Thursday, May 14, 2026


Tomorrow in
Misc. History


1862 - The U.S. Congress created the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

1926 - The New York Rangers were awarded a franchise by the National Hockey League (NHL).

1930 - Ellen Church became the first female flight attendant.

1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his historic major league baseball hitting streak of 56 games.

1964 - The Smothers Brothers, Dick and Tom, gave their first concert in Carnegie Hall in New York City.

1990 - Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" was sold for $82.5 million. The sale set a new world record.


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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
- Alexander Graham Bell



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