The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23 minutes. In 1865, the U.S. Secret Service was first established for the specific purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money. During the 1600s, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old. The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897.