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1785 First manned balloon flight in Ireland
1810 Overnight temp at Portsmouth,
NH drops 50ºF (10ºC)
1825 Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of New York
City patented a canning process
1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition
(US claim)
1903 First Transatlantic Radio broadcast took
place
1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France"
announced
1915 Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
1915 DOUBLEMINT gum was trademark registered.
1922 Geological survey says US oil supply would
be depleted in 20 years
1925 State record low temperature of -48°
in Van Buren, ME
1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental
air record (7h28m25s) LA to NYC
1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines
1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking
record-4.4 seconds
1946 Army rocket plane XS-1 makes first powered
flight
1952 NFL takes control of New York Yanks
1952 PGA approves allowing black participants
1952 "Slow Poke" by Pee Wee King topped
the charts
1953 Lucy Ricardo of "I Love Lucy" gave
birth to a baby boy
1955 First Presidential news conference filmed
for TV (Eisenhower)
1955 Millionaire TV program premiers
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game
market
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements
of Alexander Cartwright
1957 Ernie Kovacs does his half-hour
TV show without uttering a single word
1957 "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell
topped the charts
1959 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by the
Platters topped the charts
1961 First episode for "The Dick Van Dyke
Show" is filmed
1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve
Lawrence topped the charts
1974 "Show and Tell" by Al Wilson topped
the charts
1980 "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
topped the charts
1981 Algiers Accord signed
1985 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen
peaked at #9
1985 "Like a Virgin" by Madonna topped
the charts
1993 Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo
1994 State record low temperature of -36°
in New Whiteland, IN
1994 State record low temperature of -37°
in Shelbyville, KY
