This Day in History – July 1, 2011

1535 Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason 1776 1st vote on the Declaration of Independence 1847 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 Franklin & 10 Washington, NYC 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa; Lee’s northward advance halted 1869 US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens 1870 James W Smith of SC is 1st black to enter West Point 1873 Henry Flipper of Ga is 2nd black to enter West Point 1889 Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti 1898 Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill 1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes “Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax” (BG) 1904 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis 1924 Through regular transcontinental airmail service established, NYC-SF 1932 NY Gov FDR nominated for president at the Dem Convention in Chicago 1956 Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on The Steve Allen Show 1963 US postal service institutes the (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code 1966 Medicare goes into effect 1967 Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” goes #1 for 15 weeks 1978 Former Pres Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 1981 Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3]]]]> ]]>