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On this day, my grandfather Dwayne W. Richardson was born in Dallas, Texas.
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On this day, the Japaneese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This invoked United States participation in WW2.
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On this day, Rosa Parks was arrested, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott lasted from December of 1955 to December of 1956.
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On this day, my grandfather started his first day of High School as a freshman at Woodrow Wilson High School.
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On this day, Alaska was offically territory of the United States of America. The land was purchased from Russia, and became Alaska, the 49th U.S. state.
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On this day in 1959, my grandfather turned 18 and set out to join the United States Air Force.
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On this day in 1968, my grandfather was deployed to Thailand in service of the United States Air Force.
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On this day, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong were launched into space for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
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On this day 200 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was signed, and the United States was born, gaining independence from Great Britain.
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On this day my father and my grandfather's only son was born. It is also Pearl Harbor day.
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On this day in 2001, Muslim terrorists attacked the Twin Towers. The towers fell this same day. It was a grave day in U.S. history.
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On this day in 2001, my grandfather celebrated the 3rd birthday of his grandson Michael Richardson.