GOOD MORNING - TODAY IS SUNDAY, January 04, the 4th day of 2015 with 361 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 7:14 and sunset is @ 4:22. The full Wolf Moon, is exact @ 11:53 PM EST. The morning stars are stars are Jupiter, Mercury & Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Neptune, Uranus & Venus. ON THIS DAY IN: 1865 - The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City. 1885 - The first appendectomy was performed, by Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa. 1896 - Utah was admitted as the 45th state. 1920 - The first black baseball league, the Negro National League, was organized by Rube Foster. 1936 - The first pop-music chart was compiled, based on record sales published in New York, in Billboard magazine. 1948 - Britain granted independence to Burma/Myanmar. 1951 - During the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul. United Nations forces abandoned Seoul. 1965 - President Lyndon Johnson outlined the goals of his Great Society in his State of the Union Address. 1974 - President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. 1991 - The UN Security Council voted unanimously to condemn Israels treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories. 1999 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota. 2004 - The Constitution of Afghanistan became the official law of Afghanistan.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:20:18 +0000
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