On this date in 1993 Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.

When you are teaching children math use graph paper to help them learn place value. Quarter inch squares work best. Also this helps older children learn to carry when solving multiplication problems.

Strange behavior with Macintosh computer programs can frequently be solved by throwing away the program's preferences file located in the preferences folder in the system folder. Doing this will often save you the trouble of having to reinstall the software again.

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