This Day…

1914 – World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

1896 – Vitascope Hall, 1st permanent for-profit movie theatre, opens in New Orleans.

1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes “America the Beautiful” in Colorado

1879 – Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.

1876 – Baseball’s first official no-hitter: George Bradley of the St Louis Brown Stockings no-hits the Hartford Dark Blues, 2-0.

1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads “Hollywoodland” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.

1957US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer

1889 – Wall Street Journal begins publishing.

1945 – Abbott and Costello‘s film “The Naughty Nineties” released featuring longest version of their “Who’s on First” routine.

1834 – Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).