Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Day 200 - This day in legal and military history

July 19
 

NATIONAL Raspberry Cake Day
 

NATIONAL Hot Dog Day

NATIONAL Daiquiri Day
 

NATIONAL Stick Out Your Tongue Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1799 The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, is found in Egypt
 

1870 Franco-Prussian War begins
 

1941 Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign

1980 The Moscow Summer Olympics began, minus dozens of nations that were boycotting the games because of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan

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