Today's History lesson

DO you know what happened 

163 years ago this summer?
 

September 9, 1850

California became a state!

The people had no electricity.

The state had no money.

Almost everyone spoke Spanish.

There were gunfights in the streets.

So basically NOTHING has changed except,

then the women had real boobs 

and the men didn't hold hands.

That, my friends,

is the history lesson for today.

Thanx to stories etc.

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Morning Pic Dump

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Birthdays on September 9th

1828 - Leo Tolstoy
1966 - Adam Sandler
1941 - Dennis Ritchie
1928 - Sol LeWitt
1960 - Hugh Grant

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Todays pic Dump

   

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Blast from the Past

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Afternoon Funnies

 

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Today in History

 

Lead Story

President's child born in White House, 1893

American Revolution

Congress renames the nation "United States of America", 1776

Automotive

President Johnson signs the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 1966

Civil War

Yankees capture Chattanooga, 1863

Cold War

Mao Zedong Dies, 1976

Crime

The Boston police department goes on strike, 1919

Disaster

Powerful earthquake rocks Algeria, 1954

General Interest

Riot at Attica prison, 1971

Chairman Mao dies, 1976

Hollywood

Audiences are treated to surprise preview of Gone with the Wind, 1939

Literary

Alice B. Toklas moves in permanently with Gertrude Stein, 1910

Old West

California becomes the 31st state in record time, 1850

Presidential

Cleveland baby born in White House, 1893

Sports

Sandy Koufax pitches perfect game, 1965

Vietnam War

Hackney receives Medal of Honor, 1967

Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi, 1969

DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace, 1972

World War I

U.S. Secretary of State Lansing demands recall of Austro-Hungarian ambassador, 1914

World War II

Japanese bomb U.S. mainland, 1942

Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, 1943

 

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