You can’t borrow a book unless you’re a Senator or Representative, but you can hang around all day and read or listen to anything you like. It’s open to the public, even on NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DAY! On April 24, 1800, America’s Second President, John Adams, set side $5,000 to purchase “such books as …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 4/24/23 – LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DAY! Read More »
Executive Order #10924 was one of President John F. Kennedy’s better ideas, and on March 1, 1961, he mobilized America’s first peaceful army, making today NATIONAL PEACE CORPS DAY! Kennedy first proposed the Peace Corps as a Congressman in 1951, calling for an “army of missionaries for Democracy.” The idea was batted around Washington for 10 …
He was born in a Baltimore neighborhood called Pigtown 128 years ago today, February 6, 1895, son of a barkeep who sent him to live in a boys reformatory where he learned shirt making, carpentry and how to play baseball better than any else one ever played baseball. Today is NATIONAL BABE RUTH DAY! By …
On this day in 1955, entertainment conglomerate RCA Victor made its best investment when they paid $35,000 to Sam Philips’ small Memphis record company for Elvis Presley’s contract, making today NATIONAL SUN RECORDS DAY! Everyone knows that Presley went on to become one of the most successful and recognizable entertainers of all time, but Sun …
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