MONDAY’S TWO-MINUTE DRILL — HONOR VETERANS
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1859 – The flying-trapeze act debuts at the Circus Napoleon, featuring Jules Leotard
1892 – The first professional football player — Pudge Heffelfinger accepts $500 in cash to play for Pittsburgh
1954 – After 62 years and 20 million immigrants processed, Ellis Island closed — later it would re-open as a museum/monument
1981 – NASA recycles! The Space Shuttle Columbia is relaunched — the first time a manned spacecraft is reused
News and The Politics out of D.C.
General News
Strange News Catching My Eye
