"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"
George Santayana
- 1881 American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton.
- 1914 Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota.
- 1918 House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote.
- 1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley CO.
- 1927 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic.
- 1932 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart, lands.
- 1968 Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores.
- 1987 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama.
- 1992 New Jersey senate overrides Governor Florio's veto and lowers sales tax to 6%.
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