Good afternoon Phoenix! It’s Thursday, so to shake things up a bit, here’s some history for you.
On this day in:
• 1920 : 4,000 individuals are rounded up in a single night mostly members of the Industrial Workers of the World union who were suspected of being suspected radical leftists who were either deported or jailed as part of the Palmer Raids. The Palmer Raids (named for Alexander Mitchell Palmer, United States Attorney General) were a series of controversial raids by the U.S. Justice and Immigration Departments from 1919 to 1921 on suspected radical leftists in the United States. These arrests were made under the provisions of the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918.
• 1977: Snow fell on Miami for the first time in history.
• 1983: Apple announces "The Apple Lisa" the first commercial personal computer to have a graphical user interface GUI and a computer mouse. The Lisa was targeted at businesses and cost a massive $9,995 (over $20,000 in today's money) and because of its high cost never made the impact Apple hoped for.
• 2006: Moscow is suffering it's coldest weather since 1979, Moscow is used to extreme cold but -32C has closed schools, trolleybuses and trams have stopped running and Power rationing has been implemented.
• 2010: Kraft who are attempting a hostile bid for Cadbury's have raised their bid again, but analysts are unsure if the American confectioner Hershey will come in with a higher offer. (Kraft Foods did take over Cadbury in February)
Have a fangtastic day my friends!
<3 Brock V"""V
On this day in:
• 1920 : 4,000 individuals are rounded up in a single night mostly members of the Industrial Workers of the World union who were suspected of being suspected radical leftists who were either deported or jailed as part of the Palmer Raids. The Palmer Raids (named for Alexander Mitchell Palmer, United States Attorney General) were a series of controversial raids by the U.S. Justice and Immigration Departments from 1919 to 1921 on suspected radical leftists in the United States. These arrests were made under the provisions of the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918.
• 1977: Snow fell on Miami for the first time in history.
• 1983: Apple announces "The Apple Lisa" the first commercial personal computer to have a graphical user interface GUI and a computer mouse. The Lisa was targeted at businesses and cost a massive $9,995 (over $20,000 in today's money) and because of its high cost never made the impact Apple hoped for.
• 2006: Moscow is suffering it's coldest weather since 1979, Moscow is used to extreme cold but -32C has closed schools, trolleybuses and trams have stopped running and Power rationing has been implemented.
• 2010: Kraft who are attempting a hostile bid for Cadbury's have raised their bid again, but analysts are unsure if the American confectioner Hershey will come in with a higher offer. (Kraft Foods did take over Cadbury in February)
Have a fangtastic day my friends!
<3 Brock V"""V
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