TODAY IN HISTORY

1863

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln accepted Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s resignation as commander of the Army of the Potomac and replaced him with Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker.

1915

America’s first official transcontinental telephone call took place as Alexander Graham Bell, in New York, spoke to his former assistant, Thomas Watson, in San Francisco, over a line set up by AT&T.

1924

The first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France.

1993

Sears announced that it would no longer publish its catalog.