engine from the plane went straight through the building and landed in a penthouse apartment across the street.
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