This Day…

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).

1929 – Scientists at Bell Laboratories in New York reveal a system for transmitting television pictures.

1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract.

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

1860 – Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco.

1886 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland (49) weds Frances Folsom (21), 1st presidential marriage to be held at the White House.