Monday, May 15, 2017

Day 135 - This day in legal and military history

May 15
 

NATIONAL Chocolate Chip Day
 

NATIONAL Nylon Stocking Day
 

NATIONAL Peace Officers Memorial Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1756 The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, officially begins when England declares war on France
 

1820 The US Congress designated the slave trade as a form of piracy
 

1862 The US Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress
 

1911 The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the Supreme Court, under the Sherman Antitrust Act
 

1918 The first air mail route in the US was established between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia
 

1930 Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess
 

1939 Dupont introduces nylon
 

1940 First successful test flight of an American helicopter, Vought-Sikorsky US-300
 

1942 The United States begins rationing gasoline
 

1953 Cubmaster Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, in Manhattan Beach, California, by Pack 280c

1958 Sputnik III is launched by the Soviet Union

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