National Woodie Wagon Day
200th birth anniversary of inventor and manufacturer Samuel Colt (1814-62).
Birth anniversary of artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917).
60 years ago, in 1954, Elvis Presley’s first single, “That’s All Right (Mama)” was released.
Happy Birthday! Anthony Edwards, Ilie Nastase
1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt.
1848 - The Women's Rights Convention took place in Seneca Fall, NY. Bloomers were introduced at the convention.
1939 - Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures.
1942 - German U-boats were withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to effective American anti-submarine countermeasures.
1946 - Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.
1979 - In Nicaragua, the dictatorship of the Somozas was overthrown by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional or FSLN).
1982 - The U.S. Census Bureau reported that 14% of the population had an income below the official poverty level in 1981.
1985 - Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. She died with six others when the Challenger exploded the following year.
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