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Today is the 2nd day of the 41st week, the 7th day of the 10th month, the 280th day of 2019, and: 
  • Bathtub Day – did you know the earliest bathtubs we have found date back to 1700 BCE? 
  • Blue Shirt Day/World Day of Bullying Prevention
  • Child Health Day
  • Day of unity
  • National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day
  • National Consignment Day
  • National Flower Day
  • National Forgiveness & Happiness Day
  • National Frappe Day
  • National Inner Beauty Day
  • National LED Light Day
  • Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Registration Day – since 2014
  • World Architecture Day
  • World Habitat Day
  • You Matter to Me Day – since 2010
ON THIS DAY IN ....

3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).

1492 - Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course

1520 - first public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain

1806 - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood

1816 - first double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans

1900 - The term "orienteering" is first used for an event

1916 - Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; most lopsided score in the history of US college football

1919 - KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, established (oldest existing airline)

1931 - the first infra-red photograph taken in Rochester, NY

1942 - the US & UK governments announce establishment of United Nations

1952 - First "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)

1958 - US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury

1959 - Far side of Moon seen for the 1st time, courtesy of USSR's Luna 3 space probe

1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

1963 - JFK signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty

1978 - USSR performs nuclear test

1979 - USSR performs underground nuclear test

1982 - Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater on Broadway NYC and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

1985 - 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB

1994 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC

1996 - Rupert Murdoch launches Fox News with Roger Ailes as CEO

2008 - Music, podcast, and video streaming service Spotify is launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon

 

 

 

Yeah that about sums up today
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