 |
|
|
|
|
|
1348 First English order of knighthood founded
(Order of the Garter)
1772 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La
Marseillaise."
1789 President-elect George Washington moves into
Franklin House, New York
1851 Canada issues its first postage stamps
1867 Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down
plans for a channel tunnel
1896 Vitascope system of movie projection first
demonstrated
1900 The word, hillbilly, was first used in print
1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their
first game beating Washington Senators 7-2
1919 Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season
1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
1949 "Cruising Down the River" by Blue
Barron topped the charts.
1950 First major league day game completed under
lights
1951 The Associated Press began use of a new service,
teletypesetting.
1952 Bob Cain + Bob Feller = 2 one-hitters
1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his first
relief game & hits his only homerun
1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits first of his 755
homers
1955 "Ballad of Davy Crockett" by Bill
Hayes topped the charts
1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th homerun & Pee
Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
1959 "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial
Theater NYC for 472 performances
1960 Theme from "A Summer Place" by
Percy Faith topped the charts.
1962 New York Mets win their first game in team history.
1962 Ranger 4, first US satellite to reach Moon
launched from Cape Canaveral.
1964 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes pitches a 9 inning no-hitter, loses.
1964 "My Fair Lady" the movie based
on a musical version of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion" was
registered.
1965 Launch of first Soviet communications satellite
1966 "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"
by the Righteous Brothers topped the charts
1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes
first in-flight casualty.
1968 United Methodist Church forms.
1977 Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort
plays 201 games simultaneously.
1977 "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma
Houston topped the charts.
1977 Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
1978 Cincinnati Red Joe Morgan ends record streak
of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd
1983 "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight
Runners topped the charts.
1985 Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret
flavor formula.
1988 "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" by
Whitney Houston topped the charts.
1988 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74
miles
1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline
flights of 2 hours or less
1991 USSR grants republics right to secede under
certain conditions.
1995 President Bill Clinton declares a national
day of mourning for Oklahoma City bombing victims.
