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1709 Sudden extreme cold kills
1000s of Europeans
1781 A British naval expedition led by Benedict
Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia
1822 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican
Empire
1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time
for the Alamo
1896 An Austrian newspaper ("Wiener Presse")
reported the discovery of "X - rays"
1899 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles
Augustus Milverton (BG)
1903 San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens
for public use
1904 State record low temperature of -34°
in River Vale, NJ
1904 State record low temperature of -42°
in Smethport, PA
1914 James Cox of Ford Motor Co announces a
$5.00/8-hour day
1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross became Governor of Wyoming,
first woman governor in USA
1927 Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
1927 Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing
on 4 games thrown in 1917
1932 "The Shadow" debuted on the Colubmia
Broadcast System (CBS)
1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin
County side
1934 Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May
8th 1926 also)
1937 Only unicameral state legislature in US opens
first session (Nebraska)
1940 FCC hears first transmission of FM radio
with clear, static-free signal
1941 "Chica Chica Boom Chic"by Carmen
Miranda was recorded on Decca
1945 Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon
"Odor-able Kitty"
1948 Warner Pathe showed the very first color
newsreel. Pictures of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football
classic were seen by theatre audiences
1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration
the "Fair Deal"
1952 "Slow Poke" by Pee Wee King topped
the charts
1955 "Let Me Go, Lover" by Joan Weber
topped the charts
1957 "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell
topped the charts
1957 Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than
be traded to New York Giants
1959 "Bozo the Clown" live children's
show premieres on TV
1959 Buddy Holly releases his last record "It
Doesn't Matter Any More"
1961 "Mr. Ed", the talking horse, debuted
1962 Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My
Bonnie" & "The Saints"
1963 "Telstar" by the Tornados topped
the charts
1965 HOME OF THE WHOPPER was trademark registered
1969 USSR Venera 5 launched
1970 Soap Opera "All My Children" premieres
on ABC
1971 Harlem Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey
Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to
begin research on manned shuttle
1974 "Time In A Bottle" by Jim
Croce topped the charts
1980 "Please Don't Go" by K. C. &
the Sunshine Band
1985 "Like a Virgin" by Madonna topped
the charts
1989 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175
games in 1990
1991 "Justify My Love" by Madonna
1999 State record low temperature of -36°
in Congerville, IL
2004 Foreigners arriving at U.S. airports were
photographed and fingerprinted
2004 NASA released a 3-D, black-and-white panoramic
picture of the Mars surface
2004 After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly
admitted that he'd bet on baseball
