This Day in History for June 9th;
1534 -- Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River.
1732 -- Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe.
1790 -- John Barry copyrighted "Philadelphia Spelling Book." It was the first American book to be copyrighted.
1822 -- Charles Graham receives 1st patent for false teeth.
1869 -- Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
1883 -- 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El)
1898 -- China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years.
1902 -- 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)
1931 -- Goddard patents rocket-fueled aircraft design.
1934 -- 1st Donald Duck cartoon, The Wise Little Hen, released.
1943 -- The withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress
1944 -- 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn.
1946 -- 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire. (Dubuque Iowa)
1949 -- Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US.
1953 -- About 100 die in Worcester MA tornado.
1955 -- 100ø F-Hottest day in Seattle Washington.
1959 -- The first ballistic missile carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched.
1972 -- 14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 200.
1977 -- Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks.
1978 -- Gutenberg Bible (1 of only 21) sells for $2.4 million, London.
1979 -- Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes.
1985 -- American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon.
1997 -- British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires.
1998 -- In Jasper, TX, three white men were charged in the dragging death of African-American James Byrd Jr.
2000 -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal gift and estate taxes. The bill called for the taxes to be phased out over 10 years.
I hope everyone enjoys this Day in History!
MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz* :)
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