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1587 Mary, Queen of Scots beheaded
1672 Isaac Newton reads first optics paper before
Royal Society in London
1693 William & Mary college is 2nd college
chartered in US
1802 Simon Willard patented the banjo clock
1837 First Vice President chosen by the Senate,
Richard Johnson (Van Buren administration)
1883 Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent
the fountain pen
1887 Dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from
tribe granted citizenship)
1887 Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, MN became the
first US ski club
1910 Boy Scouts of America incorporated &
chartered
1912 First eastbound US transcontinental flight
lands in Jacksonville FL
1915 "The Birth of a Nation," premiered in Los
Angeles
1916 Charles Kettering received a patent for a
self-starting automobile engine
1916 NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to
limit 25¢ seats
1918 "Stars & Stripes," weekly US
armed forces newspaper, first published
1922 President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed
in the White House
1924 First coast-to-coast radio hookup General
John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago
1928 First transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale
NY
1929 KOY-AM in Phoenix AZ begins radio transmissions
1930 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by
Benny Meroff hits #1
1933 First flight of all-metal Boeing 247
1933 State record low temperature of -23°
in Seminole, TX
1935 First NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of University
of Chicago is first pick
1958 "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors
topped the charts
1960 "Teen Angel" by Mark Dinning topped
the charts
1960 U.S. Congressional investigators began exploring
payola in the radio industry
1963 AFL's Dallas Texans become Kansas City Chiefs
1964 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the
Beatles topped the charts
1965 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of
Love"
1969 Meteorite weighing over one ton is recovered
in Chihuahua - Mexico
1969 "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James
& the Shondells topped the charts
1973 Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate
scandal
1974 Ringo Starr releases "You're 16"
1974 Soap opera "The Secret Storm" ends
a 20 year run
1974 "Good Times" debuts on CBS TV
1975 "Fire" by the Ohio Players topped
the charts
1978 The deliberations of the Senate were broadcast
on radio for the first time as members opened debate on the Panama Canal treaties
1984 First time 8 people in space
1986 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins
NBA Slam Dunk Competition
1986 "That's What Friends Are For" by
Dionne Warwick topped the charts
1996 Browns move to Baltimore
2000 Internet vandals strike eBay, Amazon.com and
CNN.com
