NATIONAL Memo Day
NATIONAL Waiters and Waitresses Day
NATIONAL Talk Like Yoda Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1881 The American Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton
1927 Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (from New York to Paris) in his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis
1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (from Newfoundland to Ireland)
1956 The first hydrogen bomb to be dropped by air exploded over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific
1989 In Hong Kong, approximately one million people took to the streets to show their support for students protesting for democratic reforms in China’s Tiananmen Square
Missed talk like Yoda day, I did. Disappointed, I am.
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