1411 – King Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of the Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they bad been doing for centuries.
1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage (because Massachusetts is the greatest state in the Union)
1919 – The U.S. Congress approves the 19thAmendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
1969 – Horatio Sanz is born.
1974 – During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
1975 – Angelina Jolie is born.
2004 – Marvin Heemeyer’s eventually suicidal protest rampage with an improvised bulletproofed bulldozer destroys 13 buildings in Granby, Colorado, including the town hall.
