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1631 Mount Vesuvius, Italy erupts,
destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000
1689 English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights
after Glorious Revolution
1773 The Boston Tea Party occurred
1809 Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine
by the French Senate
1835 Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York
NY
1893 Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony"
premieres
1897 First submarine with an internal combustion
engine demonstrated
1901 "Peter Rabbit",
by Beatrix Potter, was printed for the first time
1903 Women ushers were employed for the first
time at the Majestic Theatre in New York City
1905 "Variety", covering all phases
of show business, first published
1907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs
on its World Cruise
1907 Eugene H Farrar is first to sing on radio
1908 First credit union in US forms (Manchester
NH)
1912 First US postage stamp picturing an airplane,
20¢ parcel post, issued
1915 Albert Einstein publishes his "General
Theory of Relativity"
1920 League of Nations establishes International
Court of Justice in The Hague
1922 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball
Clubs formally organizes
1929 First NHL game at Chicago Stadium; Chicago
Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
1935 The movie "A Tale of Two Cities"
was copyright registered
1940 Bob Crosby and his Bobcats backed up brother
Bing on "New San Antonio Rose"
1941 USS Swordfish becomes first US sub to sink
a Japanese ship
1944 Battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium
1950 “The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti
Page topped the charts
1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against
"Communist imperialism"
1951 "Dragnet" debuts on NBC-TV
1956 "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater
NYC after 888 performances
1957 "April Love" by Pat Boone topped
the charts
1960 Lucille Ball stars in the Broadway production
of "Wildcat"
1961 "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes
topped the charts
1961 Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators
arrested in Albany GA
1962 New York Giant YA Tittle sets NFL season
touchdown pass record at 33
1962 David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia"
premieres
1966 Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas"
in the UK
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its first
single, "Hey Joe", in the UK
1967 The Lemon Pipers released "Green Tambourine"
1967 "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees
topped the charts
1969 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy
Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing
1969 "Hello Dolly" with Barbra Streisand
premieres
1971 Melanie (Safka) received a gold record for
the single, "Brand New Key"
1971 Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American
Pie" released
1972 "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul
topped the charts
1972 Miami Dolphins become first undefeated NFL
team (14-0-0)
1973 O J Simpson becomes first NFLer to rush 2,000
yard in a season
1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination program
following reports of paralysis
1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit
against Bowie Kuhn begins
1978 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by
N. Diamond & B. Streisand topped the charts
1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's
recognition of China People's Republic
1979 QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game
with the Dallas Cowboys
1989 "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy
Joel topped the charts
