Wednesday, July 12, 2023

History for July 12

History for July 12 - On-This-Day.com 
Milton Berle 1908 - Actor

  • 1862 - The U.S. Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.
  • 1870 - The first rotary can opener with a cutting wheel was patented by William W. Lyman.
  • 1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed a highway modernization program, with costs to be shared by federal and state governments.
  • 1957 - The U.S. surgeon general, Leroy E. Burney, reported that there was a direct link between smoking and lung cancer.
  • 1982 - The last of the distinctive-looking Checker taxicabs rolled off the assembly line in Kalamazoo, MI.

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