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1610 Galileo Galilei discovers
Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
1630 Patent to Plymouth Colony issued
1794 President George Washington approved an
updated flag
1854 Anthony Foss obtains patent for accordion
1863 Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal
flushing toilet
1888 National Geographic Society founded (Washington,
DC)
1898 Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse)
in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus
1906 First radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50
in Scientific American)
1910 The first opera was broadcast on Radio, courtesy
of the New York Metropolitan Opera
1912 State record low temperature of -40°
in Oakland, MD
1920 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports
rockets can never fly
1928 Experimental TV sets installed
1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip first
appears
1939 Monty Stratton makes Chicago White Sox roster
1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing
plastic auto bodies
1957 The Wham-O Company developed the first plastic
Frisbee
1957 Elvis recorded "All Shook Up"
and "That’s When Your Heartaches Begin"
1958 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN
for nuclear test ban
1962 "The Twist" by Chubby Checker topped
the charts
1968 "Hello, Goodbye" by the Beatles
topped the charts
1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine"
album
1972 Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball
1973 "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon
topped the charts
1979 The Village People are sued for libel by
the Young Men's Christian Association over their single "YMCA."
The suit is later dropped
1979 "Too Much Heaven" by Bee Gees topped
the charts
1986 NCCA institutes eligibility requirements
based on college exams
1989 "Friday the 13th" virus strikes
hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
1990 "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil
Collins
1990 Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first
African American governor in the U.S. as he took the oath of office in Richmond
2002 The off-Broadway musical "The Fantasticks"
was performed for the last time, ending a run of nearly 42 years and 17,162
shows
