1846 - The telegraph ticker was patented by R.E. House 1847 - U.S. troops defeated almost 17,000 Mexican soldiers commanded by Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo. (Mexican-American War) 1853 - The first train in Asia began running from Bombay to Tanna. 1861 - Colonel Robert E. Lee turned down an offer to command the Union armies during the U.S. Civil War. 1877 - Charles Cros a paper that described the process of recording and reproducing sound. In France, Cros is regarded as the inventor of the phonograph. In the U.S., Thomas Edison gets the credit. 1895 - New York passed an act that established free public baths. 1906 - San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake. The original death toll was cited at about 700. Later information indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate. 1910 - Walter R. Brookins made the first airplane flight at night. 1923 - Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, NY. The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. John Phillip Sousa's band played the National Anthem. 1924 - Simon and Schuster, Inc. published the first "Crossword Puzzle Book." 1934 - The first Laundromat opened in Fort Worth, TX. 1937 - Leon Trotsky called for the overthrow of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. 1938 - Superman made his debut when he appeared in the first issue of Action Comics. (Cover date June 1938) 1938 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt threw out the first ball preceding the season opener between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics. 1942 - James H. Doolittle and his squadron, from the USS Hornet, raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities. 1942 - The Vichy government capitulated to Adolf Hitler and invited Pierre Laval to form a new government in France. 1943 - Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was shot down by American fighters.
1846 - The telegraph ticker was patented by R.E. House 1847 - U.S. troops defeated almost 17,000 Mexican soldiers commanded by Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo. (Mexican-American War) 1853 - The first train in Asia began running from Bombay to Tanna. 1861 - Colonel Robert E. Lee turned down an offer to command the Union armies during the U.S. Civil War. 1877 - Charles Cros a paper that described the process of recording and reproducing sound. In France, Cros is regarded as the inventor of the phonograph. In the U.S., Thomas Edison gets the credit. 1895 - New York passed an act that established free public baths. 1906 - San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake. The original death toll was cited at about 700. Later information indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate. 1910 - Walter R. Brookins made the first airplane flight at night. 1923 - Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, NY. The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. John Phillip Sousa's band played the National Anthem. 1924 - Simon and Schuster, Inc. published the first "Crossword Puzzle Book." 1934 - The first Laundromat opened in Fort Worth, TX. 1937 - Leon Trotsky called for the overthrow of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. 1938 - Superman made his debut when he appeared in the first issue of Action Comics. (Cover date June 1938) 1938 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt threw out the first ball preceding the season opener between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics. 1942 - James H. Doolittle and his squadron, from the USS Hornet, raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities. 1942 - The Vichy government capitulated to Adolf Hitler and invited Pierre Laval to form a new government in France. 1943 - Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was shot down by American fighters.
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