THIS DAY IN HISTORY

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1782 > Washington creates the Purple Heart. 1912 > Teddy Roosevelt is nominated as Bull Moose candidate. 1947 > Wood raft makes 4,300-mile voyage. 1959 > U.S. satellite photographs Earth. 1964 > Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. 1990 > Bush orders Operation Desert Shield. 1998 > U.S. embassies in East Africa are bombed. 2005> Trapped Russian sub is rescued. More from this day: http://histv.co/1ctGnrO