"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"
George Santayana
- 1785 British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle.
- 1899 Lawn mower patented.
- 1914 President Wilson proclaims Mother's Day.
- 1926 Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole.
- 1941 English Army breaks German spy codes.
- 1960 U.S. is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally.
- 1962 Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time
- 1980 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams the Tampa Bay Skyway Bridge.
- 1997 1st U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam.
- 1999 During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China.
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