This Day…

1931 – Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury

1860 – 1st US “dime novel” published: “Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter,” by Mrs Ann Stevens

1909 – Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16

1944 – Operation Overlord: As part of the D-Day landings, the 82nd Airborne Division arrives at the French town of Sainte-Mère-Église

1871 – Jesse James & his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000

1843 – Sojourner Truth hears the Spirit of God and changes her name from Isabella Baumfree, leaving NY to begin travelling giving speeches against slavery

1431 – Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for her execution

1937 – Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to pedestrians

1915 – Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations.

1881 – American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton