This Day…

1925 – Mount Rushmore Monument is first proposed

1950 – Ethel Rosenberg testifies before grand jury on allegations of spying for the Soviet Union

1930 – Animated character Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer’s cartoon “Dizzy Dishes”

1934 – US Court of Appeals upholds lower court ruling striking down government’s attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel “Ulysses”

1939 – First broadcast of “The Dinah Shore Show” on NBC Radio

1873 – Indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, US 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the 1st time with the Sioux near the Tongue River. 1 man killed on each side.

1928 – In the first women’s Olympic track event, American sprinter Elizabeth Robinson equals her own world record of 12.2 s to win the 100 m gold medal in Amsterdam; Canadians Fanny Rosenfeld and Ethel Smith tie in 12.3 s

1928 – George Eastman shows the first amateur color motion pictures to guests at his New York house, including Thomas Edison

1890 – Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh shoots himself in Auvers-sur-Oise and dies of his injuries 2 days later

1883 – The ship Marco Polo, once the fastest clipper in the world, runs aground on Prince Edward Island. Spectators of the event include Lucy Maud Montgomery.