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WASHINGTON, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) FRIDAY, APRIL 19: ALL NEWS Profile America -- Friday, April 19th.( )The first all-news radio format in the U.S. debuted on this date in 1965, as WINS AM in New York City switched from rock and roll to rip and read. Almost 20 years earlier, the station had notched another first, by...
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10: SAFETY PINS Profile America -- Wednesday, April 10th. The need to pay a $15 debt sparked one of the most useful of inventions, patented on this date in 1849. Walter Hunt, a mechanic in New York, owed the debt. While he thought about how to raise the money, he fiddled...
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SATURDAY, APRIL 6: MILK INSPECTION Profile America -- Saturday, April 6th. On this date in 1859, Massachusetts established the first state milk inspection program. An inspector of milk was appointed in August that year, operating from Boston, and whose primary efforts were to suppress...
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) MONDAY, APRIL 1: CIGARETTE ADS BANNED Profile America -- Monday, April 1st. Broadcast advertising saw a major change on this date in 1970 -- as President Nixon signed a bill into law prohibiting cigarette advertising on the nation's airwaves. The ban went into effect on January 1st of the...
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) THURSDAY, MARCH 28: THREE MILE ISLAND Profile America -- Thursday, March 28th. One of the most frightening industrial accidents in the U.S. occurred on this date in 1979 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant on the Susquehanna River, south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A cascade of...
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) MONDAY, MARCH 25: COINING A PHRASE Profile America -- Monday, March 25th.( )One of the most distinctive and near universal American colloquialisms -- the affirmation "OK" -- appeared in public for the first time this week in 1839. There have been claims that "OK" derives from languages as...
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SATURDAY, MARCH 23: ELEVATING AMERICA Profile America -- Saturday, March 23rd. The ingenuity of one man helped to change the very shape of America's cities -- and indeed, those around the world. On this date in 1857 in New York City, Elisha Otis installed the first passenger safety...
WASHINGTON, March 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SATURDAY, MARCH 16: HEALTH CARE PIONEERS Profile America -- Saturday, March 16th. Two young women, who were the first Americans of their gender to enter their professions, are highlighted during this Women's History Month. Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first to receive a degree in dentistry,...
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) FRIDAY, MARCH 15: NUTRITION AND FROZEN FOOD Profile America -- Friday, March 15th. A number of various causes are recognized in March. Two of these seem to go hand-in-hand -- National Nutrition Month and National Frozen Food Month. The goal of the first is make consumers aware of just...
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) MONDAY, MARCH 11: DEADLY INFLUENZA Profile America -- Monday, March 11th. One of the most devastating public health crises in history hit the U.S. on this date 95 years ago -- and experts are still studying it, hoping to head off a similar global pandemic. The first cases were reported...
