Today in History
Today in History – 13 June
1991 The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication
1946 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland
1933 1st sodium vapor lamps installed, Schenectady, New York
Today in History – 12 June
1978 U.S. House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
1936 1st 50 KW U.S. radio station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France
Today in History – 11 June
1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
1975 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield
1955 1st magnesium jet airplane flies
1870 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam
1793 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick
1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound
1770 Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
Today in History – 10 June
1996 Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip
1991 Mother of All Parades – New York City welcomes desert storm troops
1963 John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women
1955 1st separation of virus into component parts reported
1946 Italian Republic established
1924 1st political convention broadcast on radio – Republicans at Cleveland
1915 Girl Scouts founded
1908 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens
1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine
1902 Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan
1848 1st telegraph link between New York City and Chicago
1847 Chicago Tribune begins publishing
1847 Chicago Tribune begins publishing
1809 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia
1793 1st public zoo opens in Paris
1793 Washington replaced Philadelphia as U.S. capital
Today in History – 09 June
1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched, George Washington
1934 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
1934 Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance (“The Wise Little Hen”)
1931 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard
1931 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1902 1st Automat restaurant opens, 818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia
1883 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago
1822 Charles Graham patents false teeth
1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, “Philadelphia Spelling Book”
1772 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion
Today in History – 08 June
1937 World’s largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12′ calla lily
1936 1st parking meters are invented
1928 1st U.S. to Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
1886 1st Civil Rights Act passes
1824 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
Today in History – 07 June
1955 1st President to appear on color TV, Eisenhower
1954 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts
Today in History – 06 June
1942 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray
1941 1st Navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
1941 Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time
1933 1st drive-in theater opens, Camden, New Jersey
1933 U.S. Employment Service created
1914 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway
Today in History – 5 June
1984 Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh’s holiest site, Golden Temple
1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
1944 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day
1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
1937 Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week
Today in History – 4 June
1977 Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale
1957 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
1940 The synthetic rubber tire unveiled
1917 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards and Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)
1789 U.S. constitution goes into effect
1784 Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly, in a balloon
History created – 03 June 2009
2009 Google launches search tool ‘Google Squared’
2009 DUBAI Customs officials have won a regional award for eGovernment systems that speed up shipping time.
2009 GCC Immigration Heads Propose Dual Residency
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