STAR OF FIRST RADIO SOAP HAS DIED
Barbara Fuller, a soap opera legend, has died at the age
FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton (1821–1912)
on this day in history, May 21, 1881.
Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas
Day, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, the American Red
Cross website notes.
She spent her early career as a teacher before moving to
Washington, D.C. to work in the U.S. Patent Office.
According to the American Red Cross, at the time of the
American Civil War Barton shifted her career once again,
becoming a battlefield nurse.
Clara Barton was inducted into the National Women’s Hall
of Fame in 1973.
Members of the American Red Cross Corps in a photo taken around 1910.
Photo of a dispensary taken around 1914.
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LUCKY LINDY LANDING ON THIS DAY IN 1927
Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget Field
in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop
transatlantic flight and the first ever nonstop flight between
New York to Paris. His single-engine monoplane, The Spirit
of St. Louis, had lifted off from Roosevelt Field in New York
33 1/2 hours before.
National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE BUTCHER?
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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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