This Day in History: May 15, 2024
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1862
The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day.
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1911
The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the Supreme Court, under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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1918
The first air mail route in the U.S. was established between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia.
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1930
On a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and Chicago, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess.
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1940
Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.
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1972
Alabama Governor George Wallace was shot and crippled as he campaigned for the presidency.
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1988
The Soviet Union began to withdraw its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
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