Today in History

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It is thought that King George suffered arsenic poisoning from “medication” administered by his doctors. This affected his physical and mental health during the American Revolution.

 

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1817 The New York stock exchange is created

 

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Mr. Watson come here, I want you​

Alexander Graham Bell
by James Graham
March 10, 1876 — On this day in 1876 Alexander Graham Bell reputedly spoke to his assistant Thomas A. Watson with the first recognizable sentence transmitted by phone: “Mr. Watson come here, I want you.” It was the briefest of conversations, but it proved to be a pioneering moment in telecoms history.

 

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It is thought that King George suffered arsenic poisoning from “medication” administered by his doctors. This affected his physical and mental health during the American Revolution.

That possibly explains some of the riff raff in the PF.

 

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When Dr. Joseph Lawrence came up with his unique formula for LISTERINE®mouthwash, he made sure to pay an homage to Dr. Joseph Lister, the English surgeon that pioneered antiseptic surgical methods, leading to more patients surviving than ever before.

 

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missed it yesterday, but Julius Caesar was stabbed a whole bunch of times. probably the point of no-turning back on the Roman Republic side of things; not that there was much hope of it with him alive either.

 

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I know they were our enemies at this point. but the space race stuff is objectively cool, no matter who did it first. the first ones to do any of it should be seen as heros literally establishing new boundaries for mankind.

 

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3/26/1953, Dr. Jonas Salk announced the polio vaccine.

 

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On March 29, 1973, US service members held captive in North Vietnam were returned to US soil.

 

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On this day in 1847, General Winfield Scott captured Veracruz during the Mexican-American War.

After a 20 day siege including gunboat bombardments, they surrendered, setting the state for a full-scale invasion of Mexico.

During the Civil War, Lincoln asked Scott why he had captured Mexico City so quickly with a small force, while Union armies struggled against Richmond.

Scott: "The men who took us into Mexico City are the same men who are keeping us out of Richmond."

 

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Today in 1867,US Secretary of State William h. Seward struck a deal to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars

 

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Today in 1867,US Secretary of State William h. Seward struck a deal to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars

I asked Alexa what 7.2 million $$ be worth today.
Response was 1.5 billion

 

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I asked Alexa what 7.2 million $$ be worth today.
Response was 1.5 billion

Highway robbery

 

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I asked Alexa what 7.2 million $$ be worth today.
Response was 1.5 billion

Their natural resources are estimated to be over 500 billion