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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Today In History...

"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"
George Santayana

  • 325 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor.
  • 1874 Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz.
  • 1892 George Sampson patents clothes dryer.
  • 1902 U.S. occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends.
  • 1902 Cuba gains independence from Spain.
  • 1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic.
  • 1940 Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention
  • 1942 U.S. Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve.
  • 1959 Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship.
  • 1985 U.S. began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Mart.
  • 1990 Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space.
  • 1992 India launches its 1st satellite independently.

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