Sunday, October 29, 2017

Day 302 - This day in legal and military history

October 29
 

NATIONAL Hermit Day
 

NATIONAL Internet Day
 

NATIONAL Cat Day
 

NATIONAL Oatmeal Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1863 Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross
 

1929 Black Tuesday takes place–the most catastrophic day in stock market history, the herald of the Great Depression
 

1945 The first ball-point pen is sold by Gimbell’s department store in New York for a price of $12
 

1966 The National Organization for Women was founded
 

1969 The US Supreme Court orders immediate desegregation
 

1969 The first computer-to-computer link is established through ARPANET, forerunner of the Internet
 

1998 John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, returned to space at age 77
 

2004 Osama bin Laden admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US
 

2008 Delta and Northwest airlines merge, forming the world’s largest airline
 

2012 Hurricane Sandy devastates much of the East Coast of the US, nearly 300 die


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