50 years ago today, America was changed how?

[fishnfla]

Mommafish wants to know: why,why,why?

[swag]

1. McVomits opened its first McVomit Restaurant

http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2005/04/14/business.20050414-sbt-MICH-C10-McDonald_s_marking.sto

[fishnfla]

3. Over 15 billion lard-butts served

:puke:

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6. I didn't like the taste of fried lardbutt until they invented the special

sauce.

Now I can't get enough lardbutt, and lardbutt with cheese.

[Fenris]

2. Until 1955, individual income tax returns were due on March 15, not April

15

[fishnfla]

4. fer real?

I was thinking more about the other clowns

[Fenris]

5. Yup. April 15, 1955.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. I think

the Saulk polio vaccine became available 50 years ago this month. I remember this vividly, because my grandfather, a retired physician, made sure I was vaccinated as soon as possible. My neighbor, a three year old, had been hit by polio and would be wheelchair bound the rest of her life.