Today:
69 AD – Vespasian, the Roman general who suppressed the Jewish Revolt, was declared Emperor by the Senate, marking the end of the Year of the Four Emperors.
1620 – The Pilgrims, aboard the Mayflower, went ashore at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts to establish Plymouth Colony.
1844 – The Rochdale Pioneers began operating their cooperative shop in Rochdale, England, marking the start of the modern cooperative movement.
1872 – HMS Challenger set sail from Portsmouth, England, on the first global scientific oceanographic expedition.
1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium, a breakthrough in the study of radioactivity.
1913 – The first crossword puzzle, created by journalist Arthur Wynne, was published in the “New York World” newspaper.
1937 – The Disney animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.
1968 – The Apollo 8 spacecraft was launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying the first astronauts to orbit the Moon.
1979 – NATO’s Double-Track Decision was made, involving the deployment of U.S. nuclear missiles in Western Europe while seeking arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union.
1988 – Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.
Snake Social has a pre-moderation tool to deter the evil doers. If your comments do not show, email me at [email protected]