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Posted: Nov 5, 2013 - 6:07am

1872 – Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
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Posted: Nov 4, 2013 - 9:01am

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1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.

 

Actually, NSC Intelligence Directive 9 was primarily a rebranding/renaming of what was first constituted in 1949 as the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA). The NSA has its roots even farther back than this, going all the way back to an organization officially entitled M.I. 8, and known as the American Black Chamber:

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Posted: Nov 4, 2013 - 6:14am

1994 – San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
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Posted: Nov 4, 2013 - 6:12am

1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
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Posted: Nov 1, 2013 - 11:31am

1896 – A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
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Posted: Nov 1, 2013 - 9:48am

1848 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
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Posted: Nov 1, 2013 - 9:47am

1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
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Posted: Nov 1, 2013 - 9:47am

1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
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Posted: Oct 31, 2013 - 8:51am


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Posted: Oct 31, 2013 - 7:28am

On this day in (approx.) 823 B.C., the most inventive, charming and clever people ever to grace God's green earth came up with yet another ingenious idea. They were, of course, the Irish (at this time A/K/A the Celts). Being bright they did not labor upon the obvious. So they let somebody else invent fire, the wheel, iron, astronomy, writing, calendars, etc. These they figured they could copy - - and boy did they. These clever folks....well.....they tended to save their strength for what was really important.
By this stratagem, even 1000 years earlier, while pagan types were grappling with such mediocrity as pyramids, irrigation and geometry, the Celts had learned to distill grain. This miracle medicinal cure (which would maintain mankind for over 3000 years) they called Usquebah. The amazed and very indebted rest of the world mistranslated the name as "whiskey".
So for a millennia these wise and whiskey-witty folk enjoyed good health and good fellowship. Then as this particular day approached (circa 823 B.C.), gender problems arose. The women began expecting the men to hang out close to the cave as the evening came earlier each fall. If civilization were to progress, this would never do!
So the Celtic elders came up with the second great invention. They called it "Samhain" or end of summer. They explained to the women that as the season changed, ghosts, goblins and evil spirits came forth to threaten all humans. In order to protect the women and children, the men folk selflessly would have to put on old clothes, take some jugs of the magic Usquebah (possible snake bite you know) and go into the hills and light fires.
For nearly 1500 years the tradition held. Then came the good St. Patrick who was wise enough to keep the Usquebah but drove out the snakes.
Conveniently, his Christian teaching did say that November 1st was the Feast of All Saints (or "All Hallows"). So it only seemed logical that if the saints were coming out, the devils would have one last fling. So, snakes or not, we would still need those reliable old clothes, bonfires and protective booze on the eve of "All Hallows" or Hallow's Evening or Halloween.
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Posted: Oct 31, 2013 - 6:36am

2011 – The global population of humans reached seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day.
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Posted: Oct 31, 2013 - 6:33am

2000 – Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
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Posted: Oct 31, 2013 - 6:32am

1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.

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Posted: Oct 30, 2013 - 11:17am

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1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

 
aliens invasion from outer space?

in comparison that would be reassuring today...
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Posted: Oct 30, 2013 - 10:38am

1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
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Posted: Oct 28, 2013 - 8:21pm

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The only reference I've seen so far. So long Lou and thanks.

 
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Posted: Oct 28, 2013 - 8:15pm

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lou reed dead at 71, 10/ 27,/13

 

The only reference I've seen so far. So long Lou and thanks.
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Posted: Oct 28, 2013 - 6:03am

1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
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Posted: Oct 28, 2013 - 6:02am

1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
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Posted: Oct 28, 2013 - 6:02am

1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
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