June 14th is Flag Day. If you don’t own a flag, I recommend that you get one. Celebrate the goodness of the United States of America. Remember how we as a group of people have gotten to where we are now, as a people. On this day, we should focus on the good that being an American brings. The good that living in America brings to us. Think about how lucky you are to be living in a place like this. And it is luck, just one little decision made in the past by someone you don’t know would have changed who you are and where you were born. Thank you, Mom and Dad for your decisions and to all of my ancestors, Thank you!
HISTORY:
In 1985, TWA flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah. 153 passengers and crew were held, for three days to 2 weeks. 152 survived.
In 1962, The Boston Strangler’s first victim, Anna Sleserby, was killed.
In 1954, “Under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance by President Eisenhower.
In 1951, The US Census Bureau dedicated UNIVAC I computer purchased from Remington Rand on March 31st.UNIVAC I was the first commercial computer produced.
In 1846, Settlers in Sonoma, CA rebelled against Mexico and proclaimed The California Republic.
In 1834, Isaac Fischer, Jr of Springfield, VT, patented sandpaper, if it weren’t for him, the medical field would have a speciality for splinter removal.
In 1789, 18 mutiny survivors of the Bounty, including Captain William Bligh, reached Timor, 4,000 miles from where they were cast adrift.
In 1777, Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the US.
In 1775, The US Army was formed (nee-Continental Army) it is the oldest of the United States uniformed services.
BIRTHDAYS
1969- Steffi Graff, tennis champ.
1961- Boy George, singer with “Culture Club”
1946- Donald Trump, “The Donald”.
1925- Pierre Salinger, WH Press Secretary for JFK.
1919- Gene Barry, actor. War of the Worlds (1953),(2005), Bat Masterson, Burkes Law.
1909- Burl Ives, singer/actor. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Roots, East of Eden, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Summer Magic.
1864- Alois Alzheimer, psychiatrist/pathologist. First to identify presenile dementia and use staining techniques to identify anyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in a patient (after her death at age 51)
1811- Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist/author. Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Little Foxes.
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