This day in history, May 15, 2019
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Started by metmike - May 15, 2019, 2:12 p.m.

Learn about history. Pick an interesting one out for us. I left the best one for Carl (-;



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_15


1862President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.


1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.

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By carlberky - May 15, 2019, 4:29 p.m.
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1940   – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.

Historic event.

1941   – Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.

Prodigious feat.

1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Amazing victory.