Thursday, June 26, 2008

June 26: Smithsonian Exhibit Quality Gum

On this day in history...

US troops arrive in France in 1917. The first of millions in the American entry into the Great War.
In 1945, 50 nations sign the United Nations Charter, forming the United Nations.
The Berlin Airlift begins in 1948.


Also On This Day...

a pack of Wrigleys Gum becomes the first item with a bar code to be scanned and sold in a retail outlet. The pack eventually goes on display in the Smithsonian.

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