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OMG it's Monday
Today is the 2nd day of the 5th week, the 29th day of the 1st month, the 29th day of 2018, and:
- Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
- Curmudgeons Day
- Freethinkers Day
- National Carnation Day
- National Corn Chip Day
- National Puzzle Day
- Seeing Eye Dog Day
- Thomas Paine Day
On this day in ...
1790 – The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
1834 – US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute. Workers building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal were rebelling because construction teams [consisting mostly of Irish, German, Dutch and black workers] worked with primitive tools, were forced to work long hours for low wages in dangerous conditions. The move set a dangerous precedent for future labor-management relations. When labor uprisings increased toward and into the turn of the century, business leaders were confident in the knowledge that they could turn to local, state or federal government leaders to head off labor unrest. Rather ironically, Jackson claimed to be a populist and wanted to advance the rights of the "common man" against a "corrupt aristocracy"
1845 – "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1936 - The first five members of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, NY.
1959 – The first Melodifestivalen, an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR), is held in Stockholm, Sweden.
1963 – The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
1967 – The "ultimate high" of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
Rainy days and Mondays, plus car problems and a fried computer. I truly need to win either the lottery, Power Ball, MegaMillions or the Publishing Clearing House so that I can land on Easy Street….
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