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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1483 Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first mass in the Sistine Chapel, which is named in his honor
1854 Henry David Thoreau's Walden, recounting his experiment in solitary life on the shores of Massachusetts' Walden Pond, was published
1859 The escalator is patented. The first working escalator, manufactured by the Otis Elevator Company, appeared in 1900
1892 Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph
1910 The first complete, self-contained electric washing machine is patented
1930 The first appearance of the animated character Betty Boop in “Dizzy Dishes”
1936 Jesse Owens became the first American to win four gold medals in one Olympics
1944 The fictional character Smokey Bear (“Only you can prevent forest fires”) is created by the US Forest Service and the Ad Council
1945 The B-29 bomber Bock’s Car drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
1965 Singapore is expelled from Malaysia following economic disagreements and racial tensions, and becomes an independent republic
1974 Gerald Ford is sworn in as president of the United States after the resignation of President Richard Nixon
2001 USMC Commandant James L. Jones promotes Pfc Gomer Pyle to honorary lance corporal
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