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1630 Indians introduce pilgrims
to popcorn, at Thanksgiving
1732 George Washington, was born at his parents’
plantation in the Virginia Colony
1821 Spain sells (east) Florida to United States
for $5 million
1856 First national meeting of the Republican
Party (Pittsburgh)
1879 First 5¢ & 10¢ store opened
by Frank W Woolworth in Utica NY
1882 With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's
24 hour race & $100 prize
1900 Hawaii became a US territory
1903 Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls
runs short of water
1907 First cabs with taxi meters begin operating
in London
1912 Jules Vedrines makes first airplane flight over
100 mph
1916 Ernst Alexanderson was issued a patent for
a selective radio tuning system
1920 The first dog race track to use an imitation
rabbit opened -- in Emeryville, CA
1922 Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold
coin
1922 WOR-AM in New York City NY begins radio transmissions
1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins
1923 First successful chinchilla farm in US (Los
Angeles CA)
1924 First presidential radio address (Calvin
Coolidge)
1931 Maurice Chevalier recorded "Walkin’
My Baby Back Home" for Victor Records in New York City
1932 Purple Heart award re-instituted
1934 "It Happened One Night" opens at
New York's Radio City Music Hall
1941 Gargantua, “The world’s most terrifying
living creature,” marries
1954 Radio's "Breakfast Club"
simulcast on TV
1956 Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's
top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"
1956 Bus boycott participants surrender and
are arrested
1957 Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10
exhibitions in California in 1958
1958 Roy Hamilton’s record, "Don’t
Let Go" - first stereo record to chart
1958 "Don't/I Beg of You" by Elvis Presley
topped the charts
1959 First Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins
(135.521 MPH)
1960 "Theme From A Summer Place" by
Percy Faith topped the charts
1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34
free throw attempts
1964 "I Saw Her Standing There" by the
Beatles topped the charts
1967 Sling-shot goal post & 6' wide border
around field are standard in NFL
1969 First female US thoroughbred pari-mutuel
jockey win (Barbara Jo Rubin)
1969 "Everyday People" by Sly &
the Family Stone topped the charts
1975 "Pick Up the Pieces" by the Average
White Band topped the charts
1980 The U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviets
at Lake Placid, New York, 4-3
1986 "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston
topped the charts
1997 "Wannabe" by Spice Girls topped
the charts
