AUGUST 10,
1921:Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt begins to show symptoms of a severe paralytic illness while at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello. He is diagnosed with polio, although experts now believe his symptoms to be more consistent with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation chartering the Smithsonian Institution, utilizing British scientist James Smithson’s bequest of $500,000 for an “establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge” in Washington. The Smithsonian will grow to include 19 museums and galleries, a national zoo, and research facilities around the world.
1988: President Ronald Reagan approves the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing reparation payments of about $20,000 to each of the Japanese Americans forcibly interned or relocated during World War II.
1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation chartering the Smithsonian Institution, utilizing British scientist James Smithson’s bequest of $500,000 for an “establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge” in Washington. The Smithsonian will grow to include 19 museums and galleries, a national zoo, and research facilities around the world.
1988: President Ronald Reagan approves the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing reparation payments of about $20,000 to each of the Japanese Americans forcibly interned or relocated during World War II.
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