Today in History

Fun facts to know and tell...

0552 - Origin of Armenian calendar
1832 - Pres Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US
1862 - US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad
1863 - Battle of Charleston, SC (Morris Island) [->SEP 06]
1863 - Battle of Jackson, MS - captured by federals [->JUL 16]
1890 - Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)
1892 - 1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio)
1917 - Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft
1919 - Pres Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate
1910 - Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0
1925 - Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial
1933 - 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY
1938 - Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours
1940 - Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air (114 days)
1942 - Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbruck Camp
1949 - 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh
1956 - 650,000 US steel workers go on strike
1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 - Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
1962 - Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia
1965 - Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
1966 - US launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon
1972 - Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida (McGovern)
1973 - Bahamas declares Independence from UK and adopts constitution
1979 - Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion
1985 - French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in NZ
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 - Gladys Knight and Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV