FYI February 04, 2018

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On This Day

2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. The Facebook website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.

The founders had initially limited the website’s membership to Harvard students; however, later they expanded it to higher education institutions in the Boston area, the Ivy League schools, and Stanford University. Facebook gradually added support for students at various other universities, and eventually to high school students as well. Since 2006, anyone who claims to be at least 13 years old has been allowed to become a registered user of Facebook, though variations exist in the minimum age requirement, depending on applicable local laws. The Facebook name comes from the face book directories often given to United States university students. The company held its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2012, and began selling stock to the public three months later, reaching an original peak market capitalization of $104 billion, a new record. Facebook makes most of its revenue from advertisements which appear onscreen.

Facebook may be accessed by a large range of devices with Internet connectivity, such as desktop, laptop and tablet computers, and smartphones. After registering to use the site, users can create a customized profile indicating their name, occupation, schools attended and so on. Users can add other users as “friends”, exchange messages, post status updates, share photos, videos and links, use various software applications (“apps”), and receive notifications of activity. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups organized by workplace, school, hobbies or other topics, and categorize their friends into lists such as “People From Work” or “Close Friends”. Additionally, users can complain about or block unpleasant people.

Facebook has more than 2 billion monthly active users as of June 2017. Its popularity has led to prominent media coverage for the company, including significant scrutiny over privacy and the psychological effects it has on users. In recent years, the company has faced intense pressure over the amount of fake news, hate speech and violence prevalent on its services, all of which it is attempting to counteract.

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Born On This Day

1899 – Virginia M. Alexander, American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home(d. 1949)
Virginia M. Alexander (1899-1949)[2][3]was an American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Early life
Virginia M. Alexander was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1899[2][3]. She had four siblings, one of them being the prominent attorney Raymond Pace Alexander.[4][1] Throughout her younger years, she was faced with many hardships. At age four, her mother died and at age 13 her father’s livery business closed, causing financial problems[5]. Alexander dropped out of school to help her family, although she would continue her education. These hardships did not deter Alexander’s academics, and she graduated early from William Penn High School in Philadelphia[6]. In addition to graduating with honors, she was active in various organizations such as her school’s paper and serving as a judge on Student Court[6]. She would attend the University of Pennsylvania on a scholarship for one-hundred dollars per year which was received through an essay contest, although this was not enough[7]. While in college, she worked many jobs, including as a waitress and maid.[1] She was also a member of the black sorority Delta Sigma Theta.[8] Upon graduation after three years, she applied to attend the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and had the second highest application score[9][10]. She also received a scholarship from a World War veteran’s mother to help offset her expenses[11]. Although she faced discrimination and prejudice due to her race and gender, she was able to successfully graduate from medical school[12].

When Alexander went to intern at hospitals, she was turned away due to racism and sexism[2]. After multiple denials, she secured an internship in Kansas City to intern[1] at Kansas City General Hospital.[4] Kansas City General Hospital even reversed their policy of not allowing women and Alexander and E. Mae McCarroll, who also attended Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, were able to intern because of this change[13].

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