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1. Boxing Day
   The first Boxing Day is believed to have started in the Middle Ages. This is just a guess cuz the exact date isn't known. How Boxing Day started is a question as well. Some say it started with the giving of Christmas Boxes, like the story above. Others think it was named for the tradition of priests opening boxes of goods left by parishioners during the holiday season. The contents were given out to the poor.
2. Post Office -- Post Offices
   Many businesses close early New Year's Eve, and the number of customers visiting Post Office lobbies greatly diminishes. As such, Post Offices in some locations will close retail operations early Dec. 31.
3. Mike Tyson -- Boxing
   When Mike Tyson was nine years of age, a 15 year old boy stole one of his beloved pigeons. Bad mistake! Mike flew into a blind rage, throwing punches with everything he had, the kind of punches that would have knocked grown men out. Many people witnessed this public onslaught of one of the areas most respected gang members. Now Mike became the MAN.
4. The Platters -- Recording
   The Platters are so smooth you don't realized you're being doo-wopped. Along with the Moonglows and the Orioles and others, they were amongst the smoothest purveyors of the beloved vocalizing style. They ...Read full review
5. Phonograph -- Records
   Phonograph records have three basic problems:1. It is physically impossible to press them with ridges that end up allowing low frequencies to come out at the same reproduction level as mid and high frequencies.
6. Narration -- Recording
   Narration, for which actor Morgan Freeman was recruited at the last minute, provided context and continuity. Most left-leaning personalities agreed to talk but unfortunately — with the exception of the Rev. Jerry Falwell — those on the other side of the political aisle sent rejection letters. No attempt was made to line up the Clintons, says Joe Conason, a New York Observer columnist who, with Arkansas Democrat-Gazette writer Gene Lyons, wrote the 2000 bestseller on which the film is based.
7. United States Post Office
   The United States Post Office building in Chatham, Virginia, built in 1935, is of the Colonial Revival style which was so popular at that time. Only three years earlier the Raleigh Tavern, the first project of the Rockefeller-sponsored Colonial Williamsburg project, had been completed 200 miles east of Chatham.
8. Microsoft Office Xp -- Users
   Microsoft's Office XP has been finally released and it's sporting a new look and a host of new features and improvements. For anyone who is not familiar with Microsoft Office, it's an application suite containing programs and utilities for both the home and office user, and Office XP contains the latest versions of these popular productivity software products. By combining Microsoft's programs into one unified application suite, Microsoft has created a general-purpose tool that can handle virtually all the data processing, forecasting, communication, and Web publishing activities of a modern business or organization. Each application shares common commands, dialog boxes, and procedures, so once you learn how to use one application, you'll be able to apply most of what you've learned to all the rest. There are four suites of Office XP to choose from:
9. Microsoft Office 2003 -- Users
   Berkeley, CA - September 16, 2003 - Peachpit likes to be on time for a party, especially when it’s an Office party thrown by Microsoft! When Microsoft introduced its update to Office, Peachpit was right there with it, offering a Visual QuickStart Guide not only for the overall Office 2003 suite, but for many of its individual applications as well. Friendly, step-by-step instructions presented in a strong visual format have made these guides best-sellers since the series’ inception. While easy enough for absolute Office beginners, these books will ... appeal to veteran users, who—thanks to the handy tabbed format—can skip directly to the features they’re interested in. These guides make the perfect companions to Microsoft’s newly enhanced and nearly ubiquitous Office 2003 product suite. Watch for these titles coming soon:
10. Judy Garland -- Mgm Records
    Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American film actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage.

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