Barbados ~ "Errol Barrow Day" Commemorates the Island's first Prime Minister. His achievements include the introduction of free school meals.


1793 ~ King Louis XVI was guillotined for treason.


1915 ~ The first Kiwanis Club was founded in Detroit.


1924 ~ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in Moscow.


1950 ~ George Orwell died in London.


Also1950 ~ Former State department official Alger Hiss found guilty of perjury.


1954 ~ USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine was launched.


1977 ~ President Carter pardoned most Vietnam War draft evaders.


2003 ~ The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed Blacks as the largest minority group.

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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