Thursday, June 22, 2017

Day 173 - This day in legal and military history

June 22
 

NATIONAL Chocolate Eclair Day
 

NATIONAL Onion Rings Day

NATIONAL HVAC Tech Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1847 The first doughnut with a hole in it was created
 

1868 Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union
 

1870 The US Justice Department was created
 

1910 German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich announces a definitive cure for syphilis
 

1944 FDR signs the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act", better known as "the GI Bill of Rights"
 

1962 The Hovercraft was first tested
 

1970 President Richard Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18

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