Today in History

Listings for Monday, March 18, 2019.

Birthdays:


Events:
  • 1541 de Soto is first European to record flooding of the Mississippi
  • 1766 Britain repeals Stamp Act, partial cause of American Revolution.
  • 1850 American Express founded
  • 1850 American Express founded.
  • 1881 Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • 1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark - first ham broadcaster.
  • 1931 First electric razor marketed by Schick.
  • 1938 Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties.
  • 1952 First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted, Philadelphia.
  • 1959 Pres Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
  • 1965 Russia launches 2nd Voshkod, first spacewalk - Aleksei Leonov.
  • 1992 Microsoft Corp. releases Windows v3.1.

That's all for today.



Today In History