"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"
George Santayana
- 1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing (it did not end well).
- 1966 U.S. Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing.
- 1964 Rolling Stones 1st U.S. concert tour debuts in Lynn, Massachusetts (and they're still at it).
- 1952 Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette.
- 1928 Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft.
- 1924 Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians (a lesson in immigration policy).
- 1896 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio.
- 1857 James Gibbs, Virginian, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine.
- 1835 P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US.
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