TODAY IN HISTORY

On This Day in:

1795 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was rati_ed.

1818 – “Academician” began publication in New York City.

1877 – The _rst Guernsey Cattle Club was organized in New York City.

1882 – The last bareknuckle _ght for the heavyweight boxing championship took place in Mississippi City.

1893 – Elisha Gray patented a machine called the telautograph. It automatically signed autographs to documents.

1913 – The Turks lost 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli.

1922 – DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of “Reader’s Digest” magazine for the _rst time.

1931 – The American opera “Peter Ibbetson,” by Deems Taylor, premiered in New York City.

1936 – The U.S. Vice President’s ag was established by executive order.

1940 – “Pinocchio” world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.

1941 – The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Frank Sinatra recorded “Everything Happens to Me.” 1943 – The U.S. government announced that shoe rationing would go into effect in two days.