This Day…

1939 World’s 1st practical helicopter, the VS-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky takes (tethered) flight in Stratford, Connecticut.

In 1912 Gangster Carlo Gambino enters the United States as an illegal immigrant on the SS Vincenzo Florio.

1924 – Leopold and Loeb were found guilty of murdering a small boy. The case is known as the first “thrill kill.”

1977 – G. Gordon Liddy was released from prison. He had been incarcerated for more than four years for his involvement in the Watergate conspiracy

One-time pimp and former Outfit accountant Jack Zuta was gunned down while hiding out at an inn on Upper Nemahbin Lake, near Delafield, Wisconsin, after defecting to the North Side Gang. Some believe Zuta had even ordered the contract on Jake Lingle.

1910-03-26 US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick

1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, first woman to top the U.S. country charts, inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame, recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (d. 2012)

1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.

1847 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer; established the physics department and experimental lab at Wellesley as its first physics professor; author of a physic textbook and numerous articles for Popular Astronomy. (d. 1927)

1893 – Dorothy Parker, American poet , author, screenwriter and critic, known for her satirical wit, recipient of two Academy Award nominations and the O. Henry Award was born.  (d. 1967)