1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act that provided 160 acres of public land virtually free of charge to those who had lived on and cultivated that land for at least five years.
1873 - San Francisco businessman, Levi Strauss, and Reno, Nevada tailor, Jacob Davis, are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world’s most iconic garments, the blue jeans.
1927 – Charles Lindbergh takes off across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis on the world’s first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean which was also the first ever nonstop flight between New York to Paris.
1932 – Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland and lands near Londonderry, Ireland, to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
1990 - Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space.
Weird Historic Fact:
In 1310, for the first time, shoes were designed and made for both left and right feet. Previously, one shape was used to fit both feet. (Paula's question: how the heck does anyone know when that happened?)
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