1914

Henry Ford announced that he was implementing a minimum wage of $5 a day, an 8-hour workday, and profit sharing 

The first national minimum wage didn’t come along until 1938, when the Fair Labor Standards Act set it at 25 cents an hour

1933

In California, construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began 

The three-mile bridge officially opened on May 27, 1937

1972

President Richard M. Nixon announced that NASA would proceed with the development of a reusable ‘low cost’ space transportation system

He signed a $5.5 billion dollar bill for the creation of the Space Shuttle  

1998

U.S. Congressman Sonny Bono (R-CA) was killed when he skied into a tree at Heavenly Ski Resort on the Nevada-California line, 55 miles southwest of Reno, Nevada

He was 62

and then lastly…

2004

Britney Spears had her three-day marriage to her childhood friend Jason Alexander annulled

She then turned around and married our man K-FED in October of the same year . . . with not much better results

-Tyler Jackson

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