Organizations and Markets

| Peter Klein |

The Friends of Business History newsletter includes a fun feature, This Day in Business History. June 1 was a busy day.

• 1495: Friar John Cor records the first known batch of Scotch whiskey in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland.
• 1774: The British government orders Port of Boston closed.
• 1812: President James Madison calls on Congress to declare war on Great Britain, after fiscally minded measures fail to dissuade the British from harassing American ports and ships.
• 1869: Thomas Edison receives a patent for a voting machine. It was his first patent for a device.
• 1905: The first world’s fair to be held in the Pacific Northwest, the Lewis & Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair ­opens in Portland, Oregon.
• 1911: The Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York issues the first U.S. group insurance policy to the Pantasote Leather Company and its 121 employees.
• 1917: Henry Leland, founder of the Cadillac Motor Car Company, resigns as company president.
• 1947: Corning Glass Works publicly announces its development of photosensitive glass.
• 1961: Regular FM multiplex stereo broadcasting debuts in Schenectady, New York and Chicago, Illinois.

Celebrate with me by pouring a glass of scotch, buying an insurance policy, selling your Cadillac, turning up the radio, and punching an Englishman.