This Day in History – June 26, 2011

1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can’t sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! 1848 1st pure food law enacted in US 1900 Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever 1919 1st issue of NY Daily News published 1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act establishing credit unions 1957 Hurricane Audrey strikes Louisiana claiming 500 lives 1958 Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated 1959 Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway 1968 Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US 1974 Liz Taylor’s 5th divorce (Richard Burton) 1975 Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency 1990 122ø F in Phoenix Arizona]]]]> ]]>