Monday, October 10, 2022

History for October 10

History for October 10 - On-This-Day.com
Edward D. Wood, Jr. 1924
  • 1845 - The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, MD.
  • 1887 - Thomas Edison organized the Edison Phonograph Company.
  • 1911 - China's Manchu dynasty was overthrown by revolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen.
  • 1933 - Dreft, the first synthetic detergent, went on sale.
  • 1938 - Nazi Germany completed its annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
  • 1978 - The U.S. bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

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