MAY 27, 2020
Today is:
| Cellophane Tape Day
National Grape Popsicle Nothing to Fear Day Sunscreen Protection Day |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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WILD BILL HICKOK (1837-1876) — American West folk hero, lawman, gunfighter, and entertainer. |
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DASHIELL HAMMETT (1895-1961) — American crime novelist & short story writer. Best known for novels The Maltese Falcon & The Thin Man. |
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RACHEL CARSON (1907-1964) — American marine biologist, conservationist, and author. Her book Silent Spring is credited with kicking off the modern environmentalist movement. |
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SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE (1922-2015) — English actor, best known for portraying villains in films. He starred as Count Dracula many times, Saruman in Lord of the Rings, and Count Dooku in Star Wars. |
TODAY IN HISTORY
| 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great of Russia founds the city of St. Petersburg. It will be the Russian capital until the 1917 Revolution. |  |
| 1927 – Ford Motor Company ceases production of its Model T after almost 20 years, retooling the factory to produce the new Model A. |  |
| 1933 – Walt Disney releases it’s cartoon short The Three Little Pigs, featuring the hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”. |  |
| 1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge in California opens to pedestrian traffic, linking the city of San Francisco and Marin County, CA. Vehicles will be allowed to cross the next day. |  |
| 1962 – The Centraila mine fire begins as the town’s landfill is burnt and underground dust from a vacant coal mine is ignited. This will cause the town to be mostly abandoned by 1980 and is still burning underground. |  |
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