Today in history

1829 In Boston, MA, the first modern hotel in America opened. The Tremont Hotel had 170 rooms that rented for $2 a day and included four meals.

1859 Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA (now located in West Virginia).

1869 A hotel in Boston became the first in the U.S. to install indoor plumbing. 1916 Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York City, NY.

1923 Walt Disney contracted with M.J. Winkler to distribute the Alice Comedies. This event is recognized as the start of the Disney Company. Disney movies, music and books

1928 Marvin Pipkin received a patent for the frosted electric light bulb.

1943 Chicago’s new subway system was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

1944 “The Robe,” by Lloyd Douglas, was published for the first time.

1955 Mrs. Jules Lederer replaced Ruth Crowley in newspapers using the name Ann Landers.

1962 U.S. President Kennedy was informed that there were missile bases in Cuba, beginning the Cuban missile crisis.

1967 NATO headquarters opened in Brussels.

1973 Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Vietnamese official declined the award.

1995 The “Million Man March” took place in Washington, DC.

2002 The Arthur Andersen accounting firm was sentenced to five years probation and fined $500,000 for obstructing a federeal investigation of the energy company Enron.