The Cleveland Centennial half dollar is a commemorative United States
half dollar, dated 1936, issued to mark the 100th anniversary of
Cleveland, Ohio, as an incorporated city, and in commemoration of the
Great Lakes Exposition, held in Cleveland that year. In the mid-1930s,
commemorative coins were increasing in value, and Cincinnati businessman
Thomas G. Melish, a coin collector, lobbied Congress to authorize
several new issues, for which he would be the sole distributor. He was
successful with the Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar and the
Cleveland piece, and profited from both. Brenda Putnam designed the
Cleveland coin, which was approved by the Commission of Fine Arts after
suggestions by sculptor Lee Lawrie. Melish distributed the Cleveland
coins through the exposition, at local banks, and by mail order from his
office in Cincinnati. Sales were good, and the full authorized mintage
of 50,000 was struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Centennial_half_dollar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1821:
On the island of Hispaniola, General José Núñez de Cáceres
established the Republic of Spanish Haiti, which only lasted three
months.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Spanish_Haiti>
1941:
The Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary of the United
States Air Force, was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol>
1971:
A period of political and economic reforms known as the
Croatian Spring came to an end as the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
decided to purge the reformist leadership of Croatia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Spring>
1991:
A referendum to ratify the 24 August Act of Declaration of
Independence of Ukraine passed with more than 92 percent of the votes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Ukrainian_independence_referendum>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tip of the iceberg:
(idiomatic) A small indication of a larger possibility; the first part
encountered of a problem that is much bigger than it seems.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tip_of_the_iceberg>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin
tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul;
when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are
born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.
--Josephine Baker
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker>