The Daily History Nugget

Dolley Madison, the Nation’s 4th First Lady, died of a brief illness on July 12, 1849. She was the earliest First Lady to be photographed as shown here. She is most famous for saving the iconic painting of George Washington, which hung in the White House, while the British was burning Washington, D.C. and the White House itself.

“In God We Trust” is authorized by Congress to be printed on all U.S. money July 11, 1955.

Millard Fillmore is sworn in as President of the United States one day after President Zachary Taylor dies in office July 10, 1850.

My apologies, but time just got away from me yesterday, so here’s yesterday’s nugget!

Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo releases for the first time the arcade game 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝑲𝒐𝒏𝒈 July 9, 1981.

The first reported crash of a UFO takes place near Roswell, New Mexico July 8, 1947. It becomes a National news story overnight.

The Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri, begins selling sliced bread for the first time anywhere July 7, 1928.

The greatest comedic routine ever (my humble opinion) 𝑾𝒉𝒐’𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕?, was featured in the Abbott & Costello film, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 on July 6, 1945.

Dolly, a sheep, becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell July 5, 1996.

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