Today In History

In 1776: Thomas Paine published his influential pamphlet, “Common Sense.”

In 1863: London’s Metropolitan, the world’s first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.

In 1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.

In 1920: the League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.

In 1928: the Soviet Union ordered the exile of Leon Trotsky.

In 1946: The first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.