NATIONAL Tell a Lie Day
NATIONAL Hug a Newsperson Day
NATIONAL School Librarian Day
NATIONAL Walk Around Things Day
NATIONAL SAAM Day of Action [Sexual Assault Awareness Month]
NATIONAL Equal Pay Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1812 The territory of Orleans becomes the 18th state and will become known as Louisiana
1818 The United States flag is declared to have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars
1841 President William Henry Harrison, aged 68, becomes the first president to die in office [of pneumonia], just a month after being sworn in
1850 The city of Los Angeles was incorporated
1859 At Mechanics Hall in New York, Daniel Emmett introduced “I Wish I was in Dixie’s Land.” About two years later the song became the Civil War song of the Confederacy.
1949 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty is signed
1968 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
1973 The ribbon was cut to open the World Trade Center in New York City
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| World Trade Center NYC circa 1990 |
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth’s home-run record
Tell a Lie Day??? No, It's Tell an Alternative Fact Day.
ReplyDeleteLOL you are exactly right!
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