On March 12, 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first national radio address from the White House. In this first ‘fireside chat,’ the President discussed the banking crisis.
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On March 12, 1894, Joseph A. Biedenharn, owner of a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi, became the first person to serve Coca-Cola in glass bottles.
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Art by George Underwood from the book Futuropolis (1978):
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Search for that image and the only 2 links Google offers is the Vatican Museum. Weird.
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March 12, 1989, computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee proposed a global hypertext project that would lead to the creation of the World Wide Web.
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'The Andromeda Strain' premiered in theaters 52 years ago, March 12, 1971.
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On March 12, 2002, the George W. Bush Administration unveiled a color-coded warning system to help Americans identify the risk of a terrorist attack. The color-coded terror alert system was discarded in 2011. Threat levels Green (Low Risk) and Blue (Guarded Risk) were never used.
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I'm chowing down a bucket of Buffalo Wings tonight and for the British see this esplainer:
On March 12, 1894, Joseph A. Biedenharn, owner of a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi, became the first person to serve Coca-Cola in glass bottles.
Art by George Underwood from the book Futuropolis (1978):
Search for that image and the only 2 links Google offers is the Vatican Museum. Weird.
March 12, 1989, computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee proposed a global hypertext project that would lead to the creation of the World Wide Web.
'The Andromeda Strain' premiered in theaters 52 years ago, March 12, 1971.
On March 12, 2002, the George W. Bush Administration unveiled a color-coded warning system to help Americans identify the risk of a terrorist attack. The color-coded terror alert system was discarded in 2011. Threat levels Green (Low Risk) and Blue (Guarded Risk) were never used.
I'm chowing down a bucket of Buffalo Wings tonight and for the British see this esplainer:
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell