Tuesday, March 14, 2017

DAY 73 - This day in legal and military history

March 14
 

NATIONAL Potato Chip Day 

NATIONAL Pi Day [3.14]
 

NATIONAL Children's Craft Day
 

NATIONAL Learn About Butterflies Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1794 Inventor Eli Whitney receives a patent for his cotton gin
 

1812 The US issues the first War Bonds
 

1900 United States currency goes on the gold standard
 

1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes the first US President to file an income tax report
 

1947 The United States signs a 99-year lease on naval bases in the Philippines
 

1950 The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list made its debut
 

1967 John F. Kennedy‘s body is moved from a temporary grave to a permanent one in Arlington Cemetery


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