June 1
NATIONAL Dare Day
NATIONAL Flip a Coin Day
NATIONAL Say Something Nice Day
NATIONAL Go Barefoot Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1638 The first earthquake was recorded in the US at Plymouth, Massachusetts
1792 Kentucky became the 15th state of the union
1796 Tennessee became the 16th state of the union
1938 The first issue of Action Comics, featuring Superman, was published
1961 FM multiplex stereo broadcasting was first heard
1980 Cable News Network (CNN) debuted
2000 At Los Alamos, hard drives with classified nuclear secrets were discovered missing. They were found June 16 behind a photocopier.

Don't you just wish your Dad, or Grandad, had bought that comic and stashed it away/
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Would be a nice way to fund my retirement =)
DeleteAltho with my luck he'd bequeath it to my brother and not me.