TODAY IN HISTORY historyorb 1793 - Washington supersedes Philadelphia as US capital 1805 - First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States. 1854 - The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate. 1898 - US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War 1921 - Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath) 1943 - FDR becomes 1st US president to visit a foreign country during wartime 1943 - FDR signs withholding tax bill into law 1944 - Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cin Reds is youngest player in major league 1963 - US President JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men & women 1972 - Elvis Presley records a live album at NYs Madison Square Garden 1975 - Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans 1977 - Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers 1981 - Pete Rose ties Stan Musials NL record of 3,630 hits 1985 - Coca Cola announces theyd bring back their 99-year-old formula 1994 - Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel 2002 - The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:35:17 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015