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On this day in 1990, the first McDonald’s in Russia opened for business in Moscow’s Pushkin Square. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1815, President James Madison authorized Congress to purchase Thomas Jefferson’s personal library. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1996, German president Roman Herzog declared a national day of remembrance for the victims of Nazism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1784, in a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed his disapproval of the eagle as America’s symbol. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1858, the “Wedding March” and “Here Comes the Bride” were performed together for the first time at a royal wedding in London.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1922, Danish immigrant Christian K. Nelson received a patent for a frozen treat known as the Eskimo Pie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1897, the lifeless body of Elva Zona Heaster Shue was found inside her home in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1649, following his defeat by Parliament in the English Civil Wars, King Charles I was put on trial for tyranny and treason. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1946, singer-songwriter Dolly Parton was born in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1779, English thesaurus author Peter Mark Roget was born in Soho, London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1997, the High Court of Ireland granted the country’s first divorce. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1749, an angry crowd destroyed a London theater after a performer known as the Bottle Conjuror failed to make his scheduled appearance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1942, American industrialist Henry Ford received a patent for a plastic-bodied car made from soybeans.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1998, nineteen European nations signed a pact prohibiting the cloning of human beings.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1878, the New York Dairy Company delivered milk in glass bottles for what’s believed to be the first time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1897, Ukrainian scientist Waldemar Haffkine injected himself with a vaccine he created to combat bubonic plague. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced the nation’s first income tax. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1974, in response to an ongoing energy crisis, daylight saving time went into effect three months early in the United States.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1463, the Parlement of Paris sentenced medieval poet François Villon to 10 years of banishment from the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1981, a lavish Broadway adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was shuttered after a single performance.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.