Thursday, May 21, 2020

MAY 21 = Clara Barton Founds the American Red Cross

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"But perhaps the most resilient worker of them all, and certainly the one who stirred up was a stiff-spined little spinster in a pl...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

FEBRUARY 18 = Pluto the Ninth Planet is Found , Then Kicked out of the Planets Club!.

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  Pluto, once believed to be the ninth planet, was discovered  on today's date, February 18 in 1930 by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh ...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

JANUARY 9 = 1861 "Star of the West" is Fired Upon

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The American Civil War begun in earnest in April of 1861 when shots were exchanged between Union batteries in Fort Sumter in Charleston ...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

DECEMBER 3, "The Who" Concert Tragedy

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  On the evening of today's date - December 3, in 1979 at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum the press of concert-goers outside of...
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Thursday, October 24, 2019

OCTOBER 24 - Transcontinental Telegraph is Completed

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On today's date, October 24 in 1861, the last link in the Transconti -nental telegraph system was completed, and the United States f...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

OCTOBER 17 = Al Capone is Convicted of Tax Evasion

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On today's date, October 17 in 1931 Al Capone (left) was  convicted of Income Tax Evasion and sentenced to 11 years in Federal Pr...
Friday, October 4, 2019

OCTOBER 4 = The Soviets Launch "Sputnik"

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"Our movies and television programs in the fifties were full of the idea of going into space. What came as a surprise was that it...