This Day…

1894 – George Bernard Shaw‘s comedy play “Candida” premieres at Theatre Royal, South Shields, England

1915 Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon] is arrested and returned to quarantine on North Brother Island, New York after spending five years evading health authorities and causing several further outbreaks of typhoid

1955 – Tennessee Williams’ play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” debuted on Broadway.

1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill legalizing the sale and possession of beer and wine containing up to 3.2% alcohol.

1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe‘s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” published in Boston.

1882 – Morgan Earp is assassinated by outlaws while playing billiards in Tombstone

1852 – Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly

1893 – New Mexico State University canceled its first graduation ceremony because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before.

1866 – Lucy B. Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st US woman to earn a DDS degree