It was on this date in 1902 that James Cash Penny opened his first store in Wyoming. Two additional stores were opened in the next 5 years, and then over 30 more stores in the 5 years after that. By 1929 there were 1,400 stores nationwide, and Penny continued on as CEO of his company until 1946. Rumor has it that in 1940 he personally trained a young Sam Walton how to properly tie packages.
The earliest event mentioned by Wiki is “43 BC – Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar’s assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is wounded” and the most recent is “2010 – Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China“
Other events on this date include:
1828 – Noah Webster publishes his first dictionary.
1865 – Lincoln is assassinated.
1986 – Almost 100 people are killed after 1 kg hailstones fall in Bangladesh.
Warm birthday wishes go out to Loretta Lynn & Ritchie Blackmore.