On This Day in History June 23, 2018

Historical Events 930  World's oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi), established 1868  Christopher Latham Sholes patents the typewriter with a QWERTY keyboard 1894  The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin 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 2016  United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in their "Brexit" referundum More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Edward VIII (1894 - 1972) Frances McDormand 61st Birthday June Carter Cash (1929 - 2003) Selma Blair 45th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths No RSS items found. Vespasian (9 - 79) More Famous Deaths June 23rd: 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.