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An assortment of events from 1765 to 1972 occurred today; many were notable precedents not often remembered or mentioned, despite their impact & impetus for improving our lives.
- 1765 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on American colonists.
- 1775 British MP Edmund Burke addresses English Parliament advocating for peace with the American colonies.
- 1794 Slave Trade Act bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries.
- 1863 1st US nursing school chartered at The Woman's Hospital of Pennsylvania
- 1872 Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment.
- 1903 US Anthracite Coal Commission recommends shorter hours from 10hrs/day to nine, a 10% wage increase (they wanted 20%)
- 1935 - Many "on this day sites" suggest it marked when "blood tests were authorized as evidence in court cases in New York", but in reality it became a mandate for blood tests to be used! " "In 1935, the New York legislature responded to the Beuschel v. Manowitz case by passing a statute that allowed courts to require blood group testing in civil cases"
- 1946 1st US Army build rocket left the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up).
- 1960 1st patent for lasers (optical maser) was granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes.
- 1972 US Congress approves the Equal Rights Amendment (still not ratified).
More News from Los Angeles
- R.D. Olson Breaks Ground on Warner Center Affordable Housing The first phase of the new 238k square-foot, seven-story affordable housing multifamily complex will offer 173 units ranging in size from studios to three bedrooms Woodland Hills.
- Travel Town StoryWalk: Railroad Engineer Olive Dennis March 19 - April 29 at Travel Town: Explore Los Angeles' railroad history & read about one of the first female railroad engineers, Columbia University graduate, Olive Dennis.
