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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1635 The oldest public school in the United States, the Boston Public Latin School, was founded
1795 The University of North Carolina became the first US state university to admit students with the arrival of Hinton James, who was the only student on campus for two weeks
1865 The Confederacy approves the recruitment of slaves as soldiers, as long as the approval of their owners is gained.
1866 Jesse James robs his first bank, in Liberty Missouri
1914 The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded
1920 The League of Nations recognized the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland
1936 First social security checks are put in the mail
1950 A B-36 bomber on a routine training exercise developes engine trouble and jetisons a 30-kiloton Mark 4 (Fat Man) nuclear bomb into the Pacific
1970 General Motors is reportedly redesigning automobiles to run on unleaded fuel
1989 The judge in the Iran-Contra trial of Oliver North sent the jury home amid a continuing disagreement between the prosecution and defense over protecting classified materials
1997 Discovery’s astronauts hauled the Hubble Space Telescope aboard the shuttle for a one billion mile tune up to allow it to peer even deeper into the far reaches of the universe
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