This Day In History
- Education
- 1993 The first “Take Our Daughters to Work” Day takes place, sponsored by the Ms. Foundation. In 2003 it became “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work” Day.
- Inventor
- 1942 Mary Louise Weiser's patent granted for a grease pencil - Mary Louise Weiser, head of the Ink and Paint Department at the Walt Disney Studios in 1939, registered two patents for inventions she claimed for the Disney studio, the first for a grease pencil which would allow them to draw colors on the top of the cel, used to “blend” additional coloring to the cels. The most famous example of this is the rouge color for Snow White’s cheeks. This technique, “The Blend,” is the second patent.
- Politics
- 2009 Amidst an outbreak of swine flu in the United States, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is sworn in as health and human services secretary following a Senate confirmation of 65-31.
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