WORLD Soil Day
INTERNATIONAL Ninja Day
NATIONAL Bathtub Party Day
NATIONAL Repeal Day [end of Prohibition]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1776 Phi Beta Kappa is organized as the first American Greek-letter college fraternity, at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia
1848 President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California
1861 In the US Congress, petitions and bills calling for the abolition of slavery are introduced
1933 The 21st Amendment is ratified, ending Prohibition in the United States, which had begun 13 years earlier with the 18th Amendment
1955 The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO
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