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Post by MidnightSun on May 14, 2022 0:12:11 GMT -5
Will have a slice, please.Women Once Marched for the Right to Smoke. While we're familiar with Suffragettes and women's fight for the right to vote, less known is women's fight for the right to smoke. The same organization that fought for the ban on alcohol pushed to ban women smoking in public. In 1929, a group of women took to the streets, smoking cigarettes and carrying signs stating that cigarettes were "torches of liberty.
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Post by johnmori on May 14, 2022 4:35:53 GMT -5
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May 14, 1973
Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
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Post by BillG on May 14, 2022 6:42:00 GMT -5
Who knew??? May 14th is "National Buttermilk Biscuit Day".
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Post by soutxed on May 14, 2022 7:10:42 GMT -5
May 14, 1948 Israel becomes an independent state. The announcement by Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, triggered a 10-month armed conflict known as the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. It started the day after the proclamation as troops of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan and Iraq invaded the young nation.
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Post by sandipaws on May 14, 2022 14:45:00 GMT -5
Who Knew??? On March 14th, National Underground America Day recognizes the approximately 6,000 people who live in
some form of underground architecture across North America.
The observance also celebrates the lifestyle, architecture, and benefits of underground living.
Subterranean living boasts energy conservation as one of its top advantages.
Completely covered homes or earth-sheltered homes are covered on all sides with soil while earth-bermed homes leave one side exposed.
Both allow for more stable temperatures within the home and less exposure to the elements.
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Post by MidnightSun on May 15, 2022 1:18:08 GMT -5
Forks used to be seen as Sacrilege when first introduced. In 11th century Tuscany, Italy forks alarmed religious leaders who said that using artificial hands was an offense to God. It was not until the 18th century that forks became accepted at the dining table. More and more families, even from the poorer classes owned forks.
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Post by johnmori on May 15, 2022 5:24:35 GMT -5
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May 15, 1970
President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
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Post by sandipaws on May 15, 2022 13:43:27 GMT -5
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On May 15th Peace Officers Memorial Day pays tribute to local, state, & federal law enforcement officers.
The observance takes place during Police Week.
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, more than 800,000 law enforcement officers serve in the United States today.
Each year, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial adds new names to the wall. The average is 163 deaths per year.
Fallen law enforcement officers represent all levels of law enforcement, including local, state, federal, tribal, & military law enforcement.
They are family members, husbands, wives, parents, sons, and daughters.
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Post by MidnightSun on May 15, 2022 21:27:11 GMT -5
A Woman Was Elected to Congress Before Women Could Vote. Jeannette Rankin became the first female member of the U.S. Congress in 1916 — four years before women could vote. She served twice, from 1917 to 1919, and then decades later, from 1941 to 1943. She was in the minority who voted against entering World War I. Even though Rankin wasn’t the only vote against World War I, she drew the most ire, perhaps because she was a woman. And she was the lone vote against entering World War II. In the late 1960s, with a new wave of feminists and war protestors, Rankin rose to prominence again. She was again an influential voice in the anti-war movement and organized some of the largest protests against the Vietnam War. Her staunch pacifism proved controversial during both terms. She felt that, “You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”
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Post by BillG on May 16, 2022 7:33:09 GMT -5
Who knew??? May 16th is "National Love a Tree Day".
 
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Post by johnmori on May 16, 2022 7:33:41 GMT -5
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May 16, 1866
The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
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Post by soutxed on May 16, 2022 7:52:52 GMT -5
May 16, 1943, the nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue.
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Post by sandipaws on May 16, 2022 11:26:18 GMT -5
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 On May 17th, National Idaho Day recognizes the 43rd state to join the United States union on July 3, 1890. Known by locals as The Gem State, Idaho was settled as miners, traders, and missionaries made their way West into the territory of the Nez Perce, Shoshone, and Bannock peoples.
The state is dominated by the Rocky Mountains range. Snake River winds its way through the rugged western border of the state carving the deepest river gorge in North America. Hells Canyon National Recreation Area provides spectacular views of the dramatic landscapes the Snake River took thousands of years to sculpt.
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Post by MidnightSun on May 16, 2022 23:29:50 GMT -5
The Bloody Mary Was Originally Known as "Bucket of Blood". Not the most appetizing name, but the familiar vodka-and-tomato-juice beverage originally carried that title when it was introduced at Harry's New York Bar. A patron named Roy Barton coined the name and it stuck…until New York City's King Cole Bar, at the St. Regis Hotel, reintroduced the drink and rebranded it first "Red Snapper," then, finally, "Bloody Mary."
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Post by johnmori on May 17, 2022 4:36:43 GMT -5
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May 17, 1977
Nolan Bushnell opened the first ShowBiz Pizza Place (later renamed Chuck E. Cheese) in San Jose, California.
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