Wednesday, December 4, 2024


Tomorrow in
Misc. History


1782 - The first native U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, NY.

1848 - U.S. President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming the fact that gold had been discovered in California.

1876 - The Stillson wrench was patented by D.C. Stillson. The device was the first practical pipe wrench.

1933 - Prohibition came to an end when Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

1945 - The so-called "Lost Squadron" disappeared. The five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers carrying 14 Navy flyers began a training mission at the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station. They were never heard from again.

1985 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 for the first time.


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Before us stands the last problem which must be solved and will be solved. It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is the claim from which I shall not recede.
- Adolf Hitler, about storming Prague, 1939.



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