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#1 5-20-12: Today in History
05-20-2012, 12:02 PM
Lead Story
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans, 1873
American Revolution
Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania, 1778
Automotive
Street in front of the White House closed to traffic, 1995
Civil War
Union Congress passes the Homestead Act, 1862
Cold War
United States drops hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll, 1956
Crime
Mary Kay Letourneau marries former victim, 2005
Disaster
Plane crashes at Cairo airport, 1965
General Interest
Vasco da Gama reaches India, 1498
Christopher Columbus dies, 1506
The Homestead Act, 1862
Spirit of St. Louis departs, 1927
Battle for Hamburger Hill ends, 1969
Supreme Court defends rights of homosexuals, 1996
Hollywood
The Simpsons airs 400th episode, 2007
Literary
W.H. Auden becomes a U.S. citizen, 1946
Music
Frank Sinatra is laid to rest, 1998
Old West
Levi Strauss patents copper-riveted jeans, 1873
Presidential
Lincoln signs Homestead Act, 1862
Sports
Sunday Silence wins Preakness by a nose, 1989
Vietnam War
French see "light at the end of the tunnel" in Vietnam, 1953
Kennedy criticizes the "Hamburger Hill" battle, 1969
World War I
British renew attacks in Battle of Festubert, 1915
World War II
Germans break through to English Channel at Abbeville, France, 1940
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-historyWoe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
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05-21-2012, 12:02 AM
1805 - The viceroy of Mexico was ordered to compile all pertinent data concerning the true boundary between Texas and Louisianna.
1857 - Camp Wood was established on the east bank of the Nueces River. The site is about 50 miles northwest of Fort Inge.
1893 - The second town of Amarillo was selected as the seat of Potter County.
1978 - "The Buddy Holly Story" premiered in of Lubbock, TX. The film had its world premier in Dallas on May 18.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi
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05-21-2012, 12:11 AM
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
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