I will be 28 on the anniversary of my birth. Don't forget to celebrate.
My birthday coincides several notable events in history.
On This Day:
In 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.
In 1918, the World War One Battle of Belleau Wood, which resulted in a US victory over the Germans, began in France.
In 1925, Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.
In 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, New Jersey.
In 1934, the Securities and Exchange Commission was established.
In 1942, Japanese forces retreated in the World War Two Battle of Midway.
In 1944, Operation Overlord was put into action.
In 1966, black activist James Meredith was shot and wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.
In 1978, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.
In 1982, Israeli forces invaded Lebanon to drive Palestine Liberation Organization fighters out of the country. (The Israelis withdrew in June 1985.)
In 1985, authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as the remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious "Angel of Death" of the Nazi Holocaust.
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P.S. The
web site I got most of this information from had this as
Thought for Today:
"All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious."
-- Anatole France, French writer (1844-1924).