Saturday, August 5, 2017

Day 217 - This day in legal and military history

August 5
 

NATIONAL Clown Day
 

NATIONAL Underwear Day
 

NATIONAL Work Like a Dog Day
 

NATIONAL Sand Castle Day

NATIONAL Oyster Day
 

NATIONAL Mustard Day [first Saturday in August]
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1858 The first transatlantic cable is completed
 

1861 US Army prohibits flogging
 

1861 US levies the first federal income tax; 3% on incomes over $800
 

1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island
 

1914 The first electric traffic signal lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio
 

1969 The US space probe Mariner 7 flew by Mars, sending back photographs and scientific data
 

1981 President Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers
 

1986 US Senate voted for the Strategic Defense Initiative project, better known as Star Wars
 

1992 Four police officers are indicted on civil rights charges in the beating of Rodney King
 

2012 The plutonium-powered rover Curiosity successfully lands on Mars

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