On This Day in History
Twain's Jumping Frog story is published
1865The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County was published, the first great success of the American writer Mark Twain. (The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County)
Also on this day
- 2003 Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriage — In Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made Massachusetts the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
- 1991 Uzbekistan adopts its national flag — Uzbekistan adopted its present national flag, the first newly independent republic in Central Asia to choose a new one.
- 1977 The Solomon Islands adopt a new flag — The Solomon Islands ratified the adoption of a new national flag.