Saturday, January 14, 2023

Kurt Godel's Starvation Death on This Day in History

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  This Day in History:  Austrian-American logician and mathematician Kurt Godel died on this day in 1978. Godel developed an obsessive fear ...
Friday, January 13, 2023

Two Airline Disasters on This Day in History

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  This Day in History: Fifty-eight people were killed in two separate airline crashes on this day in 1970. A Faucett Airlines DC-4 disappear...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

The Under-Appreciated Jimmy Carter on This Day in History

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  This Day in History: Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 76th Governor of Georgia at the age of 46 on this day in 1971. A relatively obscu...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

The First Lottery on This Day in History

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  This Day in History: "Today in 1569 the very first English lottery was drawn at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. (Queen) Elizabeth’s b...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

A Helicopter Decapitation on This Day in History

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  This Day in History: Salvator Disi, 62, was decapitated on this day in 2019 while using a power cart to jump start a helicopter in Hernand...
Monday, January 9, 2023

The First iPhone on This Day in History

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This Day in History: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco on this day in 2007. From Ba...
Sunday, January 8, 2023

The War on Poverty on This Day in History

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  This day in history: On this day in 1964, LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson) declared a "War on Poverty." 22 trillion dollars have been spe...