456 Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
1887 – Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word “water” as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes’ “Adventure of Copper Beeches”
1892 – Walter H. Coe patented gold leaf in rolls.
1892 – In New York, the Ithaca Daily Journal published an ad introducing a new 10 cent Ice Cream Specialty called a Cherry Sunday.
1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes’ “Adventure of Empty House”
1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes’ “Adventure of 3 Students”
1930 – Mahatma Gandhi defied British law by making salt in India.
1933 – The first operation to remove a lung was performed at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
1974 World Trade Center, then the world’s tallest building, opens in New York
By: Archa Dave
