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Did you know. . .

. . .that today 1966: Football's World Cup stolen
The football World Cup is stolen while on exhibition in London.

2003: US launches missiles against Saddam
American missiles hit the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, signalling the start of the US-led campaign to topple Saddam Hussein.

1956, 20 March
Tunisia achieves independence.

1963, 20 March
Algerian president Ben Bella demands that France stops nuclear bomb tests in the Sahara.

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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"It is impossible to go through life without trust:
That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. "
Graham Greene

"Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.
Emile Chartier

Lonliness is better than bad company.
-Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani

When you find my lifeless body
there will be a note inside my pocket
don’t be afraid to open it,
for you will unfold the reasons
behind my untimely departure from your world.

Please tell my mother it wasn't her fault
She raised me the best she could
Now I must take an eternal rest from
All the havoc life has thrown my way
Somehow, I couldn't stay strong, I had to let go

I hope that my daddy don’t look down on me 
He may be disappointed, maybe even feel guilty
For not being a part of my life all these years
Or maybe he's already where I'm going
We can catch up on all the years we've missed

Only tell my family you found me here
They will know what to do from this point
I thank you for being the one
The one to help me put an end
To all the madness I've endured

(Open the letter-it reads)

Dear TO Whom It May Concern

I dreaded this day would come that you would have to read this letter. I have kept it in my pocket for the past days. I tried to be strong. I tried to brake free, but he wouldn't see it any other way. The bruises you see, they are a reflection of the horror I've endured. If this is the only way for me to be free, then so be it! I will miss my family, they will cry for me. But they will have to understand that i was living in a never-ending prison. Where the man they call “good person” beat up my self-esteem.   I pray that other abused women will hear of my death and wake up, and get away. I would like to serve as an example for women to open their eyes before it's too late. Because as you can see, it was too late for me, Good Bye cruel man, thank God I'm free!

~~~~DEDICATED TO ALL ABUSED WOMEN, GET OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!~~~~

© hazeleyez2000

Yep, I am signing my name to show that I love Nairaland too

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I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here

Did you know. . .

. . .that today 1996, 19 March
Nelson Mandela is granted a divorce from his wife. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, shown in the trial to have committed adultery, argued that the South African president should first submit to tribal meditation in order to save the marriage.

Today is Swallows Day? The swallows return to the San
Juan Capistrano Mission in California on Saint Joseph's Feast
Day. Traditionally, they leave on October 23. The swallows are
said to migrate annually to Goya, Argentina in October, and
return to their spring and summer home in San Juan Capistrano
each March.

1977, 19 March
Congolese president Major Marien Ngouabi is assassinated by a suicide commando during a failed military coup. Ex-president Alphonse Massemba-Débat is implicated in the coup and executed without trial one week later.

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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"Just because you make a mistake doesn't mean you are a
mistake."

-- Georgette Mosbacher

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh

-- Raymond Hitchcock