BTK serial killer pleads guilty to 10 murders in 17 years. The Panic of 1893, the worst economic depression in US history prior to the Great Depression, occurred. The world’s first ATM was installed in England. The do not call list started in the US. The first nuclear power plant in Russia was inaugurated. A sailor from Nova Scotia became the first to sail solo around the world. The first electric passenger train in the US opened. Clark Gable said his famous line in Gone with the Wind. The gay rights movement began in the US. Route 66 was decertified. Helen Keller was born.
BTK serial killer pleaded guilty to 10 murders in 17 years. (2005) Denis Rader had taunted the police and the media with letters describing the murders as they occurred. He was not caught at the time and stopped killing in 1991. In 2004, he resumed writing the letter, which led to his arrest and conviction. He was sentenced to serve 10 consecutive life sentences – 175 years – without parole.
The New York Stock Exchange crashed, adding to the Panic of 1893. (1893) The “Panic of 1893” was the worst economic depression in US history prior to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Many banks have failed and the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has further exacerbated the situation. People started exchanging paper money for gold and silver, making the economic climate even worse. As a result, Congress repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, which guaranteed the exchange.
The world’s first ATM was installed. (1967) The money machine was installed in Enfield, England by Barclays Bank. They hired a comedian to use the machine for advertising – previous worldwide attempts to have an automated deposit machine or cash dispenser have not met with customer approval. An estimated 1.8 million ATMs are in use worldwide today.
The do not call list started in the US. (2003) More than 735,000 people signed up to block telemarketing calls on day one.
Inauguration of the first nuclear power plant in Russia. (1954) It was the first nuclear power plant in the world to produce electricity, which at the time powered about 2,000 homes. It continued to operate until its closure in 2002.
A sailor from Nova Scotia became the first to sail solo around the world. (1898) Joshua Slocum sailed his sloop Spray 46,000 miles (74,000 kilometers) around the world in three years and two months. The sloop could steer itself, which allowed it to sleep. At one point the boat sailed 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) autonomously without Slocum’s assistance.
The first electric passenger train in the United States opened between Washington DC and New York City. (1895) The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad operated the train, the Royal Blue, until 1958.
One of the most famous film lines is the story, “Frankly, dear, I don’t give a damn,” was filmed. (1939) Clark Gable said his famous lines in his role as Rhett Butler in the film adaptation of Gone with the Wind. The film set has a gross of over US$400 million, which would be equivalent to approximately US$1.5 billion today.
The gay rights movement began in the United States (1969) In an altercation with police, patrons of a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village called the Stonewall Inn sparked the Stonewall Riots of 1969. The incident it is considered to be the beginning of the gay and lesbian rights movement.
The famous Route 66 highway, which stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, has been decertified. (1985) It was one of the first US highways, established in 1926, but was removed from the official US highway system because the expansion of the Interstate Highway System made it largely irrelevant. While the road is no longer an official highway, portions of it have been noted as a National Scenic Byway called Historic Route 66.
Helen Keller, a blind and deaf American woman, is born. (1880) Though blind and deaf, Keller became a popular writer, lecturer, and political activist. She was also the first blind and deaf woman to earn a college degree.
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