Wednesday, January 11, 2023

History for January 11

History for January 11 - On-This-Day.com
Alexander Hamilton 1755 - United States Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
  • 1770 - The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London.
  • 1805 - The Michigan Territory was created.
  • 1878 - In New York, milk was delivered in glass bottles for the first time by Alexander Campbell.
  • 1935 - Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
  • 1958 - "Seahunt" debuted on CBS-TV. The show was aired on the network for four years.
  • 1964 - U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released a report that said that smoking cigarettes was a definite health hazard.

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