This Day…

1959 – Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years

1930 – “The Blue Angel” starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany

1881 – “Greatest Show On Earth” formed by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey

1804 – The Louisiana Purchase was divided into the District of Louisiana and the Territory of Orleans

1932 – 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)

1872 – Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment

1847 – US Post Office Department is authorized to issue postage stamps

1929 – US President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park

1896 – Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield

1878 – John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.