Category: Health
FDR – The President the People Didn’t Want to Let Go Of
On this day in 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America’s 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedented third term….
Beware Democrats, the Hunger Games Are Coming
Dana Milbank has an op-ed in The Washington Post that could well serve as both a bumper sticker and epitaph for the Trump presidency. It’s titled, aptly enough, “Tomorrow…
Alcoholics Anonymous Was Born
On this day in 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous is founded by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio. With other original members, Wilson and…
Kellogg – A Quack?
On this day in 1884, John Harvey Kellogg patents his revolutionary flaked breakfast cereals first known as Wheat Flakes and Corn Flakes. An avid health…
Wiping Out Polio
On this day in 1954, the first round of Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, begin first at the Franklin…
Emotional Challenges?
On this day in 1946, Arthur Chevrolet, an auto racer and the brother of Chevrolet auto namesake Louis Chevrolet, commits suicide in Slidell, Louisiana; he…
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