It"s Election Day, so if you"re eligible to vote but haven"t already voted, stop reading this and go cast your ballot. In 1845, Congress decided that general elections of federal public officials would be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Why a Tuesday? In the 1800s, most citizens worked as farmers and lived far from their polling places, so they needed a day or two to travel. Many Americans went to church on Sunday, and Wednesday was their day at the market. So, Tuesday was the most practical.
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Today in History
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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India Republic Day
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Aprils full moon
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Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park
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Museum Mile Festival
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Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon
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Northern hawk-owl
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Sand dunes in the Sahara, Algeria
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Hoodoos, Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
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Raise your hand for Teacher Appreciation Day
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Spring awakens
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Avalanche Lake Trail at Adirondack High Peaks, New York
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Nha Phu Bay, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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Mona Vale Rockpool, Sydney, Australia
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico
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Dalyan, Turkey
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Overlooking the Douro
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Over the boardwalk
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Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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The parenting of a piping plover
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Watch your step
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Nothing plain about it
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Sailing on thick ice
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World Environment Day
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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan Province, China
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Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
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A desert arts pop-up, just popped up
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