THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Kansas enters the Union. 1/29/1861

Oh, Yipee. We can take today to thank Kansas for 2 staples of the American Experience:

Dwight Eisenhower and corn.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=1/29&categoryId=civil

Edgar Allen Poe publishes The Raven 1/29/1845

Knocking on my chamber door. Pretty cool, not his best. kinda repetitive. Kinda repetitve.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=1/29&categoryId=literary

President William McKinley is born!!! 1/29/1843

Who?! Born in Niles, OH, McKinley fought bravely in the civil war, served in congress, and the engulfed America in the Spanish-American War. Oh, and most importantly, he enabled his vice, Theodore Roosevelt to become one of the most productive presidents in American history by, you guessed it, being assasinated. It may sound macabre, but that's probably because it is.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=1/29&categoryId=presidential