1170 – St. Thomas A Becket, the 40th archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights acting on Henry II’s orders.
1782 – 1st nautical almanac in US, published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
1837 – Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Main
1852 – Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants
1888 – The first performance of Macbeth took place at the Lyceum Theatre.
1937 – Pan Am starts service between San Francisco and Auckland, New Zealand
1938 – Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins
1967 – Star Trek’s “Trouble WithTribbles” 1st airs
By: Archa Dave
