Today in History

1870 – 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia
1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal
1922 – Reader's Digest magazine 1st published
1931 – Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st US women to earn a glider pilot license
1948 – Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympic champion
1948 – Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympic slalom champion