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1845 "The Raven", by Edgar Allan Poe,
was published for the first time
1877 Congress determines presidential election
between Hayes-Tilden
1891 Hawaii proclaimed Liliuokalani as its
queen
1895 Charles Steinmetz patented a "system
of distribution by alternating current"
1904 First athletic letters given: to University
of Chicago football team
1920 Walt Disney starts first job as an artist;
$40 week with Kansas City Slide Co
1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by
Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1929 Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization
forms
1934 State record low temperature of -47°
in Mt. Washington, NH
1936 First players elected to Baseball Hall of
Fame
1937 Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra waxed the
famous "Song of India"
1940 Tetraploid displayed
at the New York City Flower Show
1945 Lionel Barrymore became host of the "Lux
Radio Theatre"
1948 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees,
Cubs, & Phillies $500 each for signing high school players
1949 "A Little Bird Told Me" by Evelyn
Knight topped the charts
1951 Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio
rights for $6 million
1953 First movie in Cinemascope (The Robe)
premieres
1955 "Hearts of Stone" by the Fontaine
Sisters topped the charts
1959 Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty"
released
1963 The first members of pro football’s
Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio
1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score-211-29
(Louisiana)
1964 Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove"
premieres
1966 "Sweet Charity", with Gwen Verdon,
opened at the Palace in New York City
1966 "We Can Work It Out" by the Beatles
topped the charts
1972 "American Pie" by Don McLean topped
the charts
1973 Johnny Rivers strikes gold record for
"Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
1977 "Car Wash" by Rose Royce topped
the charts
1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work topped
the charts
1989 Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws
during 1 foul attempt
