DID YOU KNOW THAT......In 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work...In 1974, President Nixon finally released the White House tapes proving that he interfered with the Watergate investigation... In 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a drug overdose at age 36... In 1945, the Atom Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Because of the International Dateline, it was August 6th in Japan... In 1914, the first traffic light in the United States was installed at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio... In 1864, during the Civil War, Union General David Farragut gave the famous order, "Damn the torpedoes...full speed ahead!" as he led a Union Flotilla through Confederate defenses and sealed one of the last major Southern ports.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 09:03:24 +0000
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