1777 – The American flag is flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, Maryland. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-stars-and-stripes-flies
1969 – America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-atm-opens-for-business
30 B.C – Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, committed suicide, possibly by means of an asp, a poisonous Egyptian serpent and symbol of divine royalty. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cleopatra-commits-suicide
1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titusville,_Pennsylvania
1920 – The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/19th-amendment-adopted
1902 – pioneering cookbook author Fannie Farmer, who changed the way Americans prepare food by advocating the use of standardized measurements in recipes, opens Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery in Boston. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fannie-farmer-opens-cooking-school
1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_Box_Derby
1930 – Fiddlesticks is released. It was the first animated sound cartoon that was photographed in two-strip Technicolor. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddlesticks_%28cartoon%29
1917 – Opha Mae Johnson (February 13, 1900 – January 1976) was the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opha_Mae_Johnson
1934 – A group of federal prisoners classified as “most dangerous” arrives at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/federal-prisoners-land-on-alcatraz
