On this day in the year 1778 of the common era (CE) two treaties were signed in Paris between the United States and France, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, establishing formal diplomatic and commercial relations and the Treaty of Alliance for mutual defense, these were the first treaties negotiated by the United States.
On this day in the year 1815 CE, New Jersey issues the first railroad charter in the United States to Mr. John Stevens; seventy-nine years later, the bottle opener is patented by American inventor William Painter.
On this day in 1869 CE, Harper's Weekly publishes the first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers; thirteen years later the society of the Knights of Columbus is formed in New Haven, Connecticut
In 1943 CE singer Frank Sinatra debuts on Your Hit Parade; nine years later queen Elizabeth II succeeds king George VI to the British throne and is proclaimed queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
In 1948 CE the first radio-controlled airplane is flow.
In 1951 CE the United States performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security; thirty-seven years later, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
In 1968 CE, former president Dwight Eisenhower shoots a hole-in-one on the golf course; three years later American astronaut Alan Shepard is the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon.
In 1980 CE John Wayne Gacy goes on trial for the murder of thirty-three young men in Cook County, Illinois.
In 2019 CE at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, Honeybees are found to be able to add and subtract and understand concept of zero.
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