Today in Johnson City History, Saturday, May 23, 2026
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Monday, May 23, 1785: “Benjamin Franklin writes in a letter that he has just invented bifocal glasses.”
(Source: The American Patriot’s Almanac by William J. Bennett and John T. E. Gribb.)
Friday, May 23, 1788: “South Carolina becomes the eighth state to ratify the Constitution.”
(Source: The American Patriot’s Almanac by William J. Bennett and John T. E. …