April 1st
Today in America's Present Past
1693 | Cotton Mather Jr, a four-year-old, died, spurring his father to initiate witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts.
1778 | New Orleans entrepreneur creates the “$” sign.
1826 | Samuel Morey is issued a gas or vapor (internal combustion) engine patent.
1834 | Entrepreneur Jim Fisk was born.
1852 | Painter Edward Austin Abbey was born.
1853 | Cincinnati, Ohio, becomes the first municipality to employ full-time firefighters.
1857 | Novelist Herman Melville publishes “The Confidence-Man.”
1863 | Civil War: America’s first “draft” goes into effect.
1865 | Civil War: Battle of Five Forks occurs.
1870 | Explorer Patrick Gass died.
1891 | The Wrigley Company is formed.
1901 | Author Whittaker Chambers was born.
1908 | Psychologist Abraham Maslow was born.
1917 | Composer Scott Joplin died.
1929 | Lorry Mill Strike starts in Gastonia, North Carolina.
1950 | SCOTUS: Justice Samuel Alito was born.
1954 | The USAF Academy is established.
1955 | Publisher Robert R. McCormick died.
1970 | POTUS: Republican President Richard Nixon signs legislation curbing cigarette advertising.
1973 | Media personality Rachel Maddow was born.
1976 | Entrepreneurs Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computing.
1982 | The US transfers the Canal Zone to Panama.
1984 | Musician Marvin Gaye died.
1985 | Author Douglass Wallop died.
1995 | Online personality Logan Paul was born.
2004 | Solider Aaron Bank died.
2020 | Admiral Edward L. Feightner died.