1918 Robert Preston - Actor (Victor Victoria, The Music Man, How the West was Won, North West Mounted Police, The Sundowners)

He had a powerful presence in the movies I've seen him in. My favorite was The Music Man. I think I saw him in person at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles along with Mary Martin. I did see I Do I Do and I'm sure it was with them. I was very young, and this was in the 60s so my memory is a little fuzzy.

1786 The first commercially-made ice cream was advertised in New York City by Mr. Hall of 76 Chatham Street

I love you, Mar. Hall of 76 Chatham Street. I have some every night. A bit of Rocky Road and a bit of Coffee. Ice cream is one of my most favorite things in the whole wide world.

1869 Ives McGaffney of Chicago obtained the first US patent for a "sweeping machine." This first suction-type vacuum cleaner was a light hand-powered device for surface cleaning

Isn't VACUUM the only word in the English language with a double U? I just wanna know.