Saturday, August 26, 2017

Day 238 - This day in legal and military history

August 26
 

NATIONAL Dog Appreciation Day
 

NATIONAL Women's Equality Day
 

NATIONAL Cherry Popsicle Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1791 John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat
 

1883 The Indonesian island of Krakatoa erupts in the largest explosion recorded in history, heard 2,200 miles away in Madagascar. The resulting destruction sends volcanic ash 50 miles into the atmosphere and kills almost 36,000 people, both on the island itself and from the resulting 131-foot tidal waves that obliterate 163 villages on the shores of nearby Java and Sumatra.
 

1920 The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is officially ratified, giving women the right to vote
 

1957 The Ford Motor Company reveals the Edsel, its latest luxury car

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