My oldest son's 23rd birthday
Flag Day
WORLD Blood Donor Day
INTERNATIONAL Bath Day
NATIONAL Monkey Around Day
NATIONAL Bourbon Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1642 Massachusetts passes the first compulsory education law in the colonies
1775 The US Army is founded when the Continental Congress authorizes the muster of troops
1777 The Continental Congress authorizes the “stars and stripes” flag for the new United States
1864 Congress orders black soldiers be paid the same as whites
1942 The Supreme Court rules that requiring students to salute the American flag is unconstitutional
1951 The first commercial computer, Univac I, was unveiled
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