This Day, That Year – December 1

Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in “Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle on this day in 1887.

Did you know that:

• Minoru Yamasaki, the architect who designed the World Trade Center, was born on this day in 1912
• The first drive-up gasoline station opened on this day in 1913
• EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtained a patent on the soilless culture of plants on this day in 1936