Sunday, September 19, 2021

History for September 19

History for September 19 - On-This-Day.com
Mike Royko 1932
  • 1777 - The Battle of Saratoga was won by American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
  • 1876 - Melville R. Bissell patented the carpet sweeper.
  • 1970 - "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premiered on CBS-TV.
  • 1982 - Scott Fahlman became the first person to use :-) in an online message.
  • 1984 - China and Britain completed a draft agreement transferring Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule by 1997.
  • 1986 - U.S. health officials announced that AZT, though an experimental drug, would be made available to AIDS patients.
  • 1995 - The U.S. Senate passed a welfare overhaul bill.

1 comment:

STxAR said...

So 1986 was Dr. Fauci's first foray into malpractice disguised as treatment.