This Day…

1862 – American publisher Frank Nelson Doubleday, founder of the book-publishing firm Doubleday & Company, Inc., was born.

1925 – Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross was sworn in as the governor of Wyoming She was the first female governor in the U.S.

1890 – Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer

1895 – In Paris, the first commercial public screening of cinematographic films took place.

1904 – Stage play “Peter Pan” by J. M. Barrie premieres at the Duke of York Theatre in London

1919 – Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace.

1939 – Gloria Jacobs became the first girl to hold a world pistol record when she shot 299 out of a possible 300 points. She was 17 years old at the time.

1920 – 1st US postage stamps printed without the words United States or US

1903 – Women ushers were employed for the first time at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.

1924 France — Ladies Fashion   The most recent trend in women’s fashion is to make clothes out of the hides of African animals. The latest find in Paris is to weave into women’s costumes just as many trophies of the jungle as the ingenious dress designers, milliners, and shoe and glove makers can find ways of doing.