Events
1870 - The first U.S. trademark was awarded — to the Averill Chemical Paint Company of New York City.
1937 - Radio’s “Stella Dallas” made her debut on the NBC Red network. Stella hung out on NBC until 1955 with Anne Elstner in the title role for the entire run. “Stella Dallas” was “A continuation on the air of the true-life story of mother love and sacrifice, in which Stella saw her own beloved daughter, Laurel, marry into wealth and society, and realizing the difference in their tastes and worlds, went …