October 28, 2024

“Good leaders must first become good servants.” — Robert Greenleaf

LODD’s:

A captain and a fire fighter die from injuries in a tanker rollover – Indiana – 1999

Forest Ranger II dies after receiving second- and third-degree burns operating a crawler tractor (bulldozer) while clearing vegetation during a wildland fire – Arkansas. – 1998

Today in History:

October 28, 1919 – Prohibition began in the U.S. with the passage of the National Prohibition (Volstead) Act by Congress. Sales of drinks containing more than one half of one percent of alcohol became illegal. Called a “noble experiment” by Herbert Hoover, prohibition last nearly 14 years and became highly profitable for organized crime which manufactured and sold liquor in saloons called speakeasies.

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