Today is National Milk Chocolate Day. Yes, you can drink chocolate milk today and pass it off as celebrating, but the best thing to do would be to just grab yourself a Hershey Bar (or Godiva, if you must) and savor every bite!
1996- Kennewick Man was discovered, you guessed it, new Kennewick (WA).
1990- After Maximo Menendez went into convulsions and slipping ito a coma, the FDA discovered the Colombian imported soft drink was laced with liquid cocaine. After a recall and inspection 45 more bottles were discovered. 3 years later, two men were charged.
1976- An Earthquake measuring approximately 8.0 mag, flattened Tangshan, China. More than 240,000 were killed and 164,000 injured.
1964 –Full House actress, Lori Loughlin.
1948- All in the Family actress, Sally Struthers.
1945- 14 people were killed when a B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floore of the Empire State Building after swerving to miss the Chrysler Building in thick fog.
1945- Garfield cartoonist, Jim Davis.
1929- Jacqueline Kennedy Onnasis.
1914- Austria-Hungray declared war on Serbia in response to the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. “The War to End All Wars“ began (aka WWI).
1901- crooner/actor appearing in The Musical Doctor, Rudy Vallee
1868- The 14th Amendment guaranteeing citizenship (and all its privleges) to blacks in America, was adopted.
1866- The Tale of Peter Rabbit author, Beatrix Potter
1866- The Metric Act of 1866 was passed. It allowed for the standardization of weights and measures in the US. Have they been trying for THAT long to get us to use Metric?!?
1493- Great fire in Moscow began in the Church of Nicholas on the Sand.
Stop by tomorrow to find out how the Italians have gotten into this celebration thing…
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