Saturday, April 18, 2026


Tomorrow in
Misc. History


1764 - The English Parliament banned the American colonies from printing paper money.

1852 - The California Historical Society was founded.

1897 - The first annual Boston Marathon was held. It was the first of its type in the U.S.

1933 - The U.S. went off of the gold standard.

1982 - NASA named Sally Ride to be their first woman astronaut.

1986 - Prince became only the 5th songwriter to have two top ten hits at the same time. The songs were "Kiss" (Prince and the Revolution) and "Manic Monday" (Bangles).


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I am not a crook.
- Richard M. Nixon, 1973



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