This day in history

Some notable historical events that happened today include:

 

1909 -  Fritz Hofman received the first patents for synthetic rubber

 

1940 -  around 600 cave paintings were discovered near Montignac, France by 4 teenagers

 

1953 -  John F. Kennedy married Jaqueline Bouvier

 

1992 -  Mae Jemison became the first African American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour

 

2013 -  the Something Sweet Bake Shop broke a world record by baking the largest brownie in Daphne, AL weighing in at 234 pounds 3 ounces

 

Some interesting birthdays include:

 

Richard Jordan Gatling (1818) - inventor of the Gatling Gun, he also developed innovations for improved crop production and harvest

Alfred A. Knopf (1892) - founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc in 1915 responsible for publishing works by Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, D. H. Lawrence and Julia Child's

Walter B. Gibson (1897)

Irene Joliot Curie (1897) - daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie; with her husband Frédéric Joloiot they won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Lawrence Brooks (1909) - served in WWII in the US Army with the 91st Engineer Battalion, was the oldest living WWII veteran who marked his 111th birthday in 2020; died on January 5, 2022

Jesse Owens (1913)

Jessica Mitford (1917)

Barry White (1944)