Today in History
Today in History – 23 June
1996 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan
1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in U.N.
1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
1990 Moldavia declares independence
1989 Movie “Batman” premieres
1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die
1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200)
1980 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
1961 Antarctic Treaty goes into effect
1958 Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers
1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1860 U.S. Secret Service created
1848 Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone
1784 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren
1775 1st regatta held on Thames, England
930 World’s oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established
Today in History – 22 June
1983 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit, by Space Shuttle
1970 President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18
1962 1st test flight of Hoovercraft
1910 1st Zeppelin with passengers sets afloat
1870 1st Boardwalk in America invented
1870 Congress creates Department of Justice
1847 Doughnut created
1832 John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine
1814 1st match at the present Lord’s, MCC vs. Herefordshire
1775 1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
Today in History – 21 June
1948 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
1768 1st U.S. bachelor of medicine degree, Dr. John Archer
Today in History – 20 June
1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes
1909 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring)
1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)
1895 Canal of Smock official opens
1874 1st U.S. Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons)
1863 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa
1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
Today in History – 19 June
1988 World’s Largest Sausage completed at 13 miles long
1981 European Space Agency’s Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit
1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa
1981 India’s APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
1961 Kuwait declares independence from U.K.
1947 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca
1931 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
1910 1st airship in service “Germany”
1910 Father’s Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)
Today in History – 18 June
1981 Vaccine to prevent hoof and mouth disease announced
1980 Mrs. Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to U.S.
1948 U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights
1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin
1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in San Francisco; arrives New York 3-months later
1898 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Today in History – 17 June
1991 South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched
1982 President Reagan 1st United Nations General Assembly address, “evil empire” speech
1967 1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
1965 1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon)
1950 1st kidney transplant, Chicago
1947 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves New York City
1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered, 1st accident insurer
Today in History – 16 June
1988 In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 miles in 75 hours 20 minutes
1961 Discoverer 25 launched
1947 1st network news-Dumont’s “News from Washington”
1941 1st U.S. federally owned airport opened Washington D.C.
1933 U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, created
1917 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia
1909 1st U.S. airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000
1903 Pepsi Cola company forms
1794 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)
632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
Today in History – 15 June
1992 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years
1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-213
1979 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds
1977 Spain’s 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years)
1954 Great Britain’s 2 biggest steel factory nationalized
1924 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
1924 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
1919 1st nonstop Atlantic flight, Alcock and Brown, lands in Ireland
1916 Boys Scouts of America forms
1915 U.S. government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo
1908 World congress for Woman’s rights opens in Amsterdam
1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed,
9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed
1878 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done
to see if all 4 of a horse’s hooves leave the ground
1876 Tsunami’s after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000
1860 1st White settlement in Idaho, Franklin
1857 San Francisco Water Works organized
1785 2 French balloonists die in world’s 1st fatal aviation accident
1762 Austria uses 1st paper currency
1752 Ben Franklin’s performs his kite-flying experiment
1664 New Jersey established
Today in History – 14 June
1993 Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey
1951 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
1946 Canadian Library Association established
1942 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport, Connecticut
1924 WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY
1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1919 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown)
1901 1st golf championship is played
1841 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
1775 U.S. Army founded
1755 1e edition of Dr. Johnsons “Dictionary”
1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts
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