This day in history - May 5
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 10:17 pm
1809 - Mary Kies became the first woman to be granted a U.S. patent. The patent was for weaving straw with silk and thread, as in straw hats.
1862 - Mexican forces defeated French army forces at the Battle of Puebla.
This event was barely a ripple in the course of history, and is celebrated more in the U.S. than in Mexico (not unlike Columbus Day with respect to the rest of the world).
1925 - John Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching evolution.
The arrest was a staged event, intended to attract publicity, which it did.
1945 - A Japanese balloon bomb exploded in Oregon, killing the pregnant wife of a minister and five children. It was the only fatal Japanese attack on the continental United States (Hawaii and Alaska not being states at that time).
1955 - West Germany was restored to sovereignty after 10 years of military occupation.
1961 - Alan Shepard became the first American in space (on a very short trip), one month after the first Soviet.
- Jim
1862 - Mexican forces defeated French army forces at the Battle of Puebla.
This event was barely a ripple in the course of history, and is celebrated more in the U.S. than in Mexico (not unlike Columbus Day with respect to the rest of the world).
1925 - John Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching evolution.
The arrest was a staged event, intended to attract publicity, which it did.
1945 - A Japanese balloon bomb exploded in Oregon, killing the pregnant wife of a minister and five children. It was the only fatal Japanese attack on the continental United States (Hawaii and Alaska not being states at that time).
1955 - West Germany was restored to sovereignty after 10 years of military occupation.
1961 - Alan Shepard became the first American in space (on a very short trip), one month after the first Soviet.
- Jim