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1731 First US music concert (Peter
Pelham's great room in Boston)
1803 The United States took formal possession
of the territory of Louisiana
1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
1817 First coffee planted in Hawaii
1835 After gold discovery in Georgia, Cherokees
are forced to move
1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from New
Zealand to Sydney
1853 Gadsden Purchase completed
1854 Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, first in US,
incorporated
1873 American Metrological Society forms
1879 Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of
Penzance" premieres
1917 State record low temperature of -37°
in Lewisburg, WV
1917 State record low temperature of -32°
in Mountain City, TN
1918 John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar
Hoover
1922 The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
was established
1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other
Milky Way systems
1926 Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw
a 4-game series in 1917
1933 State record low temperature of -50°
in Bloomfield, VT
1936 The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred
Allen begins
1936 United Auto Workers stage first sit-down
strike, at Fisher Body Plant
1938 Electronic television system patented by
V K Zworykin
1940 California's first Freeway, the Arroyo Seco
Parkway opens
1942 Frank Sinatra opened at New York’s Paramount
Theatre
1942 The radio program, "Mr. and Mrs. North",
debuts on the NBC Radio network
1948 "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century
Theater NYC
1949 First UHF television station operating regular
basis (Bridgeport CT)
1950 “The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti
Page topped the charts
1954 First use of 24-second shot clock in pro
basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
1954 Pearl Bailey opened on Broadway in
"House of Flowers"
1954 James Arness mades his dramatic TV debut
1959 The George Washington, first ballistic missile
sub commissioned
1961 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The
Tokens topped the charts
1963 Congress authorizes the Kennedy half dollar
1963 "Let's Make A Deal" debuts on NBC-TV
1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single
goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1968 State record low temperature of -48°
in Mazama & Winthrop, WA
1969 Peter, Paul and Mary received a gold record
for the single, "Leaving On a Jet Plane"
1970 Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles
to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest
1972 President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam
& announces peace talks
1972 "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul
topped the charts
1973 First picture of a comet from space (Comet
Kohoutek-Skylab)
1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after
suit was brought)
1977 Carter holds first news conference by US
President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
1978 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football
coach
1978 "Le Freak" by Chic topped the charts
1980 "Wonderful World of Disney" last
performance on NBC-TV
1980 The Selective Service System sent a warning
to Mickey Mouse at Disneyland
1982 Anthony Shaffer's "Whodunnit" premieres
in New York NY
1983 ‘Dr. J’, Julius Erving, of the
Philadelphia 76ers, sank a free throw in the third quarter to become the ninth
professional basketball player to score 25,000 points
1988 Reagan and President-elect Bush subpoenaed to
testify in the trial of Oliver North
1989 "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil
Collins topped the charts
