1830 • Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
1844 • Samuel F. B. Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a Bible quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, MD.
1856 • John Brown and his men murder five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, KS.
1883 • The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
1940 • Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single rotor helicopter flight.
MjL 24 May 2013, 4:52 a.m.
I made a run to the bank to get Mom some cash to pay the guy who takes care of her lawn. I also messed with her computer a little as she was having some troubles. I think the poor old computer is just old and slow, like me.
Tracey had to drive to Galesburg to “help out”. They have recently been acquired by Fresenius and the staff there is not up to speed on being computerized. They had always done everything on paper and now they have a huge shock in learning to do everything on the computer —— along with everything else that comes from being bought out by a major corporation. They are really not happy.
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