The first federally minted U.S. penny was the 1793 Chain Cent,
struck at the Philadelphia Mint beginning March 1, 1793, with
an initial delivery of 11,178 coins.      
      
      
     

The United States Mint at Philadelphia (1792 – 1832).

On July 30, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) 
signed into law a joint resolution  that officially declared “In God
We Trust” the nation’s motto and mandated that it be printed in
capital letters on all U.S. paper currency. 

The law also replaced the de facto motto E pluribus unum
(“Out of many, one”) in official use.

Black Tuesday hit Wall Street on October 29, 1929 as investors
traded 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in
a single day.

In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great
Depression.

On October 24, 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie
Edson Taylor (above) became the first person to successfully
take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.

Her motives were financial but she never made much money
from her adventure.

No matter the method, going over Niagara Falls is illegal, and
survivors face charges and stiff fines on either side of the
border.

Taylor, on her 63rd birthday, was accompanied by her cat.

Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921)

         
NANCY LYONS