Thursday, March 16, 2017

DAY 75 - This day in legal and military history

March 16
 

My #2 son's 21st birthday
 

NATIONAL Everything You Do is Right Day
 

NATIONAL Absolutely Incredible Kid Day [no, I am not making up this date, it is entirely coincidental that this is also my #2 son's birthday =) ]
 

NATIONAL Artichoke Hearts Day
 

NATIONAL Freedom of Information Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is published
 

1882 US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the International Red Cross
 

1922 Marines guarded the US mail during a national crime wave
 

1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) was floated out to become a national shrine

1959 John Sailling (111), last documented Civil War vet, died
 
1969 1776,” a musical about the writing of the Declaration of Independence, opened on Broadway  [My husband loves the movie that was made from this play]
 

1995 Mississippi formally abolished slavery and ratified 13th Amendment
 
1996 NASA astronaut Norman Thagard was welcomed aboard the Russian space station Mir as the first American to visit the orbiting outpost

2 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday to #2 son! :)

    My wife and I have seen "1776" on stage. Not Broadway, but it was very good nonetheless. We have it on DVD--it's a favorite.

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    1. Never seen the stage play but we have it on DVD and watch it at least once per month. It's one of my husband's favorite movies.

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