This Day…

1949  – The first daytime soap opera “These Are My Children,” was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago Soap Operas got the name because they were targeted at mothers and the soap manufacturers such as Procter and Gamble, were major sponsors.

1848 – James Marshall finds gold in Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California.

1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell, who was born in England, received an M.D. degree from Geneva Medical College in New York, becoming the first American-trained woman physician.

1873 – A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War

1903 – Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam

1878 – US Senate proposes female suffrage

1838 – Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate their telegraph machine in New Jersey

1888 – The drinking straw was patented by Marvin C. Stone.

1835 – Georgia gold rush forces the Cherokees to move across the Mississippi River

1928 – Ethel Barrymore Theater opens at 243 W 47th St NYC