1455: The Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed in movable type, was published

1954: The first mass polio vaccination was administered at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

According to a few sites on the internet (and we all know how reliable the internet is for facts and news) these two events happened on this day in history.

Looking now from the vantage point of 2025 (and the Madness that is Trump), it is difficult not to feel discouraged about the current trajectory of human history.

Book reading is down, but book banning is up. And there is, of course, a concerted effort underway by those who “do their own research” to question even vaccinations.

Two great moments in human history happened on this date in history. But have them been all for naught? Have we sold our very futures to the almighty dollar?