On this date

1842 – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. Patent for the sewing machine.
1878 – The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, CT.
1885 – The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
1948 – NASCAR is incorporated
1965 – Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in NYC by members of the Nation [...]

Happy Presidents Day!
To those of you who forgot and probably don’t work for the government — The mail is not running today so forget about that netflix you had been waiting for ’til tomorrow!
Believe it or not a few more things happened today throughout history that are pretty interesting…

On Feb. 16, 1923, the burial chamber [...]