Saturday, June 24, 2017

Day 175 - This day in legal and military history

June 24
 

NATIONAL Fairy Day
 
NATIONAL Swim a Lap Day 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1497 Explorer John Cabot lands in North America in present-day Canada
 

1664 The colony of New Jersey, named after the Isle of Jersey, is founded
 

1861 Tennessee becomes 11th state to secede from the Union
 

1964 The Federal Trade Commission announces that, starting in 1965, cigarette makers must include warning labels about the harmful effects of smoking

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