Today In History...
In 1547 England's King Henry VIII dies and is succeeded by his 9-year-old son Edward VI. In 1596 English navigator Sir Francis Drake dies during a voyage off the coast of Panama. In 1613 Galileo unknowingly views the undiscovered planet Neptune. In 1807 London's Pall Mall is the first street lighted by a gaslight. In 1821 Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica. In 1860 Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua. In 1871 France surrenders in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1878 George W. Coy is hired as the first full-time telephone operator in New Haven, CT. In 1878 The first college newspaper, the Yale Daily News, is published. In 1902 The Carnegie Institute is established in Washington, DC. In 1909 The United States ends direct control over Cuba. In 1915 The U.S. Coast Guard is established by an act of Congress. In 1916 Louis D. Brandeis is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming its first Jewish member. In 1932 Wisconsin enacts the first U.S. st