1913 Noah Beery, Jr. - Actor (The Rockford Files, Walking Tall, Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, Fastest Gun Alive, The Best Little #####house in Texas, Hondo, The Yellow Rose) He was the son of Noah Beery, Sr, and the nephew of Wallace Beery

They had such a strong family resemblance.

1846 After a decade of debate about how best to spend a bequest left to the US from English scientist James Smithson, President James K. Polk signed the Smithsonian Institution Act into law.

While on my Senior Circle tour we went to the Smithsonian. I only went into one of the galleries as I was having a lot of pain walking. I got to see all the inaugural gowns of most of the first ladies. I enjoyed that and wished I could see it all again but this time without pain so I could visit more of the galleries and museums.

1889 The screw bottle top was patented by Dan Rylands of Hope Glass Works, Barnsley, Yorkshire

It took a lot of wine drinker to appreciate this invention.