This Day, That Year – March 1

Yellowstone became the world’s first national park on this day in 1872.

Did you know that:

• E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York, began production of the first practical typewriter on this day in 1873
• Albert Berry performed the first (attached-type) parachute jump from an aeroplane on this day in 1912
• Magician and showman, Harry Houdini received a patent for a diver’s suit on this day in 1921