INTERNATIONAL Observe the Moon Night
INTERNATIONAL Animation Day
NATIONAL Make a Difference Day
NATIONAL Plush Animal Lovers Day
NATIONAL Hug a Sheep Day
NATIONAL Chocolate Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1492 Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on his first voyage to the New World
1636 Harvard College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1790 New York gave up claims to Vermont for $30,000
1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin
1886 The Statue of Liberty is dedicated at Liberty Island, NY
1914 George Eastman announces the invention of the color photographic process
1927 Pan American Airways launches the first scheduled international flight
1942 The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska
1962 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders Soviet missiles removed from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis
1965 Construction is completed on the 630-foot St. Louis Arch, the world’s tallest arch
1965 Pope Paul VI states that the Jewish people bear no collective guilt for the Crucifixion
No comments:
Post a Comment