Sunday, March 16, 2008

Ol' man



In ancient Rome, today would be the first day of Bacchanalia. Hello spring!

In 1926, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket.

In 1968, more than 500 Vietnamese civilians were killed in the My Lai massacre.

And in 1995, the Mississippi state legislature finally ratified the 13th amendment to the U.S. constitution, formally abolishing slavery.

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