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Fast facts: New York was declared the first federal capital of the United States in 1788. The U.S. Government took out the first of its loans in 1789, borrowing from the Bank of North America at 6% interest. Celluloid photographic film, which films are made on, was patented by Reverend Hannibal Williston Goodwin of Newark, New Jersey in 1898. The first fatality caused by an automobile occurred in1899. Henry M. Bliss stepped off a streetcar at Central Park West and 74th Street, in New York, and was hit by a car driven by Arthur Smith. In 1922, in Azizia, Libya, the temperature climbed to 136 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature to ever be recorded on Earth.

 

On this date: Thursday, September 13th, 2001 Tony the Tiger, cartoon mascot of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes since the early 1950s, was called "Tom-Tom the Tiger." The names of the six Gummi bears are Gruffi, Cubbi, Tummi, Zummi, Sunni, and Grammi. We hear the sound of the seashore inside large seashells because the shell echoes surrounding sounds, jumbling and amplifying them. The original name of the Girl Scouts was the Girl Guides; this is the name still used in some countries in Europe. The penny and the Sacajawea dollar are the only coins currently minted in the United States with profiles that face to the right. All other U.S. coins-the half dollar, quarter, dime, and nickel-feature profiles that face to the left.

 

Quotable... "This will be a monumental struggle of good versus evil - good will prevail." -President George Bush on the aftermath of the apparent terrorist acts committed against the United States on Tuesday.