TODAY IN HISTORY

On This Day in:

1533 – Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s new queen, was crowned.

1774 – The British government ordered the Port of Boston closed.

1789 – The _rst U.S. congressional act on administering oaths became law.

1792 – Kentucky became the 15th state of the U.S.

1796 – Tennessee became the 16th state of the U.S.

1861 – The _rst skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia.

1869 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric voting machine.

1877 – U.S. troops were authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.

1892 – The General Electric Company (GE) began operations after the merging of the Edison General Electric and the Thomson- Houston Electric companies.

1896 – In Paris, France, the _rst recorded automobile theft occurred. The Peugeot of Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt was stolen by his mechanic.

1915 – Germany conducted the _rst zeppelin air raid over England.