NATIONAL Chocolate Cake Day
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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1825 Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears.”
1880 Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
1945 Russian troops liberate the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. At Stalag IXA, near Ziegenhain, when the Germans try to identify the Jewish men among the American prisoners, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds says, "We are all Jews."
1959 NASA selects 110 candidates for the first US space flight.
1967 The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, DC, banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
National Chocolate day is my favorite among these. Like who can claim the moon. That's nuts. I'll take nuts in my chocolate.
ReplyDeleteLOL nuts in your chocolate! I'm allergic to chocolate. You can have all of mine.
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