It"s Election Day, so if you"re eligible to vote but haven"t already voted, stop reading this and go cast your ballot. In 1845, Congress decided that general elections of federal public officials would be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Why a Tuesday? In the 1800s, most citizens worked as farmers and lived far from their polling places, so they needed a day or two to travel. Many Americans went to church on Sunday, and Wednesday was their day at the market. So, Tuesday was the most practical.
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Today in History
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Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam
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A growing business
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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Travel Sunday: San Francisco
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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European hedgehog in Sussex, England
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Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Christmas Eve
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Pups of the prairie
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Celebrating all things Austen
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Gardens by the Bay nature park, Singapore
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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Lace up your hiking boots for Mountain Day
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A Festivus for the rest of us
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Sunbeams across Tartu County, Estonia
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Harvest season begins
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Feast of the Donkey
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Monarch butterflies, Pismo Beach, California
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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Surfer s paradise
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75 years of the United Nations
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It’s Weihnachtsmarkt time!
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Australian baobab tree, Kimberley region, Western Australia
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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A story of wind and ice
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American goldfinch
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Lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau in Provence, France
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International Zebra Day
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Splügen Pass, Switzerland
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Milford Sound/Piopiotahi rainforest in New Zealand