It was on this date in 1887 that Chester A. Hodge of Beloit, Wisconsin was granted a patent for his barbed wire design. And it was on this date in 1909 that the first Lincoln-headed penny was released.

It was on this date in 1863 that President Lincoln issued the "Eye-for-Eye" order. The order warned the Confederate government that Union soldiers could shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot or would condemn a prisoner to a life of hard labor for every black prisoner sold into slavery.

It was on this date in 1864 that Belle Boyd was jailed for being a Confederate spy in the U.S. Civil War. And it was on this date in 1961 that Bob Dylan was injured in a car crash. Five years later, Dylan was injured in a motorcycle accident.

It was on this date in 1900 that the hamburger was born. It was a creation that Louis Lassen came up with in his lunch cart. And it was on this date in 1914 that vaudeville performer Arthur Carrington created the foxtrot dance. He named it after his stage name, Harry Fox.

It was on this date in 1884 that the East Cleveland Railroad Company began operation as an electric railway, the first for public use in the country. And it was on this date in 1940 that Bugs Bunny made his debut in a cartoon.

It was on this date in 1775 that the Second Continental Congress established the U.S. Postal Service. Benjamin Franklin was appointed its first Postmaster General. And it was on this date in 1990 that President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act into law.

It was on this date in 1878 that the notorious bank robber, Black Bart struck again. He robbed a Wells Fargo stagecoach in California. He left a handkerchief with initials at the scene of the crime that led to Charles Bolton. He was Black Bart and would serve a minimum prison term for his crime. And it was on this date in 1973 that President Nixon refused to turn over his recordings of White House conversations regarding the Watergate scandal.

It was on this date in 1796 that Moses Cleaveland founded a new city on the mouth of the Cuyahoga River in the then Western Reserve. That city was named after its founder, Cleveland. And it was on this date in 1991 that serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was caught.

It was on this date in 1861 that the First Battle of Bull Run started and ended in a Union defeat. And it was on this date in 1904 that the Trans–Siberian Railway was completed in Russia.

It was on this date in 1944 that Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for his fourth term as president. And on that same day, Operation Valkyrie failed. The operation intended to kill Adolf Hitler in order to make peace with the Allies.