Today In History...

"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"

George Santayana

• 1803 1st public library opens (Connecticut).
• 1872 Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500).
• 1900 Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative.
• 1906 Wright Brothers patent the aeroplane.
• 1931 Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida.
• 1943 1st jet fighter is tested.
• 1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed.
• 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson presents "Great Society".
• 1969 Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface.
• 1973 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up.
• 1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years).
• 1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader.
• 1986 Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC.
• 1990 Microsoft releases Windows 3.0.
• 1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show.
• 1998 Federal rules that the Secret Service must testify in the Lewinsky case.