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Added: 11th March 2010
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On January 27, 2006, Western Union ended more than 150 years of telegram service. Beginning in 1854, the company began transmitting and transcribing telegraphed messages and delivering them to customers across the country. They heyday of the telegram was in the 1920s and 1930s when sending a message by telegraph was cheaper than making a long-distance telephone call. The word 'stop' was commonly used in the text of telegrams instead of a period to end a sentence because it was cheaper to send a four-letter word than a punctuation mark. Telegrams were often used for formal notifications and announcements, such as the one below to inform the recipient that he would share the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physiology. During the Second World War, Western Union couriers were feared because they delivered official death notices to the families of servicemen. Eventually technology made telegrams obsolete and anachronistic. Only about 20,000 telegrams were sent in 2005, mostly by companies that were required to send legal notifications. On that final day of service, ten telegrams were delivered. They included a congratulatory message, a sympathy message, and, of course, a handful of messages from people who were trying to make history by sending the final Western Union telegram. Today Western Union exists only as a company that handles money transfers.
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Added: 9th March 2010
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Paul Rodgers back with Bad company. Glad to see him back with one of the bands I grew up with.
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Added: 15th February 2010
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Posted By: Marty6697 |
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Shortly after the terrorist attacks On September 11, 2001, photographer Richard Drew snapped this horrifying shot of a man jumping to his death from the North Tower. It is estimated that about 200 people hopelessly trapped in the upper floors of the World Trade Centre towers chose to jump to their deaths rather than succumb to fire and smoke inhalation. The identity of this particular individual has never been positively confirmed, but many people believe it is Jonathan Briley of Mount Vernon, NY. He was employed at the North Tower Restaurant.
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Added: 23rd January 2010
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Here's the former child star from Little House on the Prairie in a contemporary photo.
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Added: 23rd January 2010
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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From early 2000, here is a short clip from E!'s "Wild On" Show, on the opening of Star Trek The Experience in the Las Vegas Hilton!!
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Added: 26th December 2009
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