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This Day In History

1595

Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.

1626

Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.

1738

John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.

1830

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.

1844

Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.

1883

The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.

1930

Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).

1935

The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Crosley Field.

1940

Igor Sikorsky's VS-300 performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.

1956

The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland

1962

American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

1970

The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union.

1976

The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.

2001

15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb Mount Everest.

Famous Birthdays

15 BC

Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19)

1544

William Gilbert, English natural philosopher (d. 1603)

1686

Gabriel Fahrenheit, German inventor and thermometer maker (d. 1736)

1794

William Whewell, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1866)

1819

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)

1868

Charlie Taylor, American mechanic, associate of the Wright brothers (d. 1956)

1878

Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American engineer (d. 1972)

1879

H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founder of H. B. Reese Candy Co. (d. 1956)

1891

William F. Albright, American archeologist and Biblical scholar (d. 1971)

1941

Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter

1943

Gary Burghoff, American actor

1949

Jim Broadbent, English actor

1953

Alfred Molina, London-born Spanish-Italian actor

1955

Rosanne Cash, American singer

1960

Doug Jones, American actor

1965

John C. Reilly, American actor

1972

Greg Berlanti, American television writer and producer