Monday, June 8, 2015

Things that happened on the first day of Summer break in the past




  • Roman Emporer Nero had his throat slit into by his secritary to evade the death sentance of being flogged to death, which was to be passed according to the Roman senate. (68 a.d.)
  • The first legal corperation in America , The Harvard Corporation, was established. (1650)
  • First Porotastant church in Ohio holds communion.(1772)
  • Philidelphia Spelling Book, by John Berry, becomes the  first book to be copyrighted in America. (1790)
  • 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, The found Salt Like City. They bring ll their belonging in 2 wheeled handcarts.(18560
  • Charles Elmer Hires, the first person to comercially sell root beer, sells his first root beer. (1869) 
  • a 22 year old housewife named Alice Hyluer Ramsey becomes the first woman to drive across the united states.with 3 female friends who did not know how to drive, she went from Manhattan, New York, to San Fransisco, California. She drove a  Maxwell Automobile.(1909)
  • The Donald Duck carton 'The Little Wise hen" was released (1934)
  • 19 guests die a Canford Hotel fire in Dubuque, Ohio. (1946)
  • King Bhumibol Adulyadgj becomes king of Thiland.  at age 87, he is the longest ruling Monarch in Thailand's  history and is still in reign.(1946)
  • Hottest day recorded in the history of Seattle, Washington. (1955)
  • the movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY (1963)
  • Paul Macarthy's album "RAM" goes gold.(1971)
  • Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Colombia (1972)
  • Cydni Lauper's first album, Time After Times, is released (1984)
  • A American named Thomas Southerland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon.(1985)
  • British lease on new Hong Cong territories expires (1997)
  • Short people are 50% more likley to have a heart attack. They make less money, have a harder time finding a mate, and getting into a  political ofice. (2010)

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