This Day…

1865 – US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department

1901 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner, Montana.

1880 – On this day American Educator Helen Keller was born.

1924 – “Ziegfeld Follies of 1924”, featuring Billie Burke and W.C. Fields, opens at the New Amsterdam Theatre, NYC

1832 – J.I. Howe patented the pin machine.

1876 – California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise

1859 – Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered, first major silver discovery in the US

1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts

1789 – James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the US House of Representatives

1900 – US Congress pass an act authorizing a civil code and government for the territory of Alaska after gold discoveries bring lawlessness and disorder to the area.