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Fast facts: Unemployment was so high in England in 1634 that Charles I ordered the demolition of a newly erected mechanical sawmill because it threw so many sawyers out of work. The Americans lost the Battle of Bunker Hill to the British army during the Revolutionary War when they ran out of gunpowder and had to retreat. The average age at which Americaâs presidents have taken office is 54. Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee. The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed turquoise would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used the green and blue stones to decorate their battle shields. The Battle of New Orleans, which made Andrew Jackson a national hero, was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 had ended and more than a month before the news of the warâs end had reached Louisiana. Victorian publications never dared show a bed in any of their advertisements. When illustrations of the bedroom were required, the bed itself was hidden by curtains.

 

On this date: In 1805, the first tornado was recorded in ãTornado Alleyä in Southern Illinois. In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court undermined the legal foundations of segregation. In 1966, the NFL and AFL announced their merger. In 1968, Sirhan Sirhan shot Bobby Kennedy, who died the next day. In 1977, the first personal computer, the Apple II, went on sale. In 1987, the New York Yankees played its 13,000th game. In 1997, the British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expired.

 

Quotable... ãWe need to be aggressive and rigorous in this inquiry, asking the right questions like who knew what? And if they didnât know it, why? And what did they do with the information they had?ä ÷ Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., yesterday en route to joint House-Senate intelligence committee hearings.