Today in History

Historical Events

1956 - Margaret Towner becomes the first woman to be ordained into the Presbyterian Church in the US (PCUSA)
1957 - Cincinnati Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
1958 - USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build the Aswan High Dam across the Nile river
1973 - John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone; they deny doing so
2004 - Manchester United beats Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford, ending Arsenal's English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak

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Famous Birthdays

1808 - Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist, born in Meiningen, Germany (d. 1879)
1885 - Ernest Claes, Belgian author (De Witte - Whitey), born in Zichem, Belgium (d. 1968)
1920 - Julius Youngner, American scientist, helped develop Salk polio vaccine, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
1939 - F. Murray Abraham, American actor (All the President's Men and Amadeus), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1965 -...