this-day-in-history

On this day in history in

• 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle, Scotland.~
• 1858, Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" while accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the Senate.~
• 1884, America's first purpose-built roller coaster ride, the Switchback Railway, opens at Coney Island, New York, built by LaMarcus Thompson.~
• 1903, the Pepsi Cola company forms.~
• 1911, a 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.~
• 1960, "Psycho", psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock opens in New York City.~