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June 27, 1778

On this day in 1778, a jubilant wagon procession escorted the Liberty Bell back to Philadelphia after it had been hidden in Allentown, Pennsylvania, during the British occupation of the city. Fearing that British forces would melt the bell down for ammunition, Patriot officials had secretly removed it the previous year. Its triumphant return marked the end of an extraordinary wartime journey and preserved one of America’s most enduring symbols of liberty.

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Today is Sunday, June 28, 2026

The History of Today

1894 - The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a U.S. national holiday.

1911 - Samuel J. Battle became the first African-American policeman in New York City.

1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established the League of Nations.

1938 - The U.S. Congress created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans.

1945 - U.S. General Douglas MacArthur announced the end of Japanese resistance in the Philippines.

Daily Quote

The birth of a man is the birth of his sorrow. The longer he lives, the more stupid he becomes, because his anxiety to avoid unavoidable death becomes more and more acute. What bitterness! He lives for what is always out of reach! His thirst for survival in the future makes him incapable of living in the present.
- Chuang Tzu



 
RhB Michael said:
That Treaty of Versailles was so harsh on the German economy and its citizens it lead to WWII.
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Absolutely agree. It was an act of politicans knowing better what to do instead of listening to the needs and wants of people. Very different after the Second World War where the Allies had a plan different from the crushing occupation of the Soviets plan.
 
migalyto said:
June 23, 1868

On this day in 1868 American inventors Christopher Latham Sholes, Samuel W. Soulé, and Carlos Glidden were granted a patent for the first typewriter. The concept was revolutionary, and within a few years the typewriter—and its efficient QWERTY keyboard—had become an indispensable office tool and a fixture in the literary world.

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Au contrare, the QWERTY keyboard did NOT make the typewriter more efficient. The original keyboard was designed to be more logical. The problem was that the young ladies who first used the typewriter were so fast on the keys that the mechanical actuations would jam. So the keyboard was redesigned to make it more difficult to type quickly. But, people learned the QWERTY board, and are still able to type fast. Someone proposed a "more efficient" board, a few years back, but there is too much "inertia" among people who type to change.

When typewriters were first introduced, a typed letter was considered okay for business, but if you were writing a social letter to someone, it was considered rude to type it...indicating you were too lazy to hand write. When computers were first introduced, along with dot-matrix printers, which you could tell were not from typewriters, the same thing happened. Better printers, either inkjet or laser look like typewriter printing, so nobody cares. Ah, progress...
 
trailrider said:
Au contrare, the QWERTY keyboard did NOT make the typewriter more efficient. The original keyboard was designed to be more logical. The problem was that the young ladies who first used the typewriter were so fast on the keys that the mechanical actuations would jam. So the keyboard was redesigned to make it more difficult to type quickly. But, people learned the QWERTY board, and are still able to type fast. Someone proposed a "more efficient" board, a few years back, but there is too much "inertia" among people who type to change.

When typewriters were first introduced, a typed letter was considered okay for business, but if you were writing a social letter to someone, it was considered rude to type it...indicating you were too lazy to hand write. When computers were first introduced, along with dot-matrix printers, which you could tell were not from typewriters, the same thing happened. Better printers, either inkjet or laser look like typewriter printing, so nobody cares. Ah, progress...
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Interesting! Never knew that.

That's what I love about this thread, Learn something new everyday or stuff we have long forgotten about!
 



Today is Monday, June 29, 2026

The History of Today

1652 - Massachusetts declared itself an independent commonwealth.

1897 - The Chicago Cubs scored 36 runs in a game against Louisville, setting a record for runs scored by a team in a single game.

1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.

1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a base hit in his 42nd consecutive game. He broke George Sisler's record from 1922.

1987 - Vincent Van Gogh’s "Le Pont de Trinquetaille" was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.

1998 - With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a standstill, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that a lockout would be imposed at midnight

Daily Quote

The hungry hare has no frontiers and doesn't follow ideologies. The hungry hare goes where it finds the food. And the other hares don't block its path with the tanks.
- Lech Walesa, 1981.


 


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