Sunday, April 30, 2017

DAY 120 - This day in legal and military history

April 30
 

NATIONAL Hairstylist Appreciation Day
 

NATIONAL Honesty Day
 

NATIONAL Oatmeal Cookie Day
 

NATIONAL Military Brats Day
 

NATIONAL Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
 

NATIONAL Bugs Bunny Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1492 Ferdinand & Isabella agree to bankroll Columbus
 

1789 In New York City, George Washington is inaugurated as the first president of the United States
 

1812 Louisiana is admitted into the Union as the 18th state
 

1889 Washington’s inauguration became the first US national holiday
 

1900 Hawaii annexed as a US territory
 

1931 The George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey, opens

1939 US commercial television made its official debut at the New York World’s Fair.  The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.
 

1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker. Karl Donitz becomes his successor.
 

1975 The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam
 

1991 Over 131,000 were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a cyclone struck Bangladesh

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