Tuesday, September 9, 2008
California Uber Alles
by
M. Bouffant
at
10:03
Lotsa historical crap happened on this date, including:
1776: The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the nation to the United States of America, from the United Colonies.
1850: California became the 31st state.
1893: President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Esther Cleveland, became the first president's child to be born in the White House.
1926: The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was created by the Radio Corporation of America.
1948: The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.
1956: Elvis Presley appeared on television for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1957: President Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights law to pass Congrefs since Reconstruction.
1969: Your Editor's male parental unit, driving while legally drunk, tried to pass someone on a curve & paid for it w/ his life.
1971: The Attica prison rebellion began, leading to 43 deaths.
1976: Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82.
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