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July 7, 1981: President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court, marking the first time a woman is named to the highest court in the US.

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163 years ago today….

Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on the Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor, launching the Civil War that will last four years & claim 620,000 lives.

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Having grown up in Florida, it’s impossible to see this morning’s news out of Baltimore and not think back to May 1980.

On the morning of May 9, 1980, the freighter MV Summit Ventures collided with a bridge support column during a sudden squall. In all, six cars, a truck, and a Greyhound bus plummeted 150 feet in to Tampa Bay, resulting in 35 deaths.

St. Petersburg Times • Sat, May 10, 1980: “Freighter rams Skyway, span falls into sea, at least 30 die”

Tallahassee Democrat • Sat, May 10, 1980: “Tanker strikes bridge; 32 die”

Florida Today • Sat, May 10, 1980: “Ship rips Skyway bridge; 32 perish in Tampa Bay”

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Telegraph-Forum (Bucyrus, Ohio) - Tuesday, February 28, 1939: “MARCH MADNESS: Or Portrait of a Citizen Figuring His Income Tax”

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Associated Press (March 18, 1995): Michael Jordan announces his return to the NBA after a year of retirement via a two-word fax: “I’m back.”

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"Objected To Opposition Research." The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Monday, September 7, 1908

"Dealing with the work of the Opposition, Sir Wilfrid Laurler sald: "The main work of the Opposition since last election has been to seek out and advertise petty scandals. I wish to say to the people of Canada that we have not fallen so low as that. We do not desire merely to create scandal, but, knowing the position of the Opposition, I am not surprised at the course they have adopted. We all know the weapons the Conservatives are using, but I can tell the Conservatives that they will never reach the promised land by such methods. (Applause) I can tell the Opposition that it a few black sheep have strayed into our flock we shall deem it our duty, not theirs, to turn them out. They have attacked the Marine Department and tried to create scandals about it; and we appointed Judge Cassels to look into the matter. My friend Mr. Brodeur is a man of honor and integrity, of whom the people of Canada may well- be proud, and Judge Cassels in his investigation within the last few days has shown that his honor is fully vindicated. (Applause.) In an organization like ours, with thousands of employees and tens of millions of dollars there may be men who are not all they should be. It is our duty to turn them out, and we shall do it."