Life is a tragedy when seen in closeup, but a comedy in long-shot.
— Charlie Chaplin
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Today is Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024. It is Measure Your Feet Day, National Pie Day, and National Handwriting Day.
On This Day
In 1556, the deadliest earthquake in history struck China. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed.
In 1789, Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in America, was founded in what is now Washington, D.C.
In 1870, in Montana, U.S. cavalrymen killed 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what became known as the Marias Massacre.
In 1920, the Netherlands refused to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
In 1941, Charles Lindbergh testified before Congress, recommending that the U.S. negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
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