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1751 First performing monkey exhibited
in America, NYC (admission 1¢)
1791 First Bank of US chartered
1793 First cabinet meeting (At George Washington's
home)
1799 First federal forestry legislation authorizes
purchase of timber land
1836 Samuel Colt received a patent for a
pistol
1837 First US electric motor patented
by Thomas Davenport
1862 Congress establishes the US Bureau of Engraving
& Printing
1862 Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in
US by President Abraham Lincoln
1863 Congress creates national banking system,
comptroller of currency
1881 Phoenix AZ incorporates
1885 US Congress condemns barbed wire around government
grounds
1901 US Steel Corp organizes under directorship
of J P Morgan
1902 John Holland was granted a patent for a
submarine
1908 First tunnel under the Hudson River (railway
tunnel) opens
1919 Oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1¢
per gallon)
1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland
High School basketball game (163-3)
1924 Tigers' manager Ty Cobb lays down the
law in spring training
1928 Federal Radio Commission granted the
first TV license to the Charles Jenkins Labs
1930 Check photographing device patented
1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yards
in, posts on goal line)
1933 Thomas Yawkey purchases the Boston Red Sox
1933 First genuine aircraft carrier christened,
USS Ranger
1939 First Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected
in an Islington garden
1940 First televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game
(Rangers vs Canadiens)
1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar
& Imogene Coca premieres
1950 "Rag Mop" by the Ames Brothers
topped the charts
1951 "Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page
topped the charts
1951 First Pan American Games open (Buenos Aires
Argentina)
1952 The complete choreographic score of Cole
Porter’s "Kiss Me Kate" became the first musical choreography
score given a copyright. The work was the effort of Hanya Holm.
1956 "Lisbon Antigua" by Nelson Riddle
topped the charts
1957 Buddy Holly & the Crickets record "That'll
Be the Day"
1961 "Calcutta" by Lawrence Welk topped
the charts
1961 Paul Bikle in glider climbs to
46, 267 feet
1963 Beatles release their first single in US
"Please Please Me"
1964 Cassius Clay wins the world heavyweight
championship
1967 "Kind of a Drag" by the Buckinghams
topped the charts
1974 Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) begin
tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August
27, 1975
1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record
for a guard with 68 points
1978 "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees
topped the charts
1981 Executive Board of Baseball Players' Association
votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation
remains unresolved
1984 "Jump" by Van Halen topped the
charts
1989 Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after
a 29-year career
1989 "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul topped
the charts
1995 "Take a Bow" by Madonna topped
the charts
