Today’s History: ◦1795 Robert Bakewell died. Bakewell was an agriculturalist who helped revolutionize cattle and sheep breeding in England. He obtained the best animals he could find and then worked with a closed herd, inbreeding only superior animals. °1862 An Army under Union General Joseph Hooker arrives in Bridgeport, Alabama to support the Union forces at Chattanooga. Chattanoogas Lookout Mountain provides a dramatic setting for the Civil Wars battle above the clouds. °1871 Morman leader Brigham Young, 70, is arrested for polygamy. He was later convicted, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction. ◦1908 The Model T Ford was introduced at a price of $825. Due to efficient mass production, by 1925 the price of a 2 door Model T was only $260. °1909 Orville Wright sets an altitude record, flying at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Lathams previous record of 508 feet. ◦1913 A monument to honor sea gulls was erected in Salt Lake City. The gulls had eaten the plague of grasshoppers that threatened the Mormon settlers crops in 1848. ◦1916 The first Piggly-Wiggly supermarket opened. ◦1924 James Earl (Jimmy) Carter was born. He was a peanut farmer, and 39th president of the U.S. (He also claimed to have been attacked by a rabbit while canoeing. He beat the rabbit off with a paddle).◦1943 Jerry Martini of the music group ‘Sly & The Family Stone’ was born. °1950 The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schultz, makes its first appearance in newspapers. °1959 The groundbreaking TV series The Twilight Zone, hosted by Rod Serling, premiers on CBS. °1964 Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer. ◦1971 Disney World opened at Orlando, Florida. ◦1972 Louis Leakey died. Anthropologist largely responsible for convincing scientists that Africa was the place to search for human origins, not Java or China. Together with his wife Mary, they made many significant fossil discoveries. ◦1974 The first McDonald’s restaurant opened in London. ◦1980 European Community countries banned the use of hormones in cattle feed. °2001 NATO backs US military strikes in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. ◦2006 Sometime during October 2006 the population of the U.S. will reach 300 million. ◦2006 The New Orleans landmark restaurant, Commander’s Palace, reopened. It had been closed since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in August, 2005. ◦2009 McDonald’s closed its 3 locations in Iceland this month due to the ‘complex operational environment.’
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