Wednesday, May 21, 2025


Tomorrow in
Misc. History


1761 - In Philadelphia, the first life insurance policy was issued in the U.S.

1841 - Henry Kennedy received a patent for the first reclining chair.

1900 - The Associated Press was incorporated as a non-profit news cooperative in New York.

1985 - Pete Rose passed Hank Aaron as National League run scoring leader with 2,108.

1992 - Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time. He had been host for 30 years.


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They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Love's Labour's Lost", Act 5 scene 1



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