Today in History

• 1971 The NASDAQ holds its first trading day

  The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations was the world’s first electronic stock exchange.

• 1960 The first 8 stars are added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  More than 2400 five-pointed stars have since been embedded in the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street to honor stars of the entertainment industry.

• 1950 The Stasi, East Germany’s notorious secret police, is established

  The “Staatssicherheit”, which was dissolved in 1990, is considered one of the most repressive intelligence agencies in the world.

• 1910 The Boy Souts of America is founded

  3 years earlier, British General Robert Baden-Powell had founded the Scout movement in England.

• 1879 Sandford Fleming proposes the use of time zones

  The later introduction of Universal Standard Time, which is based on time zones, revolutionized time keeping.