2002 Gordon Matthews, engineer, inventor of voice mail, dies at 65
1997 Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud
1997 Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber
1992 Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59
1991 NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
1991 Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83
1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
1988 "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 36 performances
1988 "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 36 performances
1986 Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead
1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
1981 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents
1978 U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike
1978 Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq
1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed
1970 Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike
1962 U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million
1962 Hallie Todd, actress, Check is in the Mail
1960 In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News
1959 1st official "missile mail" lands, Jacksonville, Florida
1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
1957 Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million
1957 Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in U.S. is temp halted
1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud
1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco
1947 1st helicopter air mail and express service
1945 K M Jenkins, British director of personnel, Royal Mail
1944 Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands
1943 Stephen Wallace, director, For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride
1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger and air mail service
1938 Brian Dennehy, born in Connecticut, actor, Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants
1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York
1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
1934 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it
1934 U.S. contract air mail service canceled, replaced by U.S. Army for 6 months
1931 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail, Austria
1928 1st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que
1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
1926 Imperial Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service
1926 Contract air mail service begins in U.S.
1925 Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News
1923 Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud
1921 1st U.S. transcontinental air mail flight arrives in New York City from San Francisco
1920 US Air Mail service begins (New York City to SF)
1919 1st international air mail service from U.S., Seattle-Victoria, British Columbia
1917 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce
1914 U.S. Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail
1911 Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot
1904 Ralph Bellamy, born in Chicago, actor, Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places
1897 Aaron/Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch
1896 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny)
1895 John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man
1885 Special delivery mail service begins in US
1885 U.S. Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail
1883 James Cutler patents postal mail chute
1870 J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)
1867 Mail packets "Rhone" and "Wye" capsizes off St. Thomas Virgin Islands
1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz
1861 U.S. and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1859 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind
1858 1st overland mail for California
1858 Regular mail to Pacific coast begins
1855 Congress authorizes registered mail
1845 Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
1840 Penny Post mail system is starts
1813 Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
1673 Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston
1672 NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston
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