1621 — Leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, make a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags.
1778 — Oliver Pollock creates the dollar sign.
1789 — The newly established U.S. House of Representatives holds its first full meeting.
1826 — Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1863 — The first U.S. wartime conscription law is enacted.
1929 — Louie Marx introduces the yo-yo.
1933 — The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in the series of anti-Semitic acts that will become known as the Holocaust.
1970 — President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General’s warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States starting on January 1, 1971.
1976 — Apple Computer is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
1979 — Iran’s government becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
1999 — Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
2001 — Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, which is the first country to allow it.
2002 — The Netherlands legalizes euthanasia, becoming the first nation in the world to do so.
2008 — I awoke around 4:30 (in the morning) and couldn’t go back to sleep. (Can you point me to a yawning emoticon I can use here?) More importantly, Christian Light Education (CLE) raised it price on LightUnits by fifteen cents to $2.90 — but I haven’t gotten around to updating our site that sells their stuff. 🙁 Oh, and how about this BMW “innovation”?
