Some interesting non-April Fools day tidbits happened today.
1578: William Harvey discovers blood circulation.
1789: Frederick Muhlenberg is elected first Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1945: The invasion of Okinawa begins.
1970: Nixon bans cigarette ads from radio and TV.
1976: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer.
2003: Pvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued.
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Sorry to correct your post, but it was not W. Harvey who discovered blood circulation, it was a spaniard called Miguel Servet / Michael Servetus. Wikipedia: Servetus was the first European to describe the function of pulmonary circulation, although it was not widely recognized at the time, for a few reasons. One was that the description appeared in a theological treatise, Christianismi Restitutio, not in a book on medicine. Further, most copies of the book were burned shortly after its publication in 1553. Three copies survived, but these remained hidden for decades. It was not until William Harvey's dissections in 1616 that the function of pulmonary circulation was widely accepted by physicians.
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Wow, thanks for the clarification and history lesson.
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