From today on, the first post of the day will be SOME kind of anniversary from around the world... revolutions, institution days, stuff like that! Todays is.....

Granada, Spain ~ Dia de la Toma....."Day of the Taking". Commemorates the day Spain recaptured the Andalucian hot-spot from the Moors in 1492.


1896 ~ A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays.


1914 ~ Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage.


1925 ~ Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor of a state (Wyoming).


1972 ~ President Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle


2000 ~ INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez must be returned to Cuba.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind