This Day in History June 21

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June 21

1788 US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify
1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine
1940 The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2004 SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight

Birthdays

1732 Martha Washington 1st, 1st lady
1851 Daniel Carter Beard US, organized 1st boy scout troop
1955 Tim Bray, Canadian software developer and businessman, co-founded the Open Text Corporation

Deaths

1377 Edward III of England
1876 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Mexican general (took Alamo)

Thought for the day

" No one really knows enough to be a pessimist. "
 

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