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Today is Day 285 of 2024
1767
Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
1809
Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.
1884
First Lady, activist and humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt born in New York City.
1919
Jazz drummer Art Blakey born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1925
Novelist Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty) born in New Orleans.
1968
Apollo 7 is launched becoming the first successful manned Apollo mission.
1975
Premiere of Saturday Night Live with guest host George Carlin.
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Photo of the Day
Thunderbird hospital on a cloudy afternoon in Glendale AZ. Taken 20181009.
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This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"What does a monkey know of the taste of ginger?" ~ Indian Proverb
