May 14 1796 Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccine to 8-year-old James Phipps. 1804 The Lewis and Clark expedition set out from St. Louis.…
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This Day In History — Louis Armstrong records “When the Saints Go Marching In”
May 13 1568 Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England. 1846 The United States formally…
View More This Day In History — Louis Armstrong records “When the Saints Go Marching In”This Day In History — President Carter visits Castro’s Cuba
May 12 1870 Manitoba became a province of Canada. 1932 The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh’s kidnapped baby was found. 1937 Britain’s King George…
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Genna Hirsch — The Established Caregiver
BY TRISTAN SASSE Genna Hirsch, a nontraditional nursing student at Fort Hays State University, recently received a $4,000 scholarship from the world’s largest provider of…
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May 11 1858 Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States. 1894 The Pullman Strike began. 1949 Siam changed its name to Thailand. 1960…
View More This Day In History — Bob Marley passes awayThis Day In History — Winston Churchill Becomes British Prime Minister
May 10 1775 Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British. 1863 Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally…
View More This Day In History — Winston Churchill Becomes British Prime MinisterThis Day in History—–Mother’s Day Becomes Public Holiday
May 09 1914 Mother’s Day became a public holiday. 1926 Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole. 1936 Fascist Italy…
View More This Day in History—–Mother’s Day Becomes Public HolidayThis Day In History—Allied Forces End World War II
May 08 1794 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. 1877 The first Westminister Dog Show was…
View More This Day In History—Allied Forces End World War IIThis Day In History — The Hindenburg disaster occurs
May 06 1882 Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act over President Chester A. Arthur’s veto. 1889 The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, marking the completion…
View More This Day In History — The Hindenburg disaster occursThis Day In History — Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
May 05 1809 Mary Kies of South Killingly, Conn., became the first woman to be granted a patent. The patent was for the rights to…
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