ON THIS DAY

On this date in 1611, English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay during a mutiny. The tribe had spoken.

In 1775, the first Continental currency was authorized. There were no volunteers to appear on the $3 bill.

On this date in 1847, the donut was invented.
How it's not a holiday is beyond me.
I'm pretty sure elastic waist pants weren't far behind.
How did we survive all those years before it arrived?
An invention that remains near and dear and clogging to my heart.
The first customer said, "Hey, wait a minute -- this has a hole in it!"

In 1868, Arkansas became a state for the second time. So far, the second marriage appears to be working.

Gangster John Dillinger was born back in 1903. He would have been 104 if he hadn't died from lead poisoning.

On this date in 1970, President Richard Nixon signed a bill that lowered the voting age to 18 so that millions of Americans could start not voting even earlier.