Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Day 206 - This day in legal and military history

July 25
 

NATIONAL Threading the Needle Day
 

NATIONAL Wine and Cheese Day
 

NATIONAL Hot Fudge Sundae Day
 

NATIONAL Hire a Veteran Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1850 Gold is discovered in the Rogue River in Oregon, extending the quest for gold up the Pacific coast
 

1861 The Crittenden Resolution, calling for the American Civil War to be fought to preserve the Union and not for slavery, is passed by Congress
 

1946 The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll

1947 The US Army, Navy, & Air Force are subordinated to the new Department of Defense
 

1952 Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States
 

1978 The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in Oldham, England
 

2010 The release of 91,731 classified documents from the Wikileaks organization was made public

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