Morgan Bulkeley (1837–1922) was an American politician and business executive from Connecticut, who was, in 1876, the first president of baseball's National League. A Civil War veteran and the son of the first president of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, Bulkeley also led Aetna, from 1879 until his death. A Republican, he was from 1880 to 1888 mayor of Hartford, and starting in 1889 served as governor of Connecticut. He controversially remained in office for a second two-year term because the houses of the state legislature could not agree about the outcome of the 1890 election. A Democratic official locked a door in the State Capitol against him, and Bulkeley had it opened with a crowbar, thus becoming "the Crowbar Governor". He left office in 1893, and served as a U.S. senator from 1905 to 1911. After his death in 1922, a bridge and a high school were named for him. His induction in 1937 into the Baseball Hall of Fame remains controversial because his involvement in the game was brief.

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1979:

Spores of anthrax were accidentally released from a military research facility near the city of Sverdlovsk, causing around 100 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak

1982:

Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War against the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_invasion_of_the_Falkland_Islands

1992:

Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijeljina_massacre

2012:

A gunman shot at people inside Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, California, leaving seven people dead and three injured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Oikos_University_shooting

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if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys: (Britain, informal) Offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_you_pay_peanuts%2C_you_get_monkeys

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