Bald Is In Day
Birth anniversary of Henry David Thoreau (1817-62): “The frontiers are not east or west, north or south, but whenever a man fronts a fact.”
Birth anniversary of architect, inventor, engineer and philosopher Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983).
Birth anniversary of musical creator Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-60).
Birth anniversary of internationally acclaimed pianist Van Cliburn (1934-2013).
Happy Birthday! Bill Cosby, Richard Simmons, Kristi Yamaguchi
1543 - England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
1862 - The U.S. Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.
Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon-Mogadishu
1933 - A minimum wage of 40 cents an hour was established in the U.S.
1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed a highway modernization program, with costs to be shared by federal and state governments.
1957 - The U.S. surgeon general, Leroy E. Burney, reported that there was a direct link between smoking and lung cancer.
1960 - Manufacturing began for the Etch A Sketch®.
1982 - The last of the distinctive-looking Checker taxicabs rolled off the assembly line in Kalamazoo, MI.
1984 - Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale named U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running mate. Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.
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