1455 ... if you wanted a book, someone had to painstakingly copy one out for you. Can you imagine? It's estimated that on this day Gutenberg printed his first bible with his fancy printing machine.
Revolutionized the world by being able to create large amounts of texts and send it wider and farther easier.
In terms of another revolution, the polio virus was running rampant, but on this day in 1954 the first real mass vaccination to help rid the world of the virus started with a vaccine created by Dr. Jonas Salk.
Yup, a virus can be eliminated by vaccination. In 2018 they officially were able to call it eliminated
As a reward for rolling up the sleeves, I hope those kids got some banana bread. I just love banana bread. And the US celebrates National Banana Bread on this day.
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