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Mother’s Day turns 100 (not-so-subtle reminder)

Michelle Philippe May 8, 2014
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Mother’s Day turns 100 (not-so-subtle reminder)

Michelle Philippe May 8, 2014
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From the Marketplace Datebook, here’s a look at what’s coming up Friday, May 9:

In Washington, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology holds a hearing titled, “Space Traffic Management: How to Prevent a Real Life ‘Gravity’.”

The Labor Department releases its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for March.

The Commerce Department reports on wholesale inventories and sales for March.

On this date in 1961, then FCC chairman Newton Minow referred to television as a vast wasteland. Today you can watch TV on your Smartphone.

Here’s an opportunity to thank those married to the nation’s men and women in uniform. It’s Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Always the Friday before Mother’s Day.

And Mother’s Day was declared a national observance 100 years ago by President Woodrow Wilson. Make those brunch reservations.

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