Mother's Day
NATIONAL Dance Like a Chicken Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1796 English physician Edward Jenner gives the first successful smallpox vaccination
1897 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first communication by wireless telegraph
1897 “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa is performed for the first time in Philadelphia
1904 The Olympic Games were held in the United States for the first time, in St. Louis, Missouri
1948 Israel declares independence
1973 The US space station Skylab is launched
1973 US Supreme court approved equal rights to females in military
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