18 October 1767
On this date in 1767…
Maryland and Pennsylvania agree on the Mason-Dixon Line as their boundary. The line is generally considered as the boundary between northern and Southern States.
Other Years:
1676 – Nathaniel Bacon, leader of a rebellion against Virginia’s colonial government was killed at the age of 29.
1862 – Confederate General John H. Morgan’s cavalry seized Lexington, Kentucky.
1898 – The American flag was raised in Puerto Rico one year after the Caribbean nation won its independence from Spain.
1912 - Black boxer Jack Johnson of Galveston, Texas was arrested and later convicted of violating the Mann Act
1919 - The “Flying Parson” Belvin Maynard of Morven, North Carolina won the first Transcontinental Air Race in a round trip of 9 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes, and 12 seconds. The race cost 9 lives with numerous crashes
1927 – George C. Scott, American actor/director famous for Patton and Dr. Strangelove was born in Wise, Virginia.
1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald, the supposed assassin of Pesident John F. Kennedy, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1954 – Texas Instruments Inc. announced the first transistor radio.
1997 – A monument honoring U.S. servicewomen, past and present, was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.
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