Thursday, March 30, 2017

DAY 89 - This day in legal and military history

March 30
 

NATIONAL Take a Walk in the Park Day
 

NATIONAL Doctors Day
 

NATIONAL I am in Control Day
 

NATIONAL Pencil Day
 



Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1842 Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation
 

1858 Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patents the pencil with an eraser attached on one end
 

1870 The 15th Amendment passes, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race
 

1870 President US Grant signs bill readmitting Texas to the Union, the last Confederate state readmitted
 

1942 The Coast Guard was designated as a service of the Navy, similar to the Marine Corps
 

1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first collaboration, Oklahoma, opens on Broadway
 

1964 The game show Jeopardy debuted on television
 

1981 President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in Washington, DC by John W. Hinckley Jr.

2 comments:

  1. Wow. Hard to believe Jeopardy has been on that long.

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    1. I completely agree with you. Makes me feel OLD!

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