Miscellaneous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXdGeWQGEKM 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte began his exile on the remote island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.1860: Grace Bedell, 11…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVw_yQ_EKzI 1892: The original version of the Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in public schools.1938: Production began on the film…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXOir-JciPI 1881: David Henderson Houston patented the first roll film for cameras. 1929: JC Penney opened a store in Milford, Delaware,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UKf65NOzM 1865: The billiard ball was patented by John Wesley Hyatt.1886: The tuxedo dinner jacket made its American debut in New York…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BNvVPwTUEE 1781: The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War took place in Yorktown, Virginia, where the American forces,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSGc0bx-kKM 1921: The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time featuring a game between the New York Giants and the New…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs 1648: The first volunteer fire department was established in New York by Peter Stuyvesant.1881: Edward Leveaux received a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh8eb_ACLl8 1901: The first record company, the Victor Talking Machine Company, was incorporated, later merging with the Radio…