Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Day 284 - This day in legal and military history

October 11
 

NATIONAL It's My Party Day
 

NATIONAL Take Your Parents to Lunch Day
 

NATIONAL Coming Out Day
 

NATIONAL Pet Obesity Awareness Day 

NATIONAL Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work/School Day
 

NATIONAL Fossil Day
 

NATIONAL Emergency Nurses Day [second Wednesday of October]
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1862 The Confederate Congress in Richmond passed a draft law allowing anyone owning 20 or more slaves to be exempt from military service
 

1890 The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was founded in Washington, DC
 

1958 The lunar probe Pioneer 1 was launched; it failed to go as far as planned, fell back to Earth, and burned up in the atmosphere
 

1962 "McHale's Navy" premiers on ABC
 

1975 Saturday Night Live, a comedy-variety show, premiers on NBC, with guest host comedian George Carlin and special guests Janis Ian, Andy Kaufman and Billy Preston; the show is still running
 

1976 George Washington’s appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford
 

1984 Space shuttle Challenger astronaut, Kathryn Sullivan, became the first American woman to walk in space
 

2000 NASA launches its 100th Space Shuttle mission
 

2001 The Polaroid Corporation, with its “instant cameras” since 1947, files for bankruptcy


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