"He who forgets history is doomed (or condemned) to repeat it"
George Santayana
1507 Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America.
1862 2nd Battle of New Orleans LA, US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans
1898 US declares war on Spain over Cuba.
1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
1905 Whites win right to vote in South Africa (would take a while longer for blacks and colored)
1928 Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind
1945 US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River the end of WWII, the start of the Cold War)
1953 Scientists identify DNA.
1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery.
1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more (still working on the equal pay issue)
2000 - Researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats using marijuana
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