On this dayin 1748 the ruins of Pompeii were found.
In 1789 the U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City. Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House Speaker.
In 1793, in Japan, the volcano Unsen erupted killing about 53,000.
In 1826 Samuel Mory patented the internal combustion engine.
In 1889 the first dishwashing machine was marketed.
And in 1938 the Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, NY.
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Quote of the Day
“A judge can’t have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge’s only obligation- and it’s a solemn obligation- is to the rule of law.”
On this day in 1776 Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John that women were “determined to foment a rebellion” if the new Declaration of Independence failed to guarantee their rights.
In 1831 Quebec and Montreal were incorporated as cities.
In 1870, in Perth Amboy, NJ, Thomas Munday Peterson became the first black to vote in the U.S.
In 1889, in Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.
In 1933 Congress authorized the Civilian Conservation Corps to relieve rampant unemployment.
And in 1958 the U.S. Navy formed the atomic submarine division.
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Quote of the Day
“The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all your piety nor wit will lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.”
On this day in 1797 Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
In 1834 the U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
In 1854 the Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.
In 1885 the Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.
In 1933 the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
And in 1979 a major accident occurred at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.
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Quote of the Day
“When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.”
On this day in 1794 Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Navy.
In 1836, in Goliad, TX, about 350 Texan prisoners, including their commander James Fannin, were executed under orders from Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna. An estimated 30 Texans escaped execution.
In 1912 the first cherry blossom trees were planted in Washington, DC. The trees were a gift from Japan.
In 1952 the U.S. Eighth Army reached the 38th parallel in Korea, the original dividing line between the two Koreas.
And in 1958 the U.S. announced a plan to explore space near the moon.
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Quote of the Day
“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”
On this day in 1799 Napoleon captured Jaffa Palestine.
In 1804 the Louisiana Purchase was divided into the District of Louisiana and the Territory of Orleans.
In 1910 the U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the 1907 Immigration Act that barred criminals, paupers, anarchists and carriers of disease from settling in the U.S.
In 1938 Herman Goering warned all Jews to leave Austria.
In 1942 the Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.
And in 1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine that would prevent poliomyelitis.
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Quote of the Day
“A liberal is a man too broad-minded to take his own side in a quarrel.”
The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.
The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.
The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.
We had duck, duck, duck last week. Today’s header photo is finally the goose.
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On this day in 1609 Henry Hudson left on an exploration for Dutch East India Co.
In 1634 Lord Baltimore founded the Catholic colony of Maryland.
In 1776 the Continental Congress authorized a medal for General George Washington.
In 1813 the frigate USS Essex flew the first U.S. flag in battle in the Pacific.
In 1857 Frederick Laggenheim took the first photo of a solar eclipse.
And in 1911, in New York City, 146 women were killed in fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City. The owners of the company were indicted on manslaughter charges because some of the employees had been behind locked doors in the factory. The owners were later acquitted and in 1914 they were ordered to pay damages to each of the twenty-three families that had sued.
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Quote of the Day
“What’s right isn’t always popular. What’s popular isn’t always right.
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