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Posted by bean | March 16th, 2004

March 16

1900: (Birthday) Eveline H. Burns, British-born American economist who helped design the U.S. Social Security system, born in London, England. Burns was a professor of economics at Columbia University, a member of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Committee of Economic Security and other “brain trust” boards, and openly criticized the American Medical Association for opposing Medicare.

1995: Mississippi ratified the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the amendment that abolished slavery, almost 130 years after the fact.

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  1. my so-called blog Writes:
    March 16th, 2004 at 12:48 pm

    Today, In History
    Mississippi’s new slogan: “Better Late Than Never!”

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