June 23: World's Oldest Parliament, the Contraceptive Pill and How the Qwerty Keyboard was Born

On This Day in History June 23, 2020 Historical Events 930  World's oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi), established 1868  Christopher Latham Sholes patents the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful of its kind 1960  1st contraceptive pill is made available for purchase in the U.S. 1972  Hurricane Agnes becomes America's costliest natural disaster, effecting 15 states, with 119 deaths and $3 billion in damage 1974  1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space 1979  Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" becomes No. 1 album in the US featuring "Take the Long Way Home" 2016  Brexit referendum: United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alan Turing (1912 - 1954) Edward VIII (1894 - 1972) Frances McDormand 63rd Birthday June Carter Cash (1929 - 2003) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Jonas Salk (1914 - 1995) Vespasian (9 - 79) More Famous Deaths June 23: How the Qwerty Keyboard was Born A typewriter patent was granted on this day to the man who would go on to produce and inflict on us all the ubiquitous Qwerty keyboard. Read the Article You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand