WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019

1797 — Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow.

1848 — First pure food law enacted in U.S.

1862 — Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia

1870 — First section of Atlantic City Boardwalk opens

1902 — England establishes Order of Merit

1902 — Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the 3 Garidebs"

1919 — First issue of New York Daily News published

1924 — After 8 years of occupation, U.S. troops leave the Domincan Republic

1934 — FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act establishing credit unions

1941 — Finland enters WWII against Russia

1945 — U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations