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Today in History 03/25/17

Clock tower of Giacomo di Rialto in Venice, Italy (© David C. Tomlinson/Getty Images)(421) Venice, Italy founded at the stroke of noon
Legend has it that the northern Italian city of Venice is created precisely at 12 noon with the dedication of its first church, San Giocomo, on the islet of Rialto. Venice will eventually spread across 117 small islands.
Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated across a group of 117 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges. These are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Parts of Venice are renowned for the beauty of their settings, their architecture, and artwork. The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a World Heritage Site.
Website: www.comune.venezia.it
Population: 264,579 (2014)
Area: 160.07 sq miles (414.57 km²)
Travel tip: Stunning architecture. Mysterious passageways. And of course, the canals. Venice is one of the most alluring cities in the world—the type of place where, as a visitor, you’ll @tripadvisor
Mayor: Luigi Brugnaro

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Drawing depicting slaves aboard a ship (© Rischgitz/Getty Images)(1807) British Empire ends its slave trade
Championed by religious groups and slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce, the Slave Trade Act becomes law in Great Britain and its colonies, ending the trading of slaves throughout the empire. It will be another 26 years before slavery itself will be abolished in the United Kingdom.
The Slave Trade Act 1807 or the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 25 March 1807, with the title of “An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade”. The original act is in the Parliamentary Archives. The act abolished the slave trade in the British Empire, in particular the Atlantic slave trade, and also encouraged British action to press other European states to abolish their slave trades, but it did not abolish slavery itself. Many of the Bill’s supporters thought the Act would lead to the death of slavery, but it was not until 26 years later that slavery itself was actually abolished. Slavery on English soil was unsupported in English law and that position was confirmed in Somersett’s Case in 1772, but it remained legal in most of the British Empire until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
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Firefighters at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York on March 25, 1911 (© New York Public Library/Getty Images)(1911) Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire kills 146
A Manhattan garment sweatshop is the scene of a horrific, and avoidable, tragedy as crowded conditions and an almost total lack of safety measures lead to the deaths of 146 workers after a fire breaks out. Legislation requiring factory safety standards will follow, as will sweatshop workers unions.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and 23 men – who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women aged 16 to 23; of the victims whose ages are known, the oldest victim was Providenza Panno at 43, and the youngest were 14-year-olds Kate Leone and “Sara” Rosaria Maltese.
Date: Mar 25, 1911
Fatalities: 146

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Allen Ginsberg circa 1957 (© CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)(1957) US Customs Office seizes ‘Howl’
As 520 copies of Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘Howl’ arrive in the US from a London publisher, customs officials seize the books on charges of obscenity. Ginsberg and his publisher, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, will fight those charges and win, the trial a publicity bonanza for ‘Howl’ and the cause of free speech.
“Howl” is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955, published as part of his 1956 collection of poetry titled Howl and Other Poems, and dedicated to Carl Solomon. Ginsberg began work on “Howl” as early as 1954. In the Paul Blackburn Tape Archive at the University of California, San Diego, Ginsberg can be heard reading early drafts of his poem to his fellow writing associates. “Howl” is considered to be one of the great works of American literature. It came to be associated with the group of writers known as the Beat Generation.
Author: Allen Ginsberg
Written: 1955
Movements: Beat Generation
Original language: English

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Today in History 01/23/17

Samples of insulin circa 1920s (© SSPL/Getty Images)(1922) First diabetic patient to receive insulin
Fourteen-year-old Leonard Thompson is injected with insulin, a new drug that saves diabetics’ lives. A Nobel Prize will go to the Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod, the researchers who developed the drug.
Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets. It regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and protein by promoting the absorption of, especially, glucose from the blood into fat, liver and skeletal muscle cells. In these tissues the absorbed glucose is converted into either glycogen via glycogenesis or fats via lipogenesis, or, in the case of the liver, into both. Glucose production by the liver is strongly inhibited by high concentrations of insulin in the blood. Circulating insulin also affects the synthesis of proteins in a wide variety of tissues. It is therefore an anabolic hormone, promoting the conversion of small molecules in the blood into large molecules inside the cells. Low insulin levels in the blood have the opposite effect by promoting widespread catabolism.
May treat: Diabetes mellitus type 1 · Type 2 diabetes · Diabetic ketoacidosis · Hyperglycemia · Gestational diabetes · Hyperkalemia · Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
Possible side effect: Acanthosis nigricans
Legal status: Over-the-counter drug · Prescription drug
Brand name: Exubera
Pregnancy risk category: Pregnancy Category C (FDA) · Pregnancy Category B (FDA)

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Women tossing frisbees in the 1960s (© Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)(1957) The Frisbee takes flight
The toy company Wham-O has taken notice of a plastic flying disc invented by WWII veteran pilot Walter Morrison, who’s been selling his Pluto Platters on the beaches of Santa Monica, California. He sells the rights for the Pluto Platter to Wham-O, which soon changes its name to the Frisbee.
A frisbee is a disc-shaped gliding toy or sporting item that is generally plastic and roughly 20 to 25 centimetres in diameter with a lip, used recreationally and competitively for throwing and catching, for example, in flying disc games. The shape of the disc, an airfoil in cross-section, allows it to fly by generating lift as it moves through the air while spinning. Flying discs are thrown and caught for free-form recreation and as part of many flying disc games. A wide range of flying disc variants are available commercially. Disc golf discs are usually smaller but denser and tailored for particular flight profiles to increase/decrease stability and distance. The longest recorded disc throw is by Simon Lizotte with a distance of 263.2 meters. Disc dog sports use relatively slow flying discs made of more pliable material to better resist a dog’s bite and prevent injury to the dog. Flying rings are also available; they typically travel significantly farther than any traditional flying disc. There are also illuminated discs meant for nighttime play — they are made of a phosphorescent plastic or contain battery-powered light-emitting diodes or chemiluminescent glowing sticks. Others whistle when they reach a certain velocity in flight.
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File photo of the U.S.S. Pueblo Navy ship (© USN/AP)(1968) US Navy ship seized by North Korea
The intelligence vessel USS Pueblo comes under fire and is captured by North Korean patrol boats off their coast. The 83 crewmembers will be held by the communist nation for 11 months.
USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class environmental research ship, attached to Navy intelligence as a spy ship, which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what is known today as the “Pueblo incident” or alternatively, as the “Pueblo crisis”.
Launched: Apr 16, 1944

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President Nixon announcing the end of the Vietnam War and declaring a ceasefire on Jan. 23, 1973 (© AP)(1973) President Nixon announces accord ending Vietnam War
The Paris Peace Accords signed by his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the top North Vietnamese negotiator, Richard Nixon announces that a ceasefire will go into effect in 72 hours.
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. The treaty included the governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), and the United States, as well as the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) that represented indigenous South Vietnamese revolutionaries. It ended direct U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam. However, the agreement was not ratified by the United States Senate.
The negotiations that led to the accord began in 1968, after various lengthy delays. As a result of the accord, the International Control Commission (ICC) was replaced by the International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) to fulfill the agreement. The main negotiators of the agreement were United States National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and Vietnamese politburo member Lê Đức Thọ; the two men were awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts, although Lê Đức Thọ refused to accept it.
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Today in History 01/03/17

'Luther at the Diet of Worms', 1882. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation. He was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX in 1521 and declared an outlaw at the Diet of Worms. Under the protection of the Elector of Saxony, Luther produced a German translation of the Bible, and he went on to found the Lutheran Protestant Church. A print from The Magazine of Art Vol V, Cassell, Peter, Galpin and Company, Limited, 1882. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)(1521) Martin Luther excommunicated
Pope Leo X excommunicates professor Martin Luther from the Catholic Church after Luther refuses to recant his views on Church corruption. Luther’s views will eventually inspire the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.
Lived: Nov 10, 1483 – Feb 18, 1546 (age 62)
Spouse: Katharina von Bora (m. 1525 – 1546)
Education: University of Erfurt (1501 – 1505)
Children: Magdalena Luther (Daughter) · Paul Luther (Son) · Elisabeth Luther (Daughter) · Martin Luther (Son) · Margarethe Luther (Daughter) · Hans Luther (Son)
Compositions: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Parents: Hans Luther (Father) · Margarethe Luther (Mother)
Highlights
  • 1483: Martin Luther was born to Hans Luder (or Ludher, later Luther) and his wife Margarethe (née Lindemann) on 10 November 1483 in Eisleben, Saxony, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.

  • 1517: On 31 October 1517, Luther wrote to his bishop, Albert of Mainz, protesting the sale of indulgences.

  • 1520: Three of his best-known works were published in 1520: To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian.

  • 1520: On 15 June 1520, the Pope warned Luther with the papal bull (edict) Exsurge Domine that he risked excommunication unless he recanted 41 sentences drawn from his writings, including the Ninety-five Theses, within 60 days.

  • 1524: He supplied four of eight songs of the First Lutheran hymnal Achtliederbuch, 18 of 26 songs of the Erfurt Enchiridion, and 24 of the 32 songs in the first choral hymnal with settings by Johann Walter, Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn, all published in 1524.

  • 1525: Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora on June 13, 1525.

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UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 19: Launched by the Hamilton Watch Company of Pennsylvania, United States on 3 January 1957, this was the world?s first battery-powered wristwatch. A significant advance in the development of electric timekeeping, it took more than ten years to develop. The timekeeping was controlled by a conventional balance wheel, but kept in motion by electromagnets, rather than a main spring. The Hamilton electric watch was an instant success, making the need to wind watches by hand a thing of the past. Its popularity was also due to its modern styling - Hamilton employed designer Richard Arbib to produce a range of dramatic case styles to accompany the movement. These watches were in production until 1969, when they were replaced by superior quartz movement technology. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)(1957) First electric watch debuts
The world’s first battery-powered wristwatch is introduced by Pennsylvania’s Hamilton Watch Company, advancing time-keeping technology from mechanical and automatic to electronic movements.
In horology the term electric watch is used for the first generation electrically-powered wristwatches which were first publicly displayed by both Elgin National Watch Company and LIP on the 19th of March 1952 with working laboratory examples in Chicago and Paris. Hamilton would be the first to produce and retail an electric watch beginning in 1957, before the commercial introduction of the quartz wristwatch in 1969 by Seiko with the Astron. Their timekeeping element was either a traditional balance wheel or a tuning fork, driven electromagnetically by a solenoid powered by a battery. The hands were driven mechanically through a wheel train. They were superseded by quartz watches, which had greater accuracy and durability due to their lower parts count. Recent automatic quartz watches, which combine mechanical technology with quartz timekeeping, are not included in this classification.
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UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Photo of Aretha FRANKLIN (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)(1987) First woman inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin is chosen to be among the honorees at the second annual ceremony, becoming the first woman admitted to rock music’s hall of fame.
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter and musician. Franklin began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only achieving modest success. Following her signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as “Respect”, A Natural Woman” and “Think”. These hits and more helped her to gain the title The Queen of Soul by the end of the 1960s decade.
Born: Mar 25, 1942 (age 74) · Memphis, TN
Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Net worth: $60 million USD (2016)
Spouse: Glynn Turman (m. 1978 – 1984) · Ted White (m. 1961 – 1969)
Children: Ted White Jr. (Son) · Edward Franklin (Son) · Kecalf Cunningham (Son) · Clarence Franklin (Son)
Siblings: Erma Franklin (Sister) · Carolyn Franklin (Sister) · Rev. Cecil Franklin (Brother) · Vaughn Franklin (Brother) · Carl Ellan Kelley (Sister)

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WAS02:ENTERTAINMENT-LIFE-PEANUTS:LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA,2JAN00 - UNDATED FILE PHOTOGRAPH - After five decades of watching his kite eaten by trees, his baseball games collapse in disarray, and his dog Snoopy walk away with the best lines, Charlie Brown and his gang say farewell Monday in the final new "Peanuts" comic strip in daily newspapers. The characters shown, from the left, are Pigpen, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder (back) Linus, Franklin (back) Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Sally (back) Lucy, Marcie and Woodstock. (MANDATORY CREDIT: fsp/Photo Courtesy PEANUTS © United Feature Syndicate, Inc. REUTERS(2000) Last daily ‘Peanuts’ comic strip is published
Charles Schulz’s beloved gang of friends take their final bow after 17,896 four-panel strips and 50 years of newspaper syndication. The ‘Peanuts strip also spawned TV specials, movies, and collectible items, an empire said to have netted Schulz a fortune.
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. The strip is the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it “arguably the longest story ever told by one human being”. At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion. Reprints of the strip are still syndicated and run in almost every U.S. newspaper.
Characters: Charlie Brown · Snoopy · Schroeder · Peppermint Patty · Lucy van Pelt · Linus van Pelt · Woodstock · Sally Brown · Shermy · Little Red-Haired Girl · Pig-Pen · Marcie · Violet · Rerun van Pelt
Adaptations: The Peanuts Movie (2015) · Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don’t Come Back!!) (1980)

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Today in History 12/20/16

Today in History
(1860) South Carolina is first state to secede from the Union
The first state rights flag unfurled by secessionists at Columbia, South Carolina in 1860. South Carolina was the first state to pass an ordinance of secession, ultimately leading to the U.S. Civil War.
In a unanimous vote, the South Carolina legislature enacts an ordinance of secession after Abraham Lincoln is elected president, declaring that in Lincoln they detect a perceived “hostility…to the institution of slavery.” Within months, other slave-holding states will also secede, forming the Confederacy and precipitating the Civil War.

Secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the American Civil War, comprises the series of events that began on December 20, 1860, and extended through June 8 of the next year when eleven states in the Lower and Upper South severed their ties with the Union. The first seven seceding states of the Lower South set up a provisional government at Montgomery, Alabama. After hostilities began at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861, the border states of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to Richmond, Virginia. The Union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. Twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the United States, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the Confederate States of America.

Secession – American Civil War

— Source: www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/secession
(1957) Rock ‘n’ roll star Elvis Presley receives draft notice
U.S. Army G.I. Elvis Presley carries his duffel bag during service in the army in 1958 at an unknown location. (AP Photo)
The 22-year-old refuses special treatment, despite thousands of fans writing letters asking for this national treasure to be spared. Presley will serve two years and reach the rank of sergeant. An Army pal will introduce him to 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, whom he will later marry.

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll”, or simply, “the King”.

Lived: Jan 08, 1935 – Aug 16, 1977 (age 42)
Height: 6′ 0″ (1.82 m)
Spouse: Priscilla Presley (m. 1967 – 1973)
Partner: Linda Thompson (1972 – 1976)
Children: Lisa Marie Presley (Daughter)
Buried: Graceland

— Source: wiki/Elvis_Presley
— IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm0000062/bio
(1987) Overcrowded ferry and oil tanker collide near Manila
Relatives place a warning streamer on the coffins of victims in the century's worst sea tragedy prior to loading them aboard a Philippine Navy ship Jan. 3, 1988 in Manila, for their last trip home in Leyte province in central Philippines. Authorities recovered only about 108 bodies out of more than 1,500 people aboard a passenger ship which collided with an oil tanker and both sank off Mindoro waters, 100 miles south of Manila. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
A ferry carrying approximately 4,000 people home for the Christmas holiday collides with an oil tanker in the Tablas Strait at about 10 PM. After a huge explosion, both ships sink quickly. Only 24 people will survive. The accident ranks as history’s deadliest maritime disaster in peacetime.

The MV Doña Paz was a Philippine-registered passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector on December 20, 1987. With an estimated death toll of 4,386 people and only 24 survivors, it was the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history. Doña Paz was traveling from Leyte island to the Philippine capital of Manila. The vessel was seriously overcrowded, with at least 2000 passengers not listed on the manifest. In addition, it was claimed that the ship carried no radio and that the life-jackets were locked away. But official blame was directed at the MT Vector, which was found to be unseaworthy, and operating without a license, lookout or qualified master.

— Source: wiki/MV_Doña_Paz
(1989) United States invades Panama to topple military dictator
U.S.Troops in Panama - U.S.troops position themselves by a heavy gun and fire it from behind sand bags by an access road to Panamanian Defense Forces Headquarters in Panama City on Wednesday, december 20, 1989, after an early morning invasion. President Bush ordered the military strike in Panama to seize General Manuel Antonio Noriega. (AP Photo)
The US launches Operation Just Cause to remove Gen. Manuel Noriega from power after he had been indicted on drug trafficking charges. Noriega’s regime will fall in just days, and Noriega himself will be arrested and later sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.

The United States Invasion of Panama, code named Operation Just Cause, was an invasion of Panama by the United States between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990. It occurred during the administration of President George H. W. Bush and ten years after the Torrijos–Carter Treaties were ratified to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to Panama by 1 January 2000.

Start date: Dec 20, 1989
End date: Jan 31, 1990

— Source: wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama
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Today in History 12/18/16

Today in History
(1888) Cowboys stumble upon an ancient “palace” on a cliff
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Two cowboys, Richard Wetherill and Charlie Mason, are out looking for stray cattle in southwestern Colorado when they spy ruins of ancient dwellings high on a mesa. Wetherill dubs it Cliff Palace and the name will stick. The former home of Ancestral Puebloans will come to be considered the largest cliff dwelling in North America.

Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States.

Address: Ruins Rd, Uninc Montezuma County, CO 81330
Phone: (970) 529-4461

— Source: wiki/Cliff_Palace
(1892) ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ premieres in St. Petersburg, Russia
English: Photo of Stanislava Belinskaya as Clara (left), an unknown performer (center), & Vassily Stulkolin as Fritz (right) in the Imperial Ballet's original production of the Petipa/Ivanov/Tchaikovsky ballet "The Nutcracker". Date Circa December, 1892.
The new two-act ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky gets an ambivalent reaction from critics. But the score will become one of Tchaikovsky’s most famous compositions and many ballet companies will rely on ‘Nutcracker’ ticket sales each Christmas season.

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, by way of Alexandre Dumas’ adapted story ‘The Nutcracker’. It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892, on a double-bill with Tchaikovsky’s opera Iolanta.

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Adaptations: The Nutcracker in 3D (2010) · Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986) · Shchelkunchik (1973) · Nutcracker Fantasy (1979) · Nutcracker Rouge · Nutcracker
Compositional form: Ballet

— Source: wiki/The_Nutcracker
(1915) US President Woodrow Wilson marries socialite
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and his wife, first lady Edith Bolling Wilson, smile in this undated photo. (AP Photo)
Woodrow Wilson, 59, marries a 43-year-old Washington, DC, socialite, Edith Bolling Galt. Presidential advisors voice concern about the marriage just a year after Wilson’s first wife had died. Wilson will suffer a stroke during his second term, leaving Edith to run many routine affairs of his administration.

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, second wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, was First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921. She met the President in March 1915 and they married nine months later.

Lived: Oct 15, 1872 – Dec 28, 1961 (age 89)
Spouse: Woodrow Wilson (m. 1915 – 1924) · Norman Galt (m. 1896 – 1908)
Buried: Washington National Cathedral
Children: Margaret Woodrow Wilson · Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre · Eleanor “Nellie” Randolph McAdoo · Jessie Woodrow Sayre · Infant Galt
Previous office: First Lady of the United States (1915 – 1921)
Education: Emory and Henry College

Highlights

  • 1896: Edith Wilson married Norman Galt on April 01, 1896; their marriage lasted 12 years till 1908.

  • 1896: While visiting her married sister in Washington, D.C., Edith met Norman Galt (1864-1908), a prominent jeweler; they married on April 30, 1896 and lived in the capital for the next 12 years.

  • 1915: Wilson married Edith Bolling Galt on December 18, 1915 at her home in Washington, D.C.

  • 1916: In 1916, the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862–1947) was commissioned by Colonel Edward M. House to paint a portrait of Mrs. Wilson, which he did in the White House.

  • 1919: Following his attendance at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, Wilson returned to campaign for Senate approval of the peace treaty and the League of Nations Covenant.

  • 1921: In 1921, Edith Wilson retired with the former president to their home on S Street NW in Washington, D.C., nursing him until his death three years later.

— Source: wiki/Edith_Wilson
(1957) First civilian nuclear power plant goes online
Overhead view of an unidentified technician as he is suspended on a wooden platform into the reactor pressure vessel at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, Shippingport, Pennsylvania, 1958. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
The Shippingport Atomic Power Station, in Pennsylvania, is up and running, generating electricity for the first time. The $72 million plant, which is the world’s first large-scale nuclear power facility, will supply power to the Pittsburgh area for 25 years until it’s retired in 1982.

The Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the world’s first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses. It was located near the present-day Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 25 miles from Pittsburgh.

Opened: 1957

— Source: wiki/Shippingport_Atomic_Power_Station
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