Today is Wednesday, December 4, 2024

The History of Today

1942 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the dismantling of the Works Progress Administration. The program had been created in order to provide jobs during the Great Depression.

1942 - U.S. bombers attacked the Italian mainland for the first time during World War II.

1956 - Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash recorded together (the Million Dollar Quartet). The session would not be released for 25 years.

1961 - Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl" was released.




Daily Quote

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.
- Henry Adams, American writer and historian.




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