Fact of the Day

George Washington moved his slaves in and out of Pennsylvania every 6 months to avoid them taking advantage of a law whereby slaves residing in the state longer than that could claim freedom.

Today in History

1854 John Snow, Cholera and the Battle for Broad Street A major outbreak of cholera occurs in Soho, London; physician John Snow calls it "the most terrible outbreak of cholera which ever occurred in this kingdom"

Today's Birthdays

1908 Conrad Baden

1877 Lizzie Arlington

1934 Nikos Xanthopoulos