United Nations Day
WORLD Tripe Day
NATIONAL Bologna Day
NATIONAL Food Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1836 The match is patented
1861 Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line, putting the Pony Express out of business
1861 West Virginia seceded from Virginia
1916 Henry Ford awards equal pay to women
1929 Black Thursday, the first day of the stock market crash which began the Great Depression
1930 John Wayne debuts in his first starring role in The Big Trail
1938 The Fair Labor Standards Act becomes law, establishing the 40-hour work week
1939 Nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Delaware
1945 The United Nations comes into existence with the ratification of its charter by the first 29 nations
1992 The Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves in the 11th inning of the 6th game, to become the first Major League Baseball team from outside the US to win the series
2003 The supersonic Concorde jet made its last commercial passenger flight from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport, traveling at twice the speed of sound
2008 Many stock exchanges worldwide suffer the steepest declines in their histories; the day becomes known as “Bloody Friday”
No comments:
Post a Comment