This Day…

1907 – Christmas Seals went on sale for the first time, in the Wilmington, DE, post office.

1941 – Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people

1933 – Prohibition ends in the US when 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, 18th Amendment repealed (5:32 PM EST).

1867 -Charles Dickens gave his first public reading. Taking place at a New York City theater, Charles Dickens gave his first reading of a six-month American book tour.

1902 – American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang Kid Curry Logan sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.

1919 – American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament.

1865 – “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll is published in America.

1880 – Lillian Russell made her vaudeville debut in New York City.

1886 – Sherlock Holmes’s first story “A Study in Scarlet” is accepted by publisher Ward and Lock with payment of £25

1872 – Suffragette Susan B. Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal and charged with illegally voting.