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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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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Memorial Day
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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Hot and Spicy Food Day
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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Its Halfway Day!
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A sleeping green giant
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Let s face it: It s World Emoji Day
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Happy birthday, Saguaro National Park
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Protecting Alaska
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Happy Bee Day to you
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What does the fox dream?
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A universe underground
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Black bear cub emerging into spring
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Wildebeest on the move
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Summer solstice
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Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Celebrating National Panda Day
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Nesting season for the leatherbacks
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World Rivers Day
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Heron lies the Salton Sea
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What happened to these clouds?
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Polar Bear Week
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Barn owl, England
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It’s surströmming time
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Nazca boobies, Wolf Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador