Today in History – 19 July

Posted on July 19, 2009

1984 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)

1967 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line)

1961 1st in-flight movie shown, TWA

1957 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada

1941 1st U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated

1939 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St. Louis, Missouri

1939 Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures

1877 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64)

1860 1st railroad reaches Kansas

1848 1st U.S. women’s rights convention (Seneca Falls New York)

Today in History – 18 July

Posted on July 18, 2009

1980 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit

1974 World’s tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed

1968 Intel incorporates

1955 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially

1940 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Connecticut

1931 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched

1914 U.S. Army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps

1766 Society of the Dutch Literary forms

1743 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (New York Weekly Journal)

Today in History – 17 July

Posted on July 18, 2009

1989 1st Test flight of U.S. stealth-bomber

1974 1st quadrophonic studio in U.K. is open by Moody Blues

1879 1st railroad opens in Hawaii

1867 1st U.S. dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established

1775 1st military hospital approved