This Day in History
In Alaska
• In 1913, Sen. Henry Roden of Iditarod introduced a bill requiring a maximum 8-hour day on all work for the Territory of Alaska.
• In 1959, U.S. Interior Secretary Fred Seaton closed Bristol Bay to commercial fishing to provide for adequate escapement.
• In 1959, the Detroit '59'ers , traveling from Michigan to homestead on the Kenai Peninsula, dwindled from 13 vehicles and 50-plus families to 12 vehicles and 35 people.
In the nation
• In 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate.
• In 1884, Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
• In 1925, a law went into effect in Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
• In 1933, banks began to reopen after a "holiday" declared by President Roosevelt.
• In 1964, 38 residents of a Queens, N.Y., neighborhood failed to respond to the cries of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, 28, as she was being stabbed to death.
• In 1969, the Apollo 9 astronauts splashed down, ending a mission that included the successful testing of the Lunar Module.