Politicians are all a bunch of swine. There’s a couple of exceptions ... but we know what they are.
— David Mamet
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Today is Monday, January 29th, 2024. It is Curmudgeons Day, Freethinkers Day, Kansas Day, National Corn Chip Day, National Carnation Day, and National Puzzle Day.
On This Day
In 1845, The Evening Mirror published the narrative poem “The Raven.” It was the first published work attributed to Edgar Allan Poe.
In 1850, Henry Clay introduced a package of bills focused on how to handle slavery in the territories recently acquired in the Mexican-American War. His legislation eventually became law, and became known as the Compromise of 1850.
In 1861, Kansas joined the union as the 34th state.
In 1886, Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
In 1907, Charles Curtis of Kansas became the first Native American U.S. Senator.
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