TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

May 15, 1930

Registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport, a forerunner of United Airlines. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1567

Mary, Queen of Scots, married her third husband, James Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell, who had been implicated in the death of Mary’s second husband, Lord Darnley.

1862

President Abraham Lincoln signed an act establishing the Department of Agriculture.

1918

U.S. airmail began service between Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York.

1940

DuPont began selling its nylon stockings nationally. The original McDonald’s restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California, by Richard and Maurice McDonald.