NATIONAL Siblings Day [I have one sibling, how about you?]
NATIONAL Encourage a Young Writer Day
NATIONAL Farm Animals Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1790 The US patent system is established
1849 The safety pin was patented by Walter Hunt, in New York
1866 The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is formed
1912 The Titanic begins her maiden voyage, which ends in disaster
1912 The first wireless transmission was received on an airplane
1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby
1930 The first synthetic rubber is produced
1947 Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player in major league baseball, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
1972 US, USSR, & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
2003 The US House passed the "Amber Alert" bill. It provided a system for alerting the public about missing or abducted children.
I do have a sibling--an older sister. My daughter just finished a term paper on Jackie Robinson.
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I do have a sibling--an older sister. My daughter just finished a term paper on Jackie Robinson.
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My sibling is a younger brother. Hope your daughter gets a good grade on her paper.
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