This day in history May 8, 2019
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Started by metmike - May 8, 2019, 1:18 p.m.

Read em and learn history. Pick an interesting one.  Slim pickins today(-:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_8


John Stith Pemberton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stith_Pemberton

Interesting story on how his morphine addiction led him to this discovery.

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By carlberky - May 8, 2019, 6:22 p.m.
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Died May 8, 1999   – Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)

Dana Michelle Plato was an American actress who played the role of Kimberly Drummond on the U.S. television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, from 1978 to 1986.

Dana was raised in the San Fernando Valley, and was our neighbor and my daughter's classmate.

At the age of 34, after years of struggling with poverty and substance abuse, Dana died from an overdose of prescription drugs. 

By metmike - May 8, 2019, 7:02 p.m.
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Had to go outside the usual choices today, I see carl.