This Day In History

Famous events this day:

1495 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Friar John Cor is the distiller

1861 1st skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va

1869 Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison (still in use in Palm Beach County, FL and they still don't know how to use it right.)

1911 1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, NJ (It was also the last affordable insurance policy written in the US)

1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting

Famous Birthdays Today:

1907 Frank Whittle inventor (jet engine)

1926 Andy Griffith Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock)

1926 Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker], actress (Some Like It Hot)

1937 Morgan Freeman actor (Driving Mrs Daisy)

Sometime in in early '70s - ME!