... that sculptor Chester Beach was so tired of complaints about the design of the Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar(pictured) that he suggested he be sent to Hawaii to absorb the atmosphere?
... that when the British Honduran Lands Department claimed no lands were available for women, Gwendolyn Lizarraga marched into the swamp and measured lots to create land parcels?
... that Ann-Marie Campbell, southern division president for The Home Depot with responsibility for 690 stores and 100,000 employees, started with the company as a part-time cashier?
... that Maiasmokk is said to be the oldest continuously operating café in Estonia, founded in 1864?
A magnitude-8.3 earthquake strikes in the Pacific off the coast of Chile, killing at least ten people and prompting the evacuation of at least one million others.
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