1707 • England, Wales and Scotland were united to form Great Britain.
1884 • Proclamation of the demand for eight hour workday in the United States.
1884 • The construction of the 1st American ten story building began in Chicago, IL.
1889 • Asa Candler published a full page advertisement in The Atlanta Journal, proclaiming his wholesale and retail drug business as “sole proprietors of Coca-Cola —— Delicious. Refreshing. Exhilarating. Invigorating.” Mr. Candler did not actually achieve sole ownership until 1891 at a cost of $2,300.
1931 • The Empire State Building in New York was dedicated and opened. It was 102-stories tall and was the tallest building in the world at the time.
2003 • 2003 invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the “Mission Accomplished” speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), Duh-bya declares that “major combat operations in Iraq have ended”.
2011 • Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11th attacks is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Due to the time difference between the United States and Pakistan, bin Laden’s death occurred on May 2nd in Pakistan.
MjL 01 May 2013, 4:13 a.m.
Mowing, mowing, mowing —— tired of it already!
Tracey put the curtains up in the ceiling of the sun room last evening; it is officially summer I guess. Yesterday was much warmer than I had thought it would be.
We should spend some time today getting our scooters ready to roll again. I expect the tires will need air and we will have to set the clocks, check the oil, etc.
MjL 01 May 2013, 5:23 a.m.
Today is “Password Change Day”. I just finished changing all the most important financial passwords and, of course, they are duly noted on my cheat sheet. All these passwords! Sometimes I wonder when we will finally start using something more efficient like retinal scans or something cool like that?
Update: 05/01/19 I have recently started using a password manager that encrypts passwords so I don’t have to change them so regularly anymore.
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