Once Upon A Time – Feb 22 – 1907 – 1st Cabs With Taxi Meters Begin Operating In London

1632 Galileo’s “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” is published

1774 British House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright

1797 The Last Invasion of Britain, launched by the French during the Revolutionary Wars, begins near Fishguard, Wales

1825 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary

1870 Missionary James Gilmour sails from Liverpool to work in China and Mongolia. Made chaplain of the ship on which he is sailing, he shares the gospel with every member of the crew during the night watches.

1967 25,000 US and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City against the Viet Cong. Largest US airborne assault since WWII.

HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY

TODAY IN FILM & TV

1934 “It Happened One Night” directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert opens at NY’s Radio City Music Hall (Academy Awards Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay 1935)

TODAY IN MUSIC

2017 Jay-Z becomes 1st rapper to be inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside Max Martin, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

TODAY IN SPORT

1888 “Father of American Golf” John Reid first demonstrates golf on a Yonkers cow pasture to friends

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1907 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London