The Only Things That Happened On This Day in History

1879: President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.

1903: First “Teddy” bear goes on sale

1950: Disney’s Cinderella opens

1965: Canada adopts maple leaf flag

1989: The Soviet Union announced that the last of its troops had left Afghanistan after more than nine years of military intervention.

~ by thehalobender on February 15, 2009.