This Day…

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.

1838 – Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions

1892 – In the U.S., President Lincoln‘s birthday was declared to be a national holiday.

1879 – 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)

1893 – Elisha Gray patented a machine called the telautograph. It automatically signed autographs to documents.

1859 – One of the oldest known copies of the Bible, “The Codex Sinaiticus” (Sinai Bible), is seen in Egypt by Constantin von Tischendorf, who takes the manuscript home

1861 – The “Organized Incorporated Territory of Nevada” is created, lasting until October 31st, 1864