Although not as important as Frankenstein, these other events happened, today in history, as well:
537 AD Goths lay siege
to Rome
1702 1st English daily newspaper "Daily
Courant" publishes
1774 English auction Southbeys holds it first auction
(books)
1823 First “normal” U.S.
School opens (Concord Academy, Concord, VT)
1855 Remember the Movie “Gangs of New York”? Well, in this
day, in 1855 William Poole “Bill the Butcher” is buried in Brooklyn, NY
1869 The West first learns of the Giant Panda via French
missionary Armand David who receives a skin from a hunter
1882 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized
in Princeton, New Jersey
1918 First
recorded case of Flu in the US. This is officially the start of the “Flu Epidemic”
(OMG!!!, I thought it was in March, 2019).
1922 Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver
Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games
1924 Eden Phillpotts' "Farmer's Wife"
premieres in London
1927 First Golden Gloves Boxing tournament
1930 William Taft, American 27th President &
Chief Justice buried in Arlington Cemetery
1935 Bank of Canada first opens on Wellington
Street, Ottawa
TOO MANY BAD THINGS HAPPENED, NOT ENOUGH GOOD, ON
THIS DAY, BETWEEN 1939-1958 IMHO
1959 Lorraine
Hansberry's stage drama "A Raisin in the Sun", 1st Broadway play by a
black woman, starring Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier, opens at the Ethel Barrymore
Theatre, NYC; later transfers to the Belasco Theatre; runs for 530 performances
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between
Earth & Venus
OMG, MANY MORE BAD THINGS ON THIS DAY UNTIL 1983…
1983 Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by
Valova & Vasiliev (Soviet Union)
1983 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki
won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)
1986 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on
April 21st, 753 BC
1988 British pound note ceases to be legal tender,
replaced by one pound coin
1995 Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record
15.03
1997 Paul McCartney is knighted
2009 WGT member Claremoreblue hit a 285 yard drive!!!!
Obviously, there are so many events that happen, which I omit, when posting "this day in history". I intentionally ignore historical events relating to most disasters, wars, conflicts and other engagements, including changes in power or bad relations among countries. Unfortunately, there is way too much of such events, and suffering in our shared histories.