Today In History

In 1870: In 1870, Ada H. Kepley of Effingham, Ill., became America’s first female law school graduate.

In 1906:The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act became law.

In 1936: The novel “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell was published in New York.

In 1971: Three Soviet cosmonauts were found dead inside their spacecraft after it returned to Earth.

In 1985: Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner were freed in Beirut after being held 17 days.

In 1986: The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states could outlaw homosexual acts.