2013 Event The U.S. postal service announces that after August 5, 2013, it will no longer deliver first-class mail on Saturdays 2010 Event The U.S. launches a search for the people behind an attempt to mail bombs to synagogues and places of worship in Chicago, Illinois 2002 Death Gordon Matthews, engineer, inventor of voice mail, dies at 65 1997 Event Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud 1997 Event Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber 1992 Death Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59 1991 Event NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud 1991 Death Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83 1988 Event Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud 1988 Event "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 36 performances 1988 Event "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 36 performances 1986 Event Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead 1985 Event Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 1981 Event 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents 1978 Event U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 1978 Event Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed 1975 Event 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq 1974 Event Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed 1970 Event Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1962 Event U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million 1962 Birthday Hallie Todd, actress, Check is in the Mail 1960 Event In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News 1959 Event 1st official "missile mail" lands, Jacksonville, Florida 1957 Event Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery 1957 Event Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million 1957 Event Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in U.S. is temp halted 1950 Event Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud 1949 Event Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco 1947 Event 1st helicopter air mail and express service 1945 Birthday K M Jenkins, British director of personnel, Royal Mail 1944 Event Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1943 Birthday Stephen Wallace, director, For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride 1939 Event Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger and air mail service 1938 Birthday Brian Dennehy, born in Connecticut, actor, Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants 1936 Event 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York 1935 Event China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1934 Event 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it 1934 Event U.S. contract air mail service canceled, replaced by U.S. Army for 6 months 1931 Event 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail, Austria 1928 Event 1st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que 1928 Event Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful) 1926 Event Imperial Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service 1926 Event Contract air mail service begins in U.S. 1925 Birthday Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1923 Event Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud 1921 Event 1st U.S. transcontinental air mail flight arrives in New York City from San Francisco 1920 Event U.S. Air Mail service begins (New York City to San Francisco) 1919 Event 1st international air mail service from U.S., Seattle-Victoria, British Columbia 1917 Event 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce 1914 Event U.S. Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail 1911 Event Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot 1904 Birthday Ralph Bellamy, born in Chicago, actor, Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places 1897 Event Aaron/Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch 1896 Event 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny) 1895 Birthday John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man 1885 Event Special delivery mail service begins in US 1885 Event U.S. Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail 1883 Event James Cutler patents postal mail chute 1870 Event J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) 1867 Event Mail packets "Rhone" and "Wye" capsizes off St. Thomas Virgin Islands 1863 Event Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz 1861 Event U.S. and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange 1859 Event 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind 1858 Event 1st overland mail for California 1858 Event Regular mail to Pacific coast begins 1855 Event Congress authorizes registered mail 1845 Event Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery 1840 Event Penny Post mail system is starts 1813 Event Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail 1673 Event Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston 1672 Event New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston
