THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: May 30th -JUNE 3rd
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
1779 – Benedict Arnold is court-martialed
1967 – The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1869 – Thomas Edison obtained a patent for an electrographic vote recorder
1865 – American Civil War ends
1953 – Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1997 – McVeigh convicted for Oklahoma City bombing
1906 – “Your a Grand Old Flag” by George M. Cohan was trademark registered
1857 – James Gibbs patented the first chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
1956 – Rock and roll is banned in Santa Cruz, California
1957 – U.S. Supreme Court rules against Du Pont in General Motors suit
1969 – New York Rangers was trademark registered
1934 – Dr. Frederick Banting the co-inventor of insulin was knighted