03-02-2011, 13:25
1690 - The first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.
1730 - The first stock exchange quotations were published, in the Daily Advertiser, London.
1821 - The birth of Elizabeth Blackwell, in Bristol, who became the first woman doctor in the US where her parents emigrated.
1945 - The Allies used over 1,000 planes on daylight bombing raids on Berlin.
1954 - The Queen visited Australia, she was the first reigning monarch to do so.
1959 – A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson and the incident becomes known as The Day the Music Died.
1971 – New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Many believe the incident proves that NYPD officers tried to kill him.
1994 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, in the pilot's seat for the first time.
1730 - The first stock exchange quotations were published, in the Daily Advertiser, London.
1821 - The birth of Elizabeth Blackwell, in Bristol, who became the first woman doctor in the US where her parents emigrated.
1945 - The Allies used over 1,000 planes on daylight bombing raids on Berlin.
1954 - The Queen visited Australia, she was the first reigning monarch to do so.
1959 – A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson and the incident becomes known as The Day the Music Died.
1971 – New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Many believe the incident proves that NYPD officers tried to kill him.
1994 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, in the pilot's seat for the first time.