The Beach Pneumatic Transit, the first attempt to build an underground public transportation system in New York City, was opened on this day in 1870.

Did you know that:

• John Harvey Kellogg, creator of the flaked-cereal industry and founder of Kellogg Cereal, was born on this day in 1852
• The first flamethrowers were used in Malancourt on this day in 1915
• The first true radar device was installed on the battleship USS New York on this day in 1938