July 6th is:
National Fried Chicken Day
National Air Traffic Control Day
International Kissing Day
- Belated News – July 2 was the final day of the …………………….. Wife Carrying World Championship in Sonkajärvi, Finland
National Holidays Around the World
This year, July 6 is Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan,
in many countriesaround the world
Belarus – First Day of Kupalle
Comoros Islands – Independence Day
Czech Republic – Jan Hus Day
India – Rath Yatra
Kazakstan – Day of the Capital
Lithuania – King Mindaugas’ Coronation Day
Malawi – Independence Day
Peru – Teacher’s Day
Sweden – National Day
Zambia – Heroes Day
On This Day in HISTORY
1348 – Pope Clement VI’s papal bull declares Jews didn’t cause the Black Death
1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England
1785 – Congress designates “dollar” and decimal coinage as U.S. currency
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests anti-rabies vaccine
1893 – Pinkerton agents fight steelworkers in Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead
1917 – T.E. Lawrence and Auda ibu Tayi lead Arab forces to capture Aqaba
1935 – Tenzin Gyatso, future 14th Dalai Lama, is born
1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union
1964 – The Beatles’ film, A Hard Day’s Night, premieres in London
1970 – California passes first “no fault” divorce law
1983 – U.S. Supreme Court rules retirement plans can’t pay women less
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TY Nona! Now you have me wondering how controversial decimal currency was. 😉
Here’s a start – from the U.S. Office of the Historian: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/loans
From Wikipedia:
In 1784, Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal currency system based on the Spanish dollar, with coins for 10 dollars, 1 dollar, 1/10 dollar, and 1/100 dollar; possibly supplemented by a half-dollar,”double tenth”, and “five copper piece”. One argument he advanced in favor of this system was that the 1/100-dollar coin would be similar in value to existing copper coins
The initial currency of the United States was of decimal denomination from the outset of home minted currency in 1792 with the dollar being equal to 100 cents, but other currencies were also accepted for some time afterwards. For example, the Spanish dollar, a non-decimalized currency, was accepted as official currency in the United States alongside the U.S. dollar until 1857