June 15th

1215

King John sealed the Magna Carta.
1775

George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
1836

Arkansas became the 25th state in the United States.
1844

Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for rubber vulcanization.
1849

James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee.
1923

Lou Gehrig made his New York Yankee debut as a pinch runner.
1992

Vice President Dan Quayle's "potatoe" spelling incident.
1996

Ella Fitzgerald, the ''first lady of song,'' died in Beverly Hills, California.
2002

Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

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The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.

Norman Thomas

I hope you do this everyday! I really like stuff like this.

I wont be on everyday, but when Im on I'll post the next one.

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The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.

Norman Thomas