Thursday, September 19, 2024

History for September 19

History for September 19 - On-This-Day.com 
Mike Royko 1932
  • 1777 - The Battle of Saratoga was won by American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
  • 1876 - Melville R. Bissell patented the carpet sweeper.
  • 1942 - The first advertisement to announce Little Golden Books appeared in Publishers Weekly.
  • 1959 - Nikita Khruschev was not allowed to visit Disneyland due to security reasons. Khrushchev reacted angrily.
  • 1970 - "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premiered on CBS-TV.
  • 1982 - Scott Fahlman became the first person to use :-) in an online message.

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