today in history:
2001: Douglas Adams dies of heart attack at 49
I'm tempted to leave it at that.
323 Alexander the great dies
1980 Mt St Helens erupts
1933 TVA created
1896 Supreme Court endorses "separate but equal" racial segregation with its Plessy v. Ferguson decision, a ruling that was overturned 58 years later with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
1804 the French Senate proclaims Napoleon Bonaparte emperor
1872 Bertrand Russell born
1863 Siege of Vicksburg, MS
1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
1982 Unification Church founder Rev Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion
Also, it's Fungal Infection Awareness Month,Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month, and Healthy Baby Month.
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