On this day in 1969, Justice Abe Fortas stepped down from the Supreme Court due to his involvement in a financial scandal.

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On this day in 1978, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it would no longer name hurricanes exclusively after women.

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On this day in 1947, the B.F. Goodrich Company announced its development of a tubeless car tire. 

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On this day in 1999, beloved children’s author Shel Silverstein died of a heart attack at his home in Key West, Florida. 

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On this day in 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first commercially produced birth control pill. 

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On this day in 1886, Coca-Cola was sold for the first time at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.

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On this day in 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman in the United States to receive a patent in her own name. 

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On this day in 1873, a toll bridge in Dixon, Illinois, collapsed into the Rock River and took a crowd of more than 200 people with it. 

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On this day in 1966, late-night talk show host Johnny Carson and actress Eva Gabor demonstrated how to play a new party game called Twister.

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On this day in 1935, thousands of Filipino peasants staged a rebellion in the agricultural region of Central Luzon. 

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