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1716 First sculling race (London
Bridge to Chelsea)
1774 Priestly discovers oxygen
1786 Caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer
of a comet
1789 US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act
1794 Whiskey Rebellion begins
1812 A rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY
1831 London Bridge opens
1873 Inventor Andrew Hallidie successfully tested
his San Francisco cable car
1893 Henry Perky and William Ford of Watertown,
NY invented shredded wheat
1894 A voyage across the Atlantic Ocean -- in a rowboat!
1900 "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by
L. Frank Baum was registered
1903 First coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY)
completed
1906 Brookln Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pitts
for 10 2/3 loses in 13th
1916 Hawaii National Park established
1940 JFK's, "Why England Slept" published
1941 The first jeep rolled off the assembly line
1942 Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "Charleston
Alley", on Decca Records
1944 Anne Frank penned her last entry into her
diary
1946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC)
1950 First Major League baseball player to fight
in Korea (Curt Simmons)
1950 American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males
rule
1953 The first aluminum-faced building constructed
in America was completed
1953 "I'm Walking Behind You" by Eddie
Fisher topped the charts
1955 First microgravity research begins
1957 The United States and Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
1957 First commercial building heated by Sun (Albuquerque
NM)
1957 Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136
m (445'10")
1958 First class postage up to $0.04 (had been
$0.03 for 26 years)
1959 "Lonely Boy" by Paul Anka topped
the charts
1960 Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
1963 The Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day
of sale
1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A,"
single hits #1
1970 Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of
5 extra base hits in a game
1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
by the Carpenters topped the charts
1971 The Concert for Bangladesh was held at Madison
Square Garden in NYC
1972 First article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
1972 Nate Colbert of San Diego Padres hits record
tying 5 HRs in a double header
1974 Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J"
Erving to the NY Nets
1978 Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game
hitting streak (ties NL)
1981 MTV premiers at 12:01 AM
1981 "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield
topped the charts
1987 "Shakedown (From Beverly Hills Cop II)"
by Bob Seger topped the charts
1987 Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9")
set by Harry Drake in Nevada
1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled
at Crater Lake, Oregon
