August 18

Today is Women's Voting Rights Day. 1685: Brook Taylor, developer of the Taylor Series in mathematics, was born. 1735: The "Evening Post" of Boston, MA, was published for the first time. 1868: Pierre Janssen discovered helium in the solar spectrum during eclipse. 1930: Eastern Airlines began passenger service. 1932: Scottish aviator Jim Mollison made the first westbound transatlantic solo flight. 1937: The FCC issued the first FM radio station construction permit to W1XOJ in Paxton, MA. 1940: Canada and the U.S. established a joint defense plan, the "Ogdensburg Agreement," against the possible enemy attacks during World War II. 1940: The most intense day of air attacks during the Battle of Britain cost Germany more than 70 planes. 1940: Walter Chrysler, founder of the Chrysler Corporation, died. 1947: Hewlett Packard Company was incorporated. 1958: The RF Cafe webmaster was born. 1966: The first pictures of earth taken from moon orbit by Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft.