BIRTHDAYS:
1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

1946, Donald Trump, 45th & 47th President


EVENTS:
1623, Rev. Gerville Pooley of Virginia files first breach-of-promise lawsuit against Cicely Jordan. He loses.

1777, Stars and Stripes adopted as US flag, replacing Grand Union flag.

1846, California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma.

1847, Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide.

1876, California Street Cable Car Railroad Company gets it franchise

1900, Hawaiian Territorial Government begins.

1919, First direct airplane crossing of the Atlantic.

1951, Mr. Ed premiers, (A horse is a horse of course).

1952, Keel laid for first nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
- Aesop