| Today in History |
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2021 ‐
Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 5 million according to Johns Hopkins, with estimates the true toll is at least twice as high
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2012 ‐
Google's Gmail becomes the world's most popular email service
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1990 ‐
Rhetoric escalates as George Bush likens Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler
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1982 ‐
Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
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1981 ‐
1st Class US Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents
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1968 ‐
Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X)
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1922 ‐
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk takes Constantinople from Mehmed VI, proclaiming the Republic of Turkey and bringing an end to the Ottoman Empire
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1921 ‐
National Birth Control League & Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League
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1918 ‐
Yugoslav battleship Viribus Unitis sunk by Italians
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1911 ‐
The first aerial bomb is dropped by an Italian pilot on Turkish troops in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War
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1896 ‐
First bare-breasted women (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Magazine
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1894 ‐
Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr Émile Roux of Paris
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1870 ‐
US Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations)
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1848 ‐
Classes begin at Boston Female Medical College, 1st US female medical college
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1834 ‐
First published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game)
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1800 ‐
John Adams becomes the first US President to live in the White House
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1787 ‐
First free school in NYC (African Free School) opens
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1765 ‐
Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies
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