1770: Boston Massacre; British troops kill five colonists, including Crispus Attucks, who becomes first black to die for American freedom, albeit not on purpose and not exactly his own.
1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday"; unfortunately, this doesn't involve rum-based drinks with little umbrellas in them.
1946: Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri; he gets a resounding ovation as everyone in the crowd agrees that those curtains are "awfully wrinkly."
Comments