Remember. It is about people. It isn’t just part of a 3 day weekend holiday.
“Memorial Day at Fort Bragg.”
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FUNNY QUOTES OF THE DAY- This Day in History
- May 31, 1790: The first U.S. Copyright Law was enacted, protecting books, maps, and other original materials.
- May 31, 1889: Heavy rains caused the South Fork Dam to collapse, sending 20 million tons of water into Johnstown, Pa. Over 2,200 people were killed and the town was nearly destroyed.
- May 31, 1911: The hull of the Titanic was launched in Belfast. At the ceremony, a White Star Line employee claimed, “Not even God himself could sink this ship.”
- May 31, 1961: South Africa became an independent republic.
- May 31, 1962: Former Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel.
- May 31, 1970: An earthquake in Peru left more than 50,000 dead.
- May 31, 2004: Alberta Martin, 97, one of the last widows of a U.S. Civil War veteran, died. She had married Confederate veteran William Martin in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.
- May 31, 2010: Nine people are dead after an Israeli navy commando attacks a flotilla of cargo ships and passenger boats on their way to Gaza to provide aid and supplies for the area.
- More events from This Day in History: May 31
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