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1811 Robert Fulton was granted a
patent for the practical steamboat
1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy
Adams 6th US President
1861 Confederate laws consistent with US constitution
1867 Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna
1870 The U.S. Weather Bureau was established
1893 Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced
to prision for fraud
1895 First intercollegiate basketball game
1895 Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
1900 Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy,
the Davis Cup
1909 First federal legislation prohibiting narcotics
(opium)
1909 First forestry school is incorporated at
Kent OH
1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves,
& Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22
1918 Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe,
VA
1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering
with the ball
1922 Snow on Mauna Loa
1932 America enter Olympics 2-man bobsled competition
for first time
1905 State record low temperature of -66°
in Riverside, WY
1934 State record low temperature of -51°
in Vanderbilt, MI
1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect
in US
1942 Philadelphia "Phillies" change
nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
1943 FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war
industry
1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in
Philadelphia, PA
1950 Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wisconsin rips
the State Department
1951 St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige,
45
1952 "Slow Poke" by Pee Wee King topped
the charts
1953 "The Adventures of Superman" TV
series premieres in syndication
1957 "Too Much" by Elvis Presley tied at #1
1957 "Young Love" by Sonny James ties Elvis
1959 Coasters's "Charlie Brown" peaks
at #2
1960 AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering
pact
1963 First flight of Boeing 727 jet
1963 "Hey Paula" by Paul & Paula
topped the charts
1964 The Beatles made the first appearance on "The
Ed Sullivan Show"
1969 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes
first commercial flight
1971 The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth
after man's third landing on the moon
1974 "Love's Theme" by the Love Unlimited
Orchestra topped the charts
1980 Rick Barry, Houston, is first in NBA to score
8, 3-point goals in a game
1980 "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
topped the charts
1985 "I Want to Know What Love Is" by
Foreigner topped the charts
1987 New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom
in the Exchange Luncheon Club
1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw
streak of 57 games
1991 "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C&C
Music Factory topped the charts
1992 Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1
second by Thomas School of Germany
1997 Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" set a
record on this day
