Archive Digger

1815-  Elizabeth Cady Stanton a leading crusader for both women’s rights and social reforms is born.

1847 – British doctor Sir James Young Simpson first to uses chloroform as an anaesthetic.

1927 – The Communist Party expels Leon Trotsky. Joseph Stalin retains total control of the Soviet Union.

1933 – Smile, Nessie! In Scotland Hugh Gray shoots the first photos of the famed and mysterious Loch Ness Monster.

1942 – The  naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. In a pivotal Pacific theater victory, the Americans would ultimately defeat the Japanese.

1954- After 62 years and more than 20 million immigrants, Ellis Island closes.

1969 – The original “wikileaks”: Seymour Hersh, an independent investigative journalist publishes the story of  My Lai massacre in Vietnam.

1990 – Prince Akihito is formally crowned Emperor of Japan, the 125th Japanese monarch.

1990 – Tim Berners-Lee (not Al Gore) publishes his proposal for the “World Wide Web.”

1998 – Speaking of Al Gore, as VP  he signs the Kyoto Protocol on behalf of the US.

2008- The first same-sex marriages commence in Connecticut.