Aug 13, 1961: East Berlin closes border to West Berlin
#OTD Today in 1961 East Berlin closes border to West Berlin
#OTD Today in 1961 East Berlin closes border to West Berlin
#OTD Today in 1990 was the commencement of official demolition of the Berlin Wall
#OTD Today in 1857 Elisha Otis installed his first passenger elevator.
#OTD Today in 1788 was the Great New Orleans Fire.
#OTD in 1863 confederate ship Georgiana sunk on her maiden voyage.
#OTD Today in 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state.
#OTD Today in 1662 The first known public bus line began operations. #Pascal
#OTD Today in 1933 President Franklin Roosevelt delivered first Fireside Chat.
#OTD Today in 1969 the assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr confessed.
#OTD Today in 1776 Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was published.
#OTD Today in 1996 The Coen brothers' Fargo was released. #FargoDay
#OTD Today in 1933 Frances Perkins, first woman in cabinet, begins service.