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1656 Oldest surviving commercial
newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1675 First American commercial corporation chartered
(New York Fishing Co)
1790 George Washington delivers first "State
of the Union" address
1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern
France
1833 Boston Academy of Music, first US music school,
established
1838 First telegraph message sent using dots &
dashes, New Jersey
1856 Borax was discovered near Red Bluff, California
1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed
by fire
1889 The tabulating machine was patented this
day by Dr. Herman Hollerith
1902 First National Bowling Championship held
(Chicag,o IL)
1918 President Woodrow Wilson proposes his
Fourteen Points
1925 Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, appeared
in his first American concert, as he conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City,
NY
1935 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy
1937 State record low temperature of -50°
in San Jacinto, NV
1949 Hits by Spike Jones and Evelyn Knight topped
the charts
1951 Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered
in Bermuda
1953 Indians only play daytime home games again the
St. Louis Browns
1955 Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring
record with 154 points
1955 "Let Me Go Lover" by Joan Weber
topped the charts
1955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home
basketball win streak
1956 Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound
Dog" single goes to #1
1962 Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance,
he came in 50th
1963 "Mona Lisa", on loan, unveiled
in America's National Gallery of Art
1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War
on Poverty"
1965 Star of India returned to American Museum
of Natural History
1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul" album goes
#1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" single
goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1972 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams
starting in fall
1972 "Brand New Key" by Melanie topped
the charts
1973 USSR launches Luna 21 for moon landing
1974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New
York
1977 "You Don't Have to Be a Star " by Marylin
McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. hits #1
1980 NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships
in 5 sports
1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent
(Larry Biitner)
1982 The American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
company breaks up
1983 "Maneater" by Daryl Hall &
John Oates topped the charts
1984 NCAA announces that basketball tournament
will have 64 teams
1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw
streak of 51 games
1987 Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for first time
(2,002.25)
1989 Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles
of chemical weapons
1992 U.S. President George Bush hurls
in Japan
1993 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th
career point
1993 Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp
goes on sale
1996 Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least
50 deaths
1996 For first time in 25 years no one is elected
to Baseball Hall of Fame
