On this day in 1776 British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution, in 1789 The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs was renamed the Department of State, in 1821 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador proclaimed independence, in 1853 Reverend Antoinette Brown Blackwell was ordained becoming first female minister in the United States, in 1858 the first mail service begins to the Pacific Coast of the U.S. under government contract. Coaches from the Butterfield Overland Mail Company took 12 days to make the journey between Tipton, MO and San Francisco, CA, in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, in France, tanks were first used in warfare when the British rolled them onto the battlefields, in 1935 the Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Nazi Germany. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swastika was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany, in 1940 The German Luftwaffe suffered the loss of 185 planes in the Battle of Britain. The change in tide forced Hitler to abandon his plans for invading Britain, in 1959 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. to begin a 13-day visit, in 1971 Greenpeace was founded, and in 1978 Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks to win his 3rd World Heavyweight Boxing title. James Fenimore Cooper was born today in 1789, William H. Taft in 1857, Oliver Stone and Tommy Lee Jones turn 67, Dan Marino turns 52, and Prince Harry of Wales turns 29.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 04:40:54 +0000
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